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Veterinary Dr. Benjamin Drouet is pictured working on a skull complete with teeth found at Peaugres safari park (Ardèche, France) that belonged to a white rhino. Camille Deaujeard

June 18, 2026

Did Neanderthals use rhinoceros teeth as tools?

Alicia Sanz Royo, University of Aberdeen; Camille Daujeard, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN), and Juan Marín Hernando, UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

A recent study provides evidence that Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools.

Overhead view of the fossil of Epiatheracerium itjilik. About 75 per cent of the animal’s bones were recovered, including diagnostic parts such as the teeth, mandibles and pieces of the cranium. (Pierre Poirier/Canadian Museum of Nature)

February 1, 2026

Epiaceratherium itjilik: The rhino that lived in the Arctic

Danielle Fraser, Carleton University

Remains of an ancient Arctic rhino indicate that land mammals traversed the North Atlantic via land bridges, and did so much more recently than previously thought.

Rosewood, the name for several endangered tree species that make beautiful furniture, being loaded in Madagascar. Pierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock

January 13, 2020

Restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms

Annah Lake Zhu, University of California, Berkeley

For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China, with high demand and speculative investors, that strategy fuels bidding wars.

Australia could sustain wild rhinos, but should it try? Renaud Fulconis/International Rhino Foundation

July 18, 2018

The case for introducing rhinos to Australia

Bill Laurance, James Cook University

Would you pay to see rhinos in Australia’s savannas or forests? It’s not as crazy as it sounds – and could help save collapsing rhino populations.

July 4, 2018

Hybrid embryos raise hope of resurrecting northern white rhino – but what’s the point?

Jason Gilchrist, Edinburgh Napier University

Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.

One of the last two surviving female northern white rhinos. EPA/AAP

March 22, 2018

Even if you were the last rhino on Earth… why populations can’t be saved by a single breeding pair

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University

The death of the last male northern white rhino in the world raises an interesting question: when does a species pass the point of no return?

Rhino horn will still be available for private sales in South Africa as long as permits are available. Shutterstock

August 29, 2017

South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction ends in risky impasse

Keith Somerville, University of Kent

The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn’t a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.

Part of a shipment of 33 rhino horns seized by Hong Kong customs, originated from Cape Town, South Africa. Bobby Yip /Reuters

April 21, 2017

Why is the illicit rhino horn trade escalating?

Jacques Rigoulet, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)

Rhino horn trade continues to be a highly lucrative business across the world.

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