They are different not in color but in lip shape. The black rhino has a pointed upper lip, while its white relative has a squared lip. The difference in lip shape is related to the animals' diets.

“They’re overcrowded. Overcrowding means you get territorial fighting, bulls killing other bulls, and a steep decline in the birth rate.” Black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) are native to ...

But conservationists are fighting back with new tools and techniques of their own. WWF has been working with the Kenya Wildlife Service to microchip black rhinos, helping them to gather crucial data – ...

British troops have helped to move a group of critically endangered black rhinos from South Africa to Malawi to protect them against poaching. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles ...

New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically Endangered Kenyan black rhino populations which ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notified the public Tuesday of two applications from U.S. hunters in Texas and Florida seeking to import black rhinoceros hunting trophies. The rhinos — ...

were intended for the black market. Many South Africans feel the sentence is too lenient and believe the men should have faced a longer prison term for their role in rhino poaching.