Category: Africa

11.19.2025

The Unsung Heroes of Wildlife Protection: Reliable Vehicles

IRF serves as a funder, partner, convener, facilitator and trainer for rhino conservation programs through in-country partners and staff to…View Full Release »

11.10.2025

Notes from the Field: The Saga of an Earless Black Rhino in Zimbabwe

In October of 1992, Raoul du Toit was implementing a project to establish rhino breeding groups on private lands in…View Full Release »

07.15.2025

How Rhino Movement in the Greater Kruger Informs Reserve Management 

IRF serves as a funder, partner, convener, facilitator and trainer for rhino conservation programs through in-country partners and staff to…View Full Release »

06.03.2025

Better rhino monitoring through GPS pods

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

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 »