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A northern white rhinoceros near the equator during translocation to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. One of the northern white rhinos translocated to Ol Pejeta was living in a semiwild state. 2014 VOA report about the last three individuals. There are now only two northern white rhinos left in the world: Najin, a female, was born in captivity in 1989.
The northern white rhinoceros or northern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is considered critically endangered and possibly extinct in the wild. Formerly found in several countries in East and Central Africa south of the Sahara , this subspecies is a grazer in grasslands and savanna woodlands.
Sudan, one of three remaining northern white rhinos, passed away today, March 20th. But what happened to make this species so endangered in the first place?
A northern white rhinoceros crosses the equator during translocation to Ol Pejeta Conservancy One of three northern white rhinos translocated to Ol Pejeta now living in a semi-wild state. The northern white rhino is one of the five rhino species still remaining. Closely resembling its southern white cousin, the northern whites were hit ...
Only two northern white rhinos — both females incapable of carrying calves — remain at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. Inside the high-tech, last-ditch effort to save the ...
A world first in rhinoceros reproductive health could save northern white rhinos from extinction, scientists said Wednesday. The team at the BioRescue project successfully impregnated a southern ...
After 1980, the northern white rhinos were wiped out in Uganda and Sudan, and 13 were left in Garamba National Park in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of the IUCN met in 1986 in Dvůr Králové Zoo to discuss ways to preserve the dwindling number of northern white rhinos. The efforts to ...
The Daily Digit is the story behind the numbers that make the world turn. Today we’re looking at extinction. Last week, the last male northern white rhino died, leaving little hope for the species.