Rhinoceroses

“One of the largest endeavors to occur for any species” – White Rhinos have a second chance!

A Mozambican park welcomed its first white rhinos last week in 40 years after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1,600-kilometer truck ride from South Africa, conservationists said.

The rhinos were reintroduced to Zinave National Park in southern Mozambique under an initiative to restore wildlife and boost the local economy.

Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15 percent higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions that limited movement were eased, official figures showed on Feb. 8.

A total of 451 animals were killed in 2021, which is still 24 percent lower than the pre-pandemic year 2019, the country's environment department reported.

Thirty endangered white rhinos arrived in Rwanda on Nov. 29 after a long journey from South Africa in a Boeing 747, conservationists said, hailing it as the largest single transfer of the species ever undertaken.

Scientists working to bring back the functionally extinct northern white rhino announced they had successfully created three additional embryos of the subspecies, bringing the total to 12.

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An Istanbul artist wants to raise awareness of the environment and extinct animals with a new multidisciplinary show on Africa's great horned wonders, rhinos.

An Istanbul artist wants to raise awareness of the environment and extinct animals with a new multidisciplinary show on Africa's great horned wonders, the rhinos.

Özge Günaydın's exhibit Rhinos Back in Town includes sculptures, paintings, digital art, videos, installations, performance, and a special documentary film made just for the display.

Survey research in the southwestern province of Denizli has unearthed the fossils of eight animal species including mammoth and rhinoceros that lived 1.2 million to 9 million years ago.

Scientists may be able to save the northern white rhinos from extinction after successfully harvesting two eggs from the last two remaining animals.

Rhino keepers who successfully delivered five endangered black rhinos to Rwanda spent months hugging and coddling them inside their transport boxes to prepare them for the journey, a rhino handler told Reuters as the animals were freed on June 24..