In an effort to combat the poaching of rhinos in South Africa, the Rhisotope Project is injecting radioactive isotopes into ...

A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agent ...

By making rhino horns detectable and traceable, the Rhisotope Project aims to create a powerful deterrent for traffickers.

After six years of research and a successful trial period, a South African program that hopes to curb rhino poaching by ...

For the pilot study, 20 rhinos were injected with the radioactive material last year, which proved that it was not harmful to ...

With rhino populations dwindling — now down to 27,000 globally — and South Africa losing about 500 rhinos a year to poaching, researchers hope this high-tech deterrent will tilt the odds in favor of ...

South African scientists have launched an anti-poaching campaign in which rhino's horns will be injected with a radioactive ...

In response, this project run by the University of the Witwatersrand is using radiation to support conservation and enforcement efforts. After two years of initial tests, the Rhisotope Project was ...

We are sharing with you today perhaps the saddest wildlife video we’ve uncovered. In a YouTube video from The Telegraph, a ...

A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but which can be detected by ...

The Rhisotope Project, supported by the IAEA, is safely inserting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poachers and stop smuggling by making the horns detectable at international borders.

South African scientists have launched the Rhisotope Project, injecting rhino horns with harmless radioactive isotopes to ...