Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday visited the Nairobi National Park ahead of the April event when he will preside over the destruction of massive stockpiles of ivory.

NEW DELHI: Out of 96,000 animal species in the country, more than 50 have been assessed as "critically endangered" and 310 as "endangered", the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.

The number of rhinos killed by poachers in Africa rose for the sixth year in a row, threatening the survival of the endangered animals.

An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house has pleaded guilty of conspiring to smuggling at least $1 million in animal products that included rhino horn and elephant ivory, federal

The mass slaughter of rhinos has increased for the sixth year in a row, according to grim new figures from international researchers.

Namibian police say they have found 34 rhino carcasses in the country in January and February this year.

The rhino carcasses were found during an aerial search last month.

As rhino deaths have soared across South Africa, in Balule reserve the Black Mambas patrol of local women has achieved a 76% reduction in poaching since 2013.

ZIMBABWE's wildlife is under threat from poachers sponsored by criminal syndicates operating in and outside the country who use cyanide to poison the animals, a senior Government official has said.

Trade in bioengineered rhino horn shouldn’t be allowed. That's the contention behind a petition filed today with the U.S.

JORHAT: Third rhino has been killed by poachers in last 40 days in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, a senior forest official said on Tuesday.