‘Two-thirds of the world’s five rhino species could be lost in our lifetime’

Ahead of World Rhino Day, International Rhino Foundation sounds alarm

Rhinos should be conserved in Africa, not moved to Australia

The estimated $4-million expenditure is almost double the anti-poaching budget for South African National Parks

Another one bites the dust

The world's last surviving male Northern White rhino has died after months of ill health

Sotheby’s and Bonhams not to auction rhino horns from now on

A third leading auction house, Christie’s already has a policy in place to not auction such products

Is green militarisation a right response to curb poaching?

Such a step to protect wildlife, which is in practice in Kaziranga, has been criticised for alienating indigenous poeple

Activists divided on rhino poaching numbers in South Africa

The numbers of rhinos killed in 2015 range between 1,160 and 1,500

Fighting rhino poaching in India, CSI-style

A tool developed in South Africa could help catch poachers in India

We asked people in Vietnam why they use rhino horn. Here’s what they said

The findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched. The hope is that …

Crouching tiger, hidden games

The declaration by China’s State Council that rhino and tiger parts can now be used ‘in medical research and healing’ as long …

South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy

New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards

India’s Manas National Park illustrates the human dimension of rhino conservation

 The fortunes of the park’s rhinos are intertwined with ethnic politics in India’s restive Assam State

Assam floods: about 250 animals, including 17 rhinos dead in Kaziranga

The death toll is likely to rise after the entire floodwater gets out of the park

Eight including three guards arrested in rhino poaching case

Investigations likely to unveil a big poaching nexus, sources say

Northern white rhino on verge of extinction

Only six members left after male’s death on Friday

South Africa moves 100 rhinos to neighbouring countries

Measure taken to prevent animals from being poached

Rhino poachers arrested near Kaziranga

They were found carrying a rifle and a fake rhino horn, say forest officials

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Kaziranga needs both, animals and humans

We cannot straitjacket the park and its neighbouring areas into “humans-only” and “animals-only” landscapes

White rhinos and black deals

A controversial CITES decision allowing South Africa to sell live rhinos may be based on fudged figures

Unable to contain poaching, South Africa shifts rhinos to secret locations

The government hopes these measures will protect the fast-diminishing rhino population

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 8-14)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology

Some good news for beleaguered Vaquita and Sumatran Rhino

While the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a preliminary ban on Mexican seafood imports to save the Vaquita, the first wild …

Contrived extinction

The colour bar in African conservation has come to occupy the centre of public perception, driven mostly by the social media

Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question

Over the past nine years 5,940 African rhinos have been killed for their horns

Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga

247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years