Rising temperatures in the southern half of Africa could one day make it too hot for one of the continent’s iconic animals, according to a research team at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa -- The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa has a thriving rhino population, but their exact numbers and the details of the security operation that keeps them safe ...

African rhino populations are increasing despite poaching and habitat loss, new figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show. The new figures, released Thursday, ...

Wild white rhinos are seen at an undisclosed location in the North West Province of South Africa in 2023 [File: Luca Sola/AFP] Seventy southern white rhinos have completed a journey of more than 3,400 ...

African rhino numbers are declining at unsustainable rates in core state-run parks which is why more than half the continent's remaining rhinos are now on private land. African rhino numbers are ...

As temperatures rise amid climate change, the world's remaining rhinos may not be able to withstand the sweltering weather. Both black and white rhinos across southern Africa are expected to be ...

South Africa is home to the world's largest rhino population. LONDON and PRETORIA -- Rhino poaching increased in South Africa in 2023, the government said. The new data, released by South African ...

Namibia's government data shows rhino poaching rose by 93% in 2022. LONDON -- The Namibian government has announced that the number of rhinos poached in the southern African nation reached a record ...

DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa (AP) — The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa has a thriving rhino population, but their exact numbers and the details of the security operation that keeps them ...

A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs ...

South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching. The country is ...