The Western black rhinoceros has officially been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation network. A subspecies of the black ...

GENEVA • Lax anti-poaching efforts are to blame for the loss of the last wild specimens of Western Black Rhino, leading the rhinoceros subspecies to be declared officially extinct this week, ...

GENEVA -- The western black rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.

The Western Black Rhino of Africa is officially extinct. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said that two other subspecies of rhinoceros will soon meet the same fate: the African ...

Africa's Western black rhino has officially been declared extinct and other subspecies of rhinoceros could follow, according to the latest review by a leading conservation organization. The ...