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Wildlife populations are collapsing, with the Living Planet Report 2024 showing a 73% decline in vertebrates since 1970.

7 of the world's most endangered species on the verge of extinction

October 03, 2025 6:27 pm

Rising global temperatures and deforestation are pushing wildlife closer to the edge. The IUCN Red list warns that over 47,000 species are on the verge of extinction.

IVF to save a rhino: Mumbai filmmaker’s docu-series wins at Cannes

September 30, 2025 5:28 am

Only two females of the northern white rhino species had survived after decades of poaching, and both couldn’t conceive or carry their pregnancy to term

The incident happened in a village near the edge of Chitwan National Park (Image source: @nepalinlast24hr/Instagram)

'Wild card entry’: Rhino crashes wedding venue in Nepal, video goes viral

May 27, 2025 5:27 pm

In the video, a child is seen running away on spotting the rhinoceros, while another man captures the scene on his phone as the animal makes its way into the venue.

Racist rant targets ‘Indian’ students in Canada, forest officials rescue 700-kilo rhino calf, and more: Top 5 viral videos

January 03, 2025 4:46 pm

A look at the top five viral videos of the day.

Forest officials rescue rhino calf trapped in swamp (Image source: @ParveenKaswan/X)

WATCH: Forest officials rescue 700-kilo rhino calf trapped in swamp; video goes viral

January 03, 2025 2:07 pm

After the rescue, the rhino calf was carefully placed on a wooden plank and carried to safety by the rescuers.

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | September 23 to September 29, 2024

October 04, 2024 9:52 am

Are you preparing for the UPSC Prelims 2025? Worried about your Current Affairs preparation? Don't miss out on important current affairs tidbits for your Prelims and Mains preparation. Learn about World Rhino Day, Joint Commanders' Conference (JCC), Pygmy Hippos, Minerals Security Finance Network (MSFN), GI tags, and more. You can also test your knowledge by solving the MCQs.

One of world's last two northern white rhinos dropped from race to save the species

October 22, 2021 11:53 am

The team hopes to be able to deliver its first northern white rhino calf in three years

In Kaziranga, now a special force to protect the one-horned rhino

July 03, 2019 5:59 pm

The Special Rhino Protection Force, which consists of 74 men and eight women, underwent 43 weeks of training and is currently deployed across the Kaziranga National Park.

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Snakelike robot may help save white rhinos from extinction

May 06, 2019 4:03 pm

Scientists created a flexible, snake-like robot that may rescue the northern white rhinos from the brink of extinction by performing artificial insemination and embryo transfer on rhinos.

China decides to shelve plans of lifting ban on trade of rhino horn, tiger parts

November 14, 2018 7:06 am

The shelved plan would have put India’s one-horned rhino population under increased threat from poachers. Concerns had been raised in India as well In with Assam Forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya raising concern that the decision may give a boost to rhino poachers.