It is estimated that less than 100 Sumatran rhinos remain in the wild, mainly on the island of Sumatra. The rhinos face serious threats from poaching, and habitat loss due to mining, plantations and ...

Sumatran & Javan rhinos The same problem exists for the other 2 Asian rhino species, with slightly different parameters. The issue leading to conflict with humans is not that trees are reducing ...

Sumatran rhinos, direct descendants of the woolly rhinos ... because of poaching for their horns and the destruction of their habitat. "When your species is almost gone," Roth says, "you just ...

By about 12,000 years ago - the end of the Pleistocene - Sumatran rhinos had lost much of their suitable habitat, like many other large mammals. Land bridges exposed during the Ice Age connecting ...

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 ...