Animals have horns for a variety of reasons. From being used for defense against other animals, to fighting off other males of the same species during mating season, designating hierarchy within the ...

Among the many standout features found in the animal world, horns rank as some of the most multifunctional and fascinating. A ...

The African lion’s reputation as “king of the jungle” rests on its strength, group hunting skills, and dominance over most ...

More than 80kg of rhinoceros horns, lion and tiger bones were seized in Johannesburg on Dec 1, following a joint operation ...

MOKOPANE, South Africa (AP) — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals ...

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. The ...

The operation was launched after Singapore intercepted a "suspicious shipment" that bore similarities to an earlier ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people. John Hume, 83, owns one of the ...

The Nov. 11 shipment came from South Africa and was transiting through Singapore, NParks said in a media release on Dec. 30.

The recovered horns and animal parts are believed to be part of a broader transnational trafficking network. Read more at ...