Improved economic performance in parts of Asia is driving up demand for rhino horn, but one Seattle-based start-up hopes to save the endangered animal by creating synthetic alternatives Ivory tusks, ...

Criminal networks smuggling rhino horn out of Africa are turning it into jewellery to evade its detection in airports, an investigation has found. Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic ...

Scientists have developed a technique for making fake rhino horn, which they hope will undermine the illegal market in the genuine article. Researchers at the University of Oxford and Fudan ...

Previous efforts to conserve rhinos have resorted to removing the rhino horns intentionally. But that requires doing so with ...

South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at ...

At the bloody heart of this conflict is the rhino's horn, a prized ingredient in traditional Asian medicines. Though black market prices vary widely, as of last fall dealers in Vietnam quoted ...

Why? Because of the value of their horn. Rhino horn is reportedly worth more than gold on the black market. According to Save the Rhino International, it is predominantly sold to Asia. If there is ...

Backed by organised criminal networks, poachers are using 21st century weapons and technology to supply the growing demand for rhino horn, primarily in Viet Nam. But conservationists are fighting back ...

Two Vietnamese men convicted of attempting to smuggle rhino horns out of South Africa were sentenced last week to the longest prison terms possible under the country’s national wildlife law. The men ...

Their horns are in demand in Asia, primarily in Vietnam and China, for use in traditional medicines and for artistic carvings. Wealthy businessmen in particular desire rhino horn products as a way ...

You can learn what they use their horns for, how they keep clean and why they love mud! The name 'rhino' is actually short for 'rhinoceros'. The word 'rhinoceros' comes from the Greek words rhino ...