Category: Africa

05.23.2025

Safeguarding the Future: Metapopulation Planning for Zimbabwe’s Rhinos

When it comes to rhino conservation, field projects often capture attention—and funding—through their emotional appeal. But one critical aspect is…View Full Release »

05.19.2025

New Rising Wildlife Leaders Cohort to Focus on Rhinos

The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) and the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) are partnering to launch a new wildlife leadership program focusing entirely on rhino conservation…View Full Release »

04.14.2025

Using Genetic Factors to Improve Rhino Management

Editorial Note: Undertaking both applied and basic research on wild rhino populations, as well as those in captive breeding programs,…View Full Release »

02.04.2025

Swimming for Javan Rhinos

Team Rhino Spotlight – Creative Champions for Conservation After struggling with seven bouts of COVID-19 and being in and out…View Full Release »

01.29.2025

Save a Rhino, Shape the Future

In the early 1990s, Zimbabwe’s black rhino population faced a severe crisis due to rampant poaching in the Zambezi Valley….View Full Release »

07.23.2024

What if we did nothing?: Measuring the impact conservation has had on the black rhino population 

In the early 1900s, Africa was home to an estimated 100,000 black rhinos. Sadly their numbers plummeted to less than…View Full Release »

05.22.2024

How Science is Being Used to Secure a Brighter Future for Black Rhinos in Namibia

This blog was written by IRF partner, Minnesota Zoo Foundation The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) supports rhino conservationists and scientists around…View Full Release »

02.15.2024

Disrupting the Illicit Rhino Trade Across Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area 

This blog was written by IRF partner, Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) Zambia The greatest threat rhino populations have faced over…View Full Release »

09.12.2023

A Hopeful Outcome for 2,000 White Rhinos

Earlier this week, African Parks, a nonprofit conservation organization working in 12 countries across Africa, announced their acquisition of 2,000…View Full Release »

09.07.2023

Smart Collars and Rhino Conservation

Learn how rhino-carrying reserves in South Africa, particularly the Eastern Cape, are using rhino collar technology to detect and transmit abnormal rhino behavior in real-time.