Natalie, a southern white rhino who recently died, was part of the crash that participated in the collaborative poop study with N.C. State and the NC Zoo. It’s feeding time at the rhino habitat at the ...

In 2020, graduate student Christina Burnham was seeking a master’s thesis project focused on southern white rhinos. Her original plan had been to study the blood biochemistry of wild southern white ...

Fossilized feces from the Pleistocene epoch have divulged the mitochondrial DNA of a woolly rhinoceros, whose genome had never previously been assembled. The ancient poop was not excreted by an ...

YULEE, Fla. — Stumped about what to give that special someone this Christmas? How about some rhino poop. The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning on eBay four pieces of dung from the ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified significant differences in the gut microbiome of female southern white rhinos who are reproducing successfully in captivity, as compared ...

Scientists reconstructed the mitochondrial genome of a European Woolly Rhinoceros for the first time. Extracting DNA from fossilized hyena feces was critical to the process. Using the DNA, the team ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

A southern white rhinoceros stands in a field at the North Carolina Zoo. Christina Burnham In 2020, graduate student Christina Burnham was seeking a master’s thesis project focused on southern white ...