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The process is safe and harmless to the animals, but will allow authorities to detect smuggled horns as they're transported ...
A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes, ...
Rhinos have long been a symbol of Africa’s wild beauty. But now, science is stepping in to protect them in a new way. A team ...
South Africa’s New Weapon Against Poachers | Vantage with Palki Sharma South Africa is taking a bold step to stop rhino ...
In 2015 alone, 1,349 rhinos were poached in Africa. In the years since, those numbers have decreased, but at least one rhinoceros is still killed every day. To tackle this problem, a group of ...
The Rhisotope Project is embedding radioactive isotopes in the horns of rhinos in an effort to prevent poaching. Rhinos previously injected with the isotopes during Rhisotope's test phase turned out ...
Conservation scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The doses are too weak to harm ...
Scientists have developed a safe way to embed radioactive markers in rhino horns, making them detectable and help combat ...
In an effort to combat the poaching of rhinos in South Africa, the Rhisotope Project is injecting radioactive isotopes into ...
The IAEA is supporting South Africa’s Rhisotope Project which uses radioactive tagging in rhino horns to combat illegal ...
South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world and hundreds of rhinos are poached every year.According to BBC, horns of African rhinos are exported to Asian markets where consumers ...
Scientists in South Africa are injecting rhinos with radioactive material to enable them to track illegal trade and deter ...