Researchers in the US investigate whether the hum and rumble of urban life is what makes rhinos reluctant to breed in captivity.
Photographing Elephants - images and advice on how to photograph the elephants of Etosha, Madikwe, Kgalagadi, Pilanesberg and the Kruger Park
Taken at Colchester Zoo 2013
SPECIES- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) CURRENT RANGE- Southern and East Africa CURRENT THREAT- Illegal poaching, Habitat loss CONSERVATION STATUS- Critically Endangered WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM- Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and U.S. zoos including the Lincoln Park and St. Louis Zoos. WHAT IS IT? Black rhinoceros' is actually a misnomer, as the animal's skin has more of a light grayish-brown color. Its African counterpart, the white rhino, was originally so named due to a misinterpretation of the Afrikaans word wyd (or wide), which refers to its square upper lip. The black rhino, on the other hand, has a pointed,
Photo by Dave Jenike
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In a forest in Borneo, a single two-horned rhino lives, separated from any other of her kind. Conservationists are currently planning to catch this Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and bring her into captivity, in the hope that she might contribute to saving the pummeled species. But given there are only two other captive rhinos in […]
Caption: GREAT NEWS! Meet our newest greater one-horned rhino calf trotting around the Safari Park. With all the brouhaha about rhino horn, what exactly is it made of? Turns out, rhino horn is made of keratin like our hair and fingernails, with deposits of calcium and melanin in the core, so it...
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Spectacular African Wildilfe image finds - these amazing photographs are enough to get anyone itching to get into the bush with a camera! Take a look at the selected wildlife photos and visit the
Zoo is looking for the public’s help in naming the new arrival.
What Nelson Mandela, a Giant amongst African Leaders, gave the world, was an example of tolerance and forgiveness, so when the Trust received a newborn elephant orphaned in Botswana, who had spent time in South Africa before coming to us, we named him “Madiba” in honour of Nelson Mandela
We have good news this Endangered Species Day. After 16 years, Kiazi finally gave birth! Her little ray of hope is more proof that our scientists may have solved a riddle of southern white rhino...
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Chester Zoo rhino keepers have a new pair of hooves in the family, as their 15-year-old mother Asha gave birth on October 14.
Zoo is looking for the public’s help in naming the new arrival.
The baby was born in the pasture on October 5. She is the second fifth-generation white rhino to ever be born outside of Africa.
A baby Southern Black Rhino was born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo earlier this month. The female calf weighed between 30kgs at birth and could grow to 900kgs.
Black rhino
