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Malaysian Airports Customs Director Hamzah Sundang displays seized Rhino horns during a press conference at the Customs Complex in Sepang on April 10, 2017.

Rhinoceros Horns Worth Over $3 Million Seized in Malaysia

Malaysian officials have seized 18 rhino horns that are worth a total of $3...

Malaysian officials have seized 18 rhino horns that are worth a total of $3.1 million dollars and were flown into the country from Mozambique. Customs officials at Kuala Lumpur International Airport discovered the horns on...

A vet attends to a tranquilized rhino, which will be microchipped during an operation on Sept. 19, 2016, at the Pilanesberg National Park in the North West province, in South Africa. Rhino populations are threatened by poaching to feed China's voracious demand for rhino horn

Traditional Chinese Medical Authorities Are Unable to Stop the Booming Trade in Rare Animal Parts

Although reputable practitioners of TCM have long shunned the use of rhino ...

Although reputable practitioners of TCM have long shunned the use of rhino and tiger parts, the message is not getting through to ordinary Chinese

Mountain Gorilla, Rwanda. About 880 mountain gorillas, who have thicker and more fur than other great apes, live in forests high in the mountains in the Congo Basin. They are threatened by civil conflict, poaching, and an encroaching human population.

See 17 Animals on the Verge of Going Extinct

Species of gorilla and rhinoceros are among the most vulnerable on this yea...

Species of gorilla and rhinoceros are among the most vulnerable on this year's Endangered Species Day

A picture taken on April 28, 2016 shows broken trees due to the intense deforestation intended for land clearing for palm oil production in Lofa county, northern Liberia

One in Five of the World's Plant Species Is Endangered, Says Report

Agricultural expansion and palm oil production are among the biggest threat...

Agricultural expansion and palm oil production are among the biggest threats to plant life

Elephants are pictured on March 15, 2016 at the Tsavo east national park (approximately 337 kilometres south east) of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

The Chinese Elite's New Love of Hunting Has Conservationists Worried

Experts fear that more havoc could be wreaked on global wildlife population...

Experts fear that more havoc could be wreaked on global wildlife populations

Conservationists Declare Tigers 'Functionally Extinct' in Cambodia

The Cambodian government announced a plan to reintroduce the species to the...

The Cambodian government announced a plan to reintroduce the species to the region

A male Sumatran rhino (Borneo rhino) pictured in Malaysia, in a file photo dating Feb. 2012.

Sumatran Rhino Deemed Extinct in Malaysia

The survival of the species now depends on fewer than 100 rhinos in Indones...

The survival of the species now depends on fewer than 100 rhinos in Indonesia