Hope for the northern white rhino subspecies: rhino impregnated in California
A southern white rhino female, named Victoria, has been impregnated via artificial insemination, researchers announced on Thursday. “It’s very exciting because this is our first pregnant rhino from artificial insemination here at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park,” Barbara Durrant, director of reproductive sciences at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research told AP. […]
IVF techniques to provide hope for Northern White Rhino
Scientists hope that advances in in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques can offer hope for the survival of the northern white rhino, after the last male of the species died last week. The death last week of Sudan, the last northern white rhino male, has led to worries that the subspecies will go extinct, as the […]
Only 3 northern white rhino left
There are now only three northern white rhino left in the world. Nola, a 41-year-old female who was one of just three of her kind, was euthanized at a safari park in San Diego USA on Sunday. This leaves only Sudan, the last surviving male, and two females who live under constant armed guard in […]