Black rhinos boast two horns, the foremost more prominent than ... while males use them to battle attackers. The prominent horn for which rhinos are so well known has also been their downfall.

In the 1970s and '80s, poaching had devastated the two species. Then China banned rhino horn from traditional medicine, and Yemen forbade its use for ceremonial dagger handles. All signs seemed to ...

Of the five species of the animal, only two—the white rhino and the greater one-horned rhino —are not critically endangered. But International Rhino Foundation Executive Director Dr.

The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. Around 2,000 years ago, they were ...

Apparently a female one-horned rhinoceros was about to appear – and she had a calf with her. This was a scene we were very keen to film, but our guide was at pains to explain that we needed to ...

shows the zoo has not had much luck with the well-being of at least two of the rhinos it already has. “On October 18, 2024, a 19-year-old female greater one-horned rhinoceros sustained fatal ...

Probably because they have a ‘horn’ on their ‘nose’. Old timey animal namers were notoriously lazy. 2. When Homer was attacked by rhinos in episode 15, season 10 of The Simpsons he ...