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1 day ago · War and funding shortfalls have hampered progress toward the United Nations' flagship development goals which include action to combat climate change, the organization's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday."Our failure to secure peace, to confront climate change, and to boost international finance is undermining development," he told a briefing in New York, unveiling the latest ...
Jun 3, 2024 · New Rob Burrow documentary available on BBC iPlayer now. A special BBC tribute to the Leeds Rhinos legend and MND campaigner Rob Burrow called ‘There’s Only One Rob Burrow’ is available now to watch on the BBC iPlayer. If you're watching in the UK, you can watch the documentary here https://www.bbc.co.
Jun 4, 2024 · As the trial of the original suspect charged with the illegal killing of seven Javan rhinos and associated illegal activities in Ujung Kulon National Park draws to a close, the arrests of six additional suspects last week brought to light some shocking claims.
1 day ago · Professor James Larkin drills a hole into a rhinos horn to insert isotopes at a rhino orphanage in the country's northern province of Limpopo, Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
Jun 3, 2024 · With coarse fur, a stocky body, and a pair of daggers sticking out of its face, the woolly rhinoceros proved a formidable beast for millions of years as it roamed northern Eurasia. Then, roughly 10,000 years ago, it went extinct. Its sparse fossil record left few clues to its disappearance.
3 days ago · 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.
7 hours ago · Scientists are making rhino horns radioactive to try to prevent poaching. A team from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa has begun implanting tiny radioactive chips in the animal's horns. They say the radioactive material will render the horn useless, essentially poisonous for human consumption.
