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.

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But in a 26-100 vote, with 17 abstentions, the committee rejected the measure to allow a trade in the horns of white rhinos. The largest of the five rhino species, white rhinos are also the most ...

Rhino horns are extremely valuable, and can be sold for up to 40,000 euros, or about $42,200, on the black market, the Le Parisien newspaper reported. Some cultures believe the horns have ...

A kilogram of rhino horn at its peak went for $65,000. An estimated 12,713 rhinos have been poached in Africa since 2006, the majority in South Africa, ... View this post on Instagram.

NEW YORK — South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.

Could lab-grown rhino horns actually stop poaching? We may never know When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from ...