In a release earlier this year, the Houston Zoo announced it would make a series of upgrades to habitats, including updates to the white rhinoceros habitat, new features for the Masai giraffe herd and enhancements to Shani Market.

A British safari park has welcomed a Southern White Rhino calf. Knowsley Safari, in Prescot, has announced the arrival of Kamari, a seven-week-old female born to nine-year-old mother Bayami. Meaning moonlight in Swahili, Kamari marks an important step in the conservation of this near-threatened species.

Ph.D. student and research assistant Kristen Gaines injected a virus into a coconut rhinoceros beetle larva at UH-Manoa’s St. John Plant Science Laboratory on Thursday. Michael Melzer is the University of Hawaii professor and principal researcher for the ...

Zoo Atlanta didn't get a hippopotamus for Christmas — but another large mammal had a baby, just in time for the holiday. Zoo staff welcomed an adorable baby rhino on Christmas Eve. The southern white rhinoceros is the first to be born at the zoo.

While nearly 100 known rhinoceros species have existed throughout the eons, there are currently five species of living rhinos. Two rhino species can be found in Africa and three species can be found in Asia. The two African species are the black rhino ...