Science & Exploration
Sumatran Rhino Rescue Partners Expand Indonesian Sanctuary
Sumatran Rhino Rescue Alliance partners announce the expansion of a key sanctuary in Indonesia to support efforts to save the Sumatran rhino from extinction.
Sumatran Rhino Rescue
Science & Exploration
Sumatran Rhino Rescue Highlights One Year of Achievements, Next Steps
Sumatran Rhino Rescue celebrates first year of accomplishments towards saving the Sumatran rhino. Less than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain in the world. If we don’t act now, the Sumatran rhino will very likely go extinct in our lifetime.
Meet the National Geographic Fellow Working to Save the Sumatran Rhino
As part of the Society’s efforts to help save the Sumatran rhino before it’s too late, we’re working with conservationists like Rudi Putra, a National Geographic Fellow working in Indonesia to protect this critically endangered species. We ...
Sumatran Rhino Rescue Marks Its First Conservation Milestone
On Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 the government of Indonesia announced the rescue and relocation of a female Sumatran rhino in Kalimantan. The search and rescue operation was undertaken by the National Geographic Society-supported Sumatran Rhino Rescueinitiative: a groundbreaking alliance of conservation organizations ...
Five International Conservation Organizations Team Up to Save the Sumatran Rhino: Global Wildlife Conservation, International Rhino Foundation, International Union for Conservation of Nature, National Geographic Society, and WWF join together to launch Sumatran Rhino Rescue.
Today, in advance of World Rhino Day on September 22, five of the world’s leading international conservation organizations announced the formation of a groundbreaking strategic partnership to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros from extinction. The effort, established to support ...