‘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

World Rhino Day: COVID-19 keeps rhino poaching in check

According to a new report by the International Rhino Foundation, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be beneficial for rhinos, especially in Africa

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 …

Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia

Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in the country, passed away on November 23, 2019

CITES CoP 2019: Eswatini’s request to trade in white rhino horn rejected

The landlocked southern African country wanted to change the rules that currently forbid the international commercial trade in rhino horns

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

‘There still could be a couple of Sumatran rhinos in Myanmar’

As Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino died this week, Down To Earth spoke to expert on the Northeast’s fauna, Anwaruddin Choudhury, …

Kaziranga needs both, animals and humans

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

2019 विज्ञान की चुनिंदा तस्वीर : मलेशिया के आखिरी गैंडे को जब लिखा गया भावुक पत्र

मलेशिया में आखिरी सुमात्राई गैंडा कैंसर के कारण नवंबर में खत्म हो गयी। यह क्षेत्रीय विलुप्ति हुई है।

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Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies

Tam died on the afternoon of May 27 local time of old age illnesses

White rhinos and black deals

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