JOHANNESBURG - Forensic investigators from the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Parks ...

The black rhino once roamed most of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is on the verge of extinction due to poaching fueled by commercial demand for its horn.

Museum mammal expert Richard Sabin explains why images like this matter ... Global demand for the horns fuels both crude poaching networks in southern African countries (the heartland of the black ...

His thoughts flew to Basta, a pregnant black rhinoceros ... The human tracks were especially ominous. Poaching crews often pay trackers to find the rhinos, follow them until dusk, then radio ...

In a world where conservation victories are often measured in inches, the slight uptick – amongst a rise in poaching ... ahead of World Rhino Day, paints a nuanced picture of the current ...

A record 1,215 rhinos were poached in 2014 and the killing goes on – despite greater efforts to protect them. But some new populations of black rhinos are thriving. Back in 2003, WWF began ...

Every 20 hours in South Africa a rhino is killed for its horn and experts are turning to nuclear technology to try and stop this bloodshed. Rhino horns are poached ... On the black market they ...

While poaching threatens a number of species, rhinos face a particularly uncertain future. Loss of habitat and an insatiable demand for their horns—particularly from China and Vietnam— have ...

The case against suspected rhino poaching kingpin Dawie Groenewald ... The rhinos were missing their horns, which are of high value on black markets in Asia, particularly Vietnam. Groenewald and his ...