The poaching ring targets the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros, one of five species of rhino that has a dwindling population of just 76, according to the conservation charity organization ...

The ruling is part of a year-long crackdown by Indonesian conservation authorities on international wildlife trade that stemmed from the discovery in 2024 of organized poaching of Javan rhinos in ...

The poaching of up to 26 Javan rhinos in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park highlights critical lapses in security and conservation efforts. An investigation by Mongabay Indonesia discovered ...

In 2023, a newborn Javan rhino in Indonesia raised hopes for the highly endangered species. Now, conservationists fear poachers have killed up to a third of the surviving population, possibly with ...

It was 2011 when Hoang, a Vietnamese American, first learned about rhino horn poaching. That same year, the Javan rhino was deemed extinct in his home country, and rhinos elsewhere were being ...

Poaching is the main threat to the African rhino, but it was not considered a risk for the critically endangered Javan rhino in Asia. So rare and difficult to detect are Javan rhino, which live in ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, rhino poaching surged across Africa as a ... to kill more than two dozen critically endangered Javan rhinos since 2018 to get their horns. Last year, a Malaysian ...

Meanwhile, the recent identification of three new Javan rhino calves offers hope, credited to strict park protections and improved monitoring, even as experts warn that ongoing poaching threatens ...

While rhino poaching for horns is common elsewhere, the Indonesian case has taken some conservationists by surprise. "The poaching of the Javan rhino is really a new topic," said Timer Manurung ...