In a sweeping new study published in Science, researchers found that dehorning rhinos—a painless process akin to trimming a ...

Across South Africa, removing the the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the ...

It is believed the horns have medicinal properties, and they fetch huge prices on the black market, particularly in Asia.

There are five species of rhinoceros in the world, and all of them are the target of poachers. One controversial practice to ...

A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a ...

The benefits of dehorning by far outweigh any ecological cost that we’re aware of today,” according to one rhino researcher.

Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have ...

A new study has found dehorning rhinos led to a large reduction in poaching in nearly a dozen game reserves in and around the ...

Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate compared with other tactics, researchers report June 5 in Science. The researchers suggest that no other anti-poaching intervention — such as ...

An international study published in Science found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these ...

Rhino poaching has been reduced by almost 80% since their iconic horns were removed by conservationists ... on comparison between sites with and without dehorning as well as changes in poaching ...