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White rhinos have a distinctive broad, straight mouth which is used for grazing. Its ears can move independently to pick up sounds, but it depends most of all on its sense of smell. The olfactory passages that are responsible for smelling are larger than their entire brain. The white rhinoceros has the widest set of nostrils of any land-based ...
The population of the critically endangered Black rhinoceros, inhabiting most of Sub-Saharan Africa, was estimated to have been about 100,000 in 1960 and has now dramatically decreased to only about 4,000, with poaching being attributed as one of the causes of this decline in population. [26]
The samples were collected from two rhinos that were less than 2 years old, two that were between 3 and 7 years old, two adult rhinos that had given birth at the zoo, and two that had been unable to.
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.
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 ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A British zoo is using IVF technology to help the three remaining northern white rhinos procreate and save the species from extinction. Scientists are doing all they can to save ...
Sumatran rhinos are considered extinct in Malaysia, but a tiny population (no more than 10) has recently been found in Kalimantan on the Island of Borneo. Overall, the population of Sumatran rhinos has decreased at a rate of about 50% over the past 15 years, largely from habitat encroachment, deforestation and habitat fragmentation.
Aside from the ever-present threat of poachers, Javan rhinos face other threats. Because there are so few left, there is a lack of genetic diversity in the herd, and only about two males for every ...