Rhinoceros
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Embryos of Northern white rhino created. Will they save nearly extinct creature?
By Patrick Pester published
More northern white rhino embryos have been created in a lab in the race to save the subspecies from extinction. There are now five in total.
Only two northern white rhinos remain. And they're both female.
By Ruth Appeltant, Suzannah Williams published
Sadly, this success story only stretches as far as the southern subspecies of the white rhino.
A pup preserved in permafrost ate one of the last woolly rhinos on Earth
By Laura Geggel published
Before it died in what is now Siberia, this ice age puppy ate a chunk of woolly rhino meat.
Malaysia Says Goodbye to Iman, Its last Sumatran Rhino
By Mindy Weisberger published
Once plentiful across Asia, Sumatran rhinos have steadily declined in recent decades.
Lab-Made Embryos Could Save Northern White Rhinos After Last Male Dies
By Stephanie Pappas published
Two embryos have been created from the eggs of the last living northern white rhinoceroses.
Why 8 Endangered Rhinos Died in Mission to Save Them
By Laura Geggel published
A mission meant to save critically endangered rhinoceroses by transferring them to a wildlife sanctuary in Kenya has ended in tragedy. And now we know why.
Facts About Rhinos
By Alina Bradford published
Their horns are made of the same stuff as human fingernails!
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