Black rhinos boast two horns, the foremost more prominent than the other. Rhino horns grow as much as three inches a year, and have been known to grow up to five feet long. Females use their horns ...

In recent years, a large driver of demand for rhino horn has been the creation of new uses that have nothing to ... so that people begin to question whether wild or synthetic horn is being traded in ...

Black rhinos are known to be the most aggressive of the rhino species. The large teeth of the hippo are stronger than the ...

On the black market, rhino horns fetch staggering prices Rhino horns are highly sought after on the black market, where the price per weight is comparable to the cost of gold and cocaine.

Hidden in their horns, the minute chips allow researchers to individually identify Kenya ... Over 160 have been safely relocated since then. Released onto large tracts of prime black rhino habitat, ...

the rhino population in Botswana had winnowed to extinction, the last animal shot to death after a century of poaching for horn and hide. By the turn of the century, there were just 2,000 black ...

Tamu’s first birthday is a hopeful sign for his species, the critically endangered black rhino eastern subspecies.

Though black market prices vary widely ... Hume's idea to farm rhino horn on a large scale would appear to be another in a string of innovative wildlife management practices to come from South ...

Rhinos have been hunted and killed for their horns for so long that the many species are teetering on the brink of extinction. Some subspecies, like those of the black rhino, are extinct in areas ...