A shared ancestor. This fact came into play as scientists from the University of Oxford and Fudan University in China developed a way to create an artificial rhino horn, which could potentially be ...

"It is better than the impacts of poaching." Officials discover unconventional solution to prevent rhino poaching: 'We might ...

But now, a group of researchers have shown that a potential solution — making convincing rhino horn replicas to sell instead — may be scientifically possible. "It appears from our ...

In a new paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers explain how they manufactured fake rhino horn using horse hair. The fake horn is similar in look and feel to the real thing, and even ...

When Marais approaches the unconscious rhino, he covers its eyes to protect them and then uses a chainsaw to cut off its ...

National Geographic staff writer Peter Gwin reports on the legal and illegal rhino horn trade in the magazine's March issue. He is also the author of an upcoming e-book, Rhino Wars: The Violent ...

"A biotech startup has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that carry the same genetic fingerprint as the actual horn," the caption of an image shared May 27 on Facebook read. The caption ...

And nowhere is safe, sadly. Lara Logan: So why is that? Jacques Flamand: Well, because there is that stupid demand for rhino horn. The rhino horn is made of nothing more than keratin, the main ...

First, they have to sedate a rhino, knocking it unconscious. Then they take an electric drill to the horn of the creature—a procedure the doctor ensures is painless for the rhino. Placed in the ...

Should rhino horn, like elephant ivory, be completely banned from the market, or should the horns, which can be harvested in a painless process that leaves the rhino alive, be sold at a profit in ...