Rhino

A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north.

Russian media reported on Dec. 30 that the carcass was revealed by melting permafrost in Yakutia in August. Scientists are waiting for ice roads in the Arctic region to become passable to deliver it to a lab for studies next month.

Rhino keepers who successfully delivered five endangered black rhinos to Rwanda spent months hugging and coddling them inside their transport boxes to prepare them for the journey, a rhino handler told Reuters as the animals were freed on June 24..

Customs enforcement officers at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport have seized 21 rhino horns and several other animal body parts.

The world's last male northern white rhino has died, the Kenyan conservancy taking care of it said, leaving only two females of its subspecies alive in the world although scientists still hopes they can save it from extinction.

Samir the rhino, one of the most popular members of Darıca Zoo in Kocaeli, has enjoyed a manicure and skin care session before the start of the Bayram holiday. Health and skin care for Samir is very important for the 2.5-ton rhino, which knows English commands as it came from England, according to zoo officials.

After a tough seven-day journey from Edinburgh, Turkey's first Indian rhino Samir has arrived in the Dar?ca Faruk Yalç?n Zoo and Botanical Park in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's Dar?ca district. 

A female rhino will also be brought over next year for the seven-year-old, 3.5-ton Samir. 

A report that a hunter from Texas paid 350,000 USD to kill a threatened black rhino during a hunt in Namibia has caused an uproar with animal rights groups and environmental-savvy people everywhere. Corey Knowlton has received severe criticism, including life threats, but said that the hunt was part of the preservation plan of the black rhino.

Thandi the rhinoceros was left for dead by poachers nearly three years ago, meant to be among the 600 rhino killed in South Africa in 2012. She beat the odds, and after a slow recovery, has given birth to a healthy calf, game reserve managers announced Jan. 14.

A rhino fossil nearly 10 tons in weight and give meters in height has been found in Çorum’s Sungurlu district. The fossil dates back 23 to 27 million years and comes from the biggest known land mammal