Ruth Appeltant

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Najin, one of two northern white rhinos left in the world, grazes in a paddock in Kenya. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

August 13, 2023

Ruth Appeltant, University of Antwerp and Rita L. Sousa, University of Antwerp

Efforts to save one species can provide scientific knowledge that enables us to save other creatures in need.

White rhinos owe their name to the Afrikaans word ‘wyd’, meaning wide, which refers to the animal’s wide mouth. Vladislav T. Jirousek/Shutterstock

October 15, 2020

Ruth Appeltant, University of Oxford and Suzannah Williams, University of Oxford

By unlocking the full potential of rhino ovaries, we hope to produce enough eggs to revive the northern white rhino in the wild.