The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has put an emphasis on environmental conservation, and recently shared how Emily Spence, the zoo’s Curator of Africa, traveled to South Africa in August 2025 to help with a ...

Taking the relatively simple step of trimming the horns of wild rhinoceroses is enough to dramatically reduce the rate at which the animals are killed by poachers. "Dehorning rhinos to reduce ...

Poaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every year. Poachers are after the animals' horns, which are then sold illegally, ...

The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study in a major South African conservation area, researchers said Thursday. Sawing ...

Timothy Kuiper has received funding from the National Research Foundation in South Africa. Nature reserve managers, rangers, international funders, and local non-profit organisations have invested ...