Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Numbers of white rhino in Africa plummeted by almost 12 per cent (AFP via Getty Images) African rhino poaching rates have fallen ...

The FBI is investigating death threats made against members of the Dallas hunting club that intends to auction off a rare permit to kill an endangered black rhino, an FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday.

South Africa will award trophy export quotas to pave the way for the hunting of black rhino, elephant and leopard for the first time in about six years. The decision by the environment minister eases ...

South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with an industry that generates 44 billion ...

DALLAS (AP) – A North Texas man who paid $350,000 for the right to hunt an endangered African black rhino said he’s had to hire full-time security due to death threats after his name was leaked onto ...

Today, the term “Big Five” refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa’s most iconic animals. However, it has a much darker history. Trophy hunters in the 19th century considered elephants, ...

DALLAS (AP) A Texas hunting club that auctioned off a permit to shoot an endangered black rhinoceros in Africa said it will cancel the hunt if a federal agency denies the winning bidder's request to ...

Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa. This success was ...