the reassessments of several Rhinoceros species show that the subspecies of the Black Rhino in western Africa, the Western Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes) has officially been declared Extinct.

Recent surveys conducted by IUCN in northern Cameroon found no evidence of the West African black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes). The organization fears the sub-species is now extinct in the wild.

Africa’s Western black rhino was officially declared extinct in 2011, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The subspecies was last seen in 2006.

While the continuing increase in African black rhino numbers since 1995 is encouraging, the future of one of the four black rhino subspecies, the western black rhino, is bleak with only about 10 ...

A wild white rhino is seen at an undisclosed location in the North-West Province ... of South Africa's rhino poaching deaths in the past year." Namibia -- home to the world's largest black rhino ...

LEPHALALE, South Africa ... sawing off rhino horns to deter poachers. Exxaro decided on a different strategy, donating and moving all 41 of its rhinos — 30 white and 11 black ones ...

South Africa is home to nearly half of the critically-endangered black rhino population on the African continent and to world's largest population of near-threatened white rhinos.

South Africa is home to nearly half of the critically-endangered black rhino population in Africa and to the world's largest population of near-threatened white rhinos. Sign up here. Rhinos are ...

A subspecies of the black rhino, native to Africa, the Western black rhino was last seen in 2006. The black rhino is listed as “critically endangered” by the IUCN, which warns the northern ...