Rhinos

Woolly rhinos were once common throughout northern and central Eurasia, before becoming extinct about 10,000 years ago. Credit: Mauricio Anton

Solving an ancient mystery: paleontologists shed new light on the causes of the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros

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Advanced computer models estimate that continued hunting by humans contributed to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros by preventing their migration to new habitats during post-Ice Age warming, highlighting the ongoing impact
Rhinos in the wild in Africa. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Will legal trade in renewable rhino horns stop the extinction?

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Consumers in Southeast Asia, where the main demand for rhino horns is, may not be content with harvesting horns from captive-bred rhinos as proposed by proponents of a new proposal aimed at stopping poaching
Burning elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns. Photo: WWF

Burn or sell?

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A young orangutan in Borneo. Photo: shutterstock

to act against the criminals for the sake of nature

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An artist's illustration of the species Cambaytherium thewissi, the ancestor of horses and rhinoceroses whose fossils were discovered in India. Illustration by Elaine Kasmer for Johns Hopkins University

The origin of horses and rhinoceroses is in India

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Elephant. Photo: shutterstock

Protecting elephants against the ongoing killing

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Kudo Park at the antelope farm in Zofar in the Arava. PR photo from the park website

How vanity dictates murder

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Wide-lipped rhinoceros. Photographed in 2003 in South Africa. From Wikipedia

Economy kills

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Tigers at Six Flags Park in New Jersey. Photo: Bob Jagendorf from Wikimedia Commons, CC license

Breeding wild animals

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