Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?

Are new approaches to recreating long-lost animals simply creating imitations?

Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 10, 2025 ~9 min

Javan rhinos, once thought safe from poachers, are anything but

Poaching may have killed more than a third of the world’s Javan rhino in five years.

Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 ~8 min


False stereotypes mean endangered animals are being protected in the wrong places

Black rhino conservation focuses on areas with acacia trees – but they actually prefer to eat grass.

Susanne Shultz, University Research Fellow, University of Manchester • conversation
July 22, 2024 ~7 min

Environmentalists Celebrate Return of Rhinos in Central Kenya

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 17, 2024 ~5 min

Kenya Moving Rhinos to New Home

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 27, 2024 ~4 min

Farmed rhinos will soon 'rewild' the African savanna

What would you do with 2,000 farmed rhinos? An African charity wants them to help their wild cousins.

Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Sept. 22, 2023 ~6 min

Rhinos: scientists are hanging them upside-down from helicopters – here’s why

Helicoptering heavy herbivores across Africa is no laughing matter.

Jason Gilchrist, Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Sept. 14, 2021 ~7 min

Only two northern white rhinos remain, and they're both female – here's how we could make more

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

Suzannah Williams, Associate Professor in Ovarian Physiology, Lead for Ovarian Cryopreservation and Fertility Preservation Research, Lead of Rhino Fertility Project, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 15, 2020 ~6 min


Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them

By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them.

Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford • conversation
Sept. 3, 2020 ~7 min

How can we stop people wanting to buy illegal wildlife products?

Promote new habits, find out why people engage with the wildlife trade and don't make it seem more widespread than it really is.

Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation, University of Oxford • conversation
July 9, 2020 ~7 min

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