The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has put an emphasis on environmental conservation, and recently shared how Emily Spence, the zoo’s Curator of Africa, traveled to South Africa in August 2025 to help with a ...

Timothy Kuiper has received funding from the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Nature reserve managers, rangers, international funders, and local non-profit organisations have invested ...

Poaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every year. Poachers are after the animals' horns, which are then sold illegally, ...

An international study published today (5 June 2025) in the prestigious journal Science found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. This is ...

Dehorning rhinos leaves only small horn rumps that deter most poachers A recent study in South Africa showed dehorning rhinos reduced poaching by up to 78 percent The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a ...

For decades, rhinos have been the face of poaching. These giant land mammals are notoriously hunted for their horns due to the unfounded belief that consuming their horn may provide some medicinal ...

The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study in a major South African conservation area, researchers said Thursday. Sawing ...