The horn is also valued in North Africa and the Middle East as an ornamental dagger handle. The white rhino once roamed much of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is under threat due to poaching fueled ...

Similarly, white rhinos — once thought to have gone ... This is why the latter is also called the greater one-horn rhino. The other three species of rhinos, including the Sumatran rhino, have ...

Sudan, a northern white rhino and the last male of his subspecies ... another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes Sudan’s story can raise more awareness about ...

The last remaining male northern white rhino in the world has died – a tragic example ... Robert Patterson / WWF It's illegal to buy and sell rhino horn, but the trade continues because of a belief in ...

If you allow your fingernails to grow unchecked they will eventually resemble a rhino horn in no way at all. 5. Black and White rhinos are neither black nor white but rather the same dark grey colour.

A new study revealed significant differences in the appearance and behavior of the two one-horned Asiatic rhinoceros ... only by the elephant and the white rhinoceros, with males weighing more ...

Archie, a 55-year-old southern white rhino at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens ... Archie also made the news in 2019 when he "bumped" an employee with his horn during a routine training session. The ...

Apparently a female one-horned rhinoceros was about to appear – and she had a calf with her. This was a scene we were very keen to film, but our guide was at pains to explain that we needed to ...

Human development and habitat loss are also considered threats to the southern white rhino. The international trade in rhino horn has been banned by the Convention on International Trade in ...