Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their highly valued horns. Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate ...

In an effort to save the rhinoceros from poachers, conservationists have been cutting off their horns. Evidence of whether the efforts are effective or not was scant until a new study was released ...

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat.

It was 2011 when Hoang, a Vietnamese American, first learned about rhino horn poaching. ... Early complaints centered on his initial idea of producing synthetic rhino horn powder.

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

Engineered rhino horns, to many conservationists, ... After college, the Hoang brothers struggled to convince merchants that their synthetic horn powder trumped the real thing, ...

In their senior year, the Hoang brothers founded Rhinoceros Horn LLC, which sought to make and sell a lab-grown version of the chief ingredient found in rhino horns — keratin. But they weren't alone.

It was 2011 when Hoang, a Vietnamese American, first learned about rhino horn poaching. That same year, the Javan rhino was deemed extinct in his home country , and rhinos elsewhere were being ...