In a single day, the world's population of northern white rhinos declined by 25 percent. All it took was one last ragged exhalation from a 41-year-old rhino named Nola, one of four of the massive ...

They look similar -- both are grey, not white -- but the northern subspecies are smaller, with fluffier ears and slightly longer tails. Fatu, who turns 25 in June, was initially quite friendly ...

There has been so much damage caused by these practices, and the northern white rhino is one of the most impacted victims. The subspecies of the white rhino was once prevalent across Central ...

On July 22, 2025, the world lost an iconic American rockstar named Ozzy. On this same day, the world gained a white rhino ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The world's last male northern white rhino has joined the Tinder dating app as wildlife experts make a last-chance breeding effort to keep his species alive.

Two females, Najin, 30, and daughter Fatu, 19, are the only survivors of the subspecies of white rhino, and live under 24-hour armed guard at Ol Pejeta. However neither is able to carry a calf.

Following the death of the last male of the species in 2018, the BioRescue consortium is now exploring ART using the only two ...

Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, grazes at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya in May 2017. The 45-year-old rhino's health started deteriorating in late February. Image: STR/AP ...

NAIROBI, March 20 (Reuters) - The world's last male northern white rhino has died, the Kenyan conservancy taking care of it said, leaving only two of its subspecies alive in the world.

The last two northern white rhinos in the world, 35 years old Najin (L) and her 24 year old daughter Fatu (R), in Ol Pejeta conservancy, Laikipia county, on February 6, 2025.

They are the last two northern white rhinos, which have been considered functionally extinct since Najin's father, Sudan, died in 2018.