The Sumatran rhino is the smallest and hairiest of all rhino species, adapted for life in dense rainforest. Traits shaped by evolution offer little defense against habitat loss, fragmentation, and ...

(SABAH, Malaysia) — The last male Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia has died, eliminating the likelihood of saving the species in the country, according to animal conservationists. Less than 100 ...

Rosa, a Sumatran rhino, was brought to a sanctuary in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) network in 2004. She is one of just 80 of her kind left, according to the World Wildlife Fund. After eight ...

Hopes for one of the world’s most imperiled megafauna rose this month when wildlife conservationists succeeded in catching a female Sumatran rhino named Iman in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A highly endangered Sumatran rhinoceros gave birth to a calf Saturday in western Indonesia, a forestry official said. It is only the fifth known birth in captivity for the ...

The Sumatran rhino is one of the most endangered species in the world. Global wildlife conservation authority IUCN recently estimated that only 34 to 47 of these rhinos still exist in the wild, and ...

From the vaquita – the world's rarest marine mammal – to the Sumatran rhino, discover the species facing extinction across the world ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia died on Saturday, leaving the smallest species of rhino, which once roamed across Asia, surviving in small numbers mostly in Indonesia ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state ...

22 September marks World Rhino Day 2014, the fourth year the event has taken place following its launch by the WWF to raise awareness of the problems facing the species.This year's theme is Five Rhino ...