Lockdowns brought down poaching rates in Africa, but rhinos still under threat

Poaching numbers went down in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown; they went up again in 2021

Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies

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

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

Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia

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

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 …

Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos

Consumers show a strong preference for wild rhinos and do not believe that horns from semi-wild or farmed rhinos have the same medicinal effects

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

Fighting rhino poaching in India, CSI-style

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

Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead

The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world