Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in ...

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 dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study.

South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive ... as he administered the radioisotopes on one of the large animals' horns. The radioactive material would "render the horn useless ...

Taking the relatively simple step of trimming the horns of wild rhinoceroses is enough to dramatically reduce the rate at ...

A South African entrepreneur built the world ... He’d fund the operation by sawing off and selling his animals’ horns. With a legal rhino horn trade and a consistent supply from farms ...

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

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

Similar to a Texas Longhorn cow, Batik's horns kept reaching longer spans that seemed out of proportion with his body. He had been a part of the zoo's African animal exhibit featuring African dogs ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw ... grow back — helps them survive, even if the animals lose part of their makeup. The conclusions ...