The story mirrors the fate of rhinos - the western black rhino has already been declared extinct, while other subspecies cling to survival. These losses echo the pattern of megafauna extinction ...

The world has known 11 subspecies of rhino. The western black rhino was declared extinct in 2011. Another, the northern white rhino, was down to just six specimens before one of the last two males ...

Take one species out and everything starts to crumble.” The western black rhino was declared extinct seven years ago, another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes ...

Modern rhinos have plodded the earth for 26 million years. As recently as the mid-19th century there were more than one million in Africa. The western black rhino was declared extinct in 2011.

Black Rhinos are Critically Endangered. Already, the Western Black Rhino subspecies is extinct, and all remaining populations are precariously close to the same fate. “All five of the world’s rhino ...