executive vice president and chief scientist at the National Geographic Society, which is a partner of the Sumatran Rhino Rescue. “But this is just the beginning. If we want to save this species ...

Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) and one of the first of its species to be bred in captivity. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark At ...

Fragmented habitat makes it hard for Sumatran rhinos to procreate and thrive. National Geographic is supporting a conservation effort that may help. ByLauren E. James This story appears in the ...

What he learned was grim: The Sumatran rhino, one of three Asian species ... This story was produced by National Geographic’s Special Investigations Unit, which focuses on wildlife crime ...

Today, due to poaching, logging, and human activity, there are fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos left on the planet. As a National Geographic Explorer and leader in conservation, Rudi Putra is helping ...

Sixty-three Javan rhinos—cousins to the Sumatran species—are also thought to remain in the wild, all in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park (see photos). A few hundred Sumatran rhinos live ...

which is situated in Way Kambas National Park. That leaves Harapan. It also leaves the question of how best to deal with the few Sumatran rhinos that remain. They are split among Way Kambas and a ...

(Read "Rhino Wars" in National Geographic magazine.) After the death of Suci at age 10, only nine Sumatran rhinos are left in captivity worldwide. Sumatran rhinos in captivity live an average of ...

Hope for the species Sumatran rhinos are the world’s smallest rhinos, standing at roughly 4 to 5 feet tall (about 1.5 meters), with an average body length of around 8.2 feet (2.5 meters). They ...