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Leeds Rhinos rugby players shared a special moment with fans who traveled to Las Vegas to support them after a dominant victory over Hull KR. The celebration highlighted the powerful bond between team and supporters across continents.
Scientists in South Africa are inserting safe radioactive isotopes into rhino horns, making them detectable at borders and worthless to poachers. After six years of development and successful testing on 20 rhinos, the groundbreaking Rhisotope Project is now being deployed across game reserves.
Scientists in South Africa are inserting harmless radioactive pellets into rhino horns, making them detectable at borders and unsafe to consume. The innovative approach has already proven it can spot a single horn hidden in a shipping container.
A Florida zoo team traveled to Zimbabwe and used "ridiculous" training techniques to save a wild rhino from going blind. Within two weeks, they taught the 4,000-pound animal to trust humans enough to accept eye drops for a parasitic infection.
A "ridiculous" plan hatched at a Florida zoo saved an endangered rhino from going blind in Zimbabwe. Within two weeks, local rangers learned to safely give eye drops to a wild rhino named Thuza.
A veterinarian from South Africa smashed the world record for fastest half-marathon in a mammal costume, shaving 90 seconds off the previous time while dressed as a rhino. His inspiring run raised funds to protect endangered rhinos from poaching in his homeland.
Wildlife doesn't recognize borders, and now neither does conservation. Six countries just wrapped up a groundbreaking program that's helping them protect endangered species together—from jaguars crossing Colombia and Panama to rhinos in Chad and South Africa.
South Africa saved 68 more rhinos in 2025 than the year before, thanks to better technology, stronger teamwork, and a groundbreaking dehorning program. Wildlife rangers are proving that smart strategy and international cooperation can turn the tide against poachers.
India's Assam state has achieved over two years without a single rhino killed by poachers, protecting a species that once lost 27 animals annually to illegal hunting. A combination of tough laws, community support, and innovative conservation efforts has saved the world's largest population of one-horned rhinos.
A company that brought back the dire wolf is building the world's largest genetic library to save thousands of endangered species from extinction. The Dubai biobank will preserve frozen cells from animals like snow leopards and white rhinos, giving scientists a backup plan for life on Earth.
One journalist's refusal to move on from endangered species coverage just corrected global conservation data and changed how the world protects rare animals. Her secret? Staying with stories for years, not days.
Popular weight loss medications are showing an unexpected benefit for people with chronic sinus problems and obesity. A five-year study found patients taking these drugs needed 40% fewer repeat surgeries after sinus operations.
After losing their mothers in devastating floods, two young rhinos spent years learning to survive in the wild again. Now Chandra and Kamal are finally back where they belong, roaming free in India's famous Kaziranga National Park.
After five years of rehabilitation, two one-horned rhinos rescued from devastating floods in India are heading home to Kaziranga National Park. Their journey from injured orphans to healthy animals ready for release shows conservation at its finest.
India just broke ground on a revolutionary elevated highway that lets rhinos, tigers, and elephants cross safely underneath while traffic flows above. The $850 million Kaziranga Corridor could save hundreds of animal lives each year while connecting communities across Assam.