California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and ...

CAMIGUIN (PIA) — Through consistent monitoring, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-10 maximizes the impact of its Portable Solar Dryer (PORTASOL) program, helping Camiguin communities ...

Gráinne Hurley and John Maher run an extensive farming system with no tractor, no farm machinery, no sheds, no dehorning, a three-month winter and cattle that “more or less do everything themselves”.

Every year, hundreds of rhinos are killed for their horns, which are trafficked mainly to Asia for use in traditional medicine. As part of the "G20 Heritage Projects", a large-scale campaign was ...

Namibia's proposals to lift the ban on the international trade in black and white rhino horns have been rejected at a key conservation meeting. The result of the voting at the Convention on ...

The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has put an emphasis on environmental conservation, and recently shared how Emily Spence, the zoo’s Curator of Africa, traveled to South Africa in August 2025 to help with a ...

For decades, rhinos have been the face of poaching. These giant land mammals are notoriously hunted for their horns due to the unfounded belief that consuming their horn may provide some medicinal ...

Millions of dollars have been spent on rhino protection in Africa, but they are still vulnerable to poaching, particularly in Kenya and South Africa where hundreds of rhinos are lost each year. In a ...

Oxford University researchers teamed up with others in a collaborative international study seeking to analyze the effects of dehorning rhinos. The study, which was published in Science, revealed that ...

The new rules enforced this month aim to increase transparency for consumers and support Swiss farmers who follow some of the world’s strictest animal welfare rules, according to Switzerland’s Federal ...

Poaching has decimated rhino populations across Africa, but a new study finds that dehorning the animals, or surgically removing their horns, drastically reduces poaching. The study focused on 11 ...