although there is no scientific evidence to suggest rhino horn material has any medicinal qualities. It is made of keratin, the same protein that makes up fingernails and hair. It grows from the skin ...

The other one is at the tip of the nose and is sharp and long. To the surprise of many, rhino horns are made of neither bone nor magic. They are made of keratin, the same substance you can find in ...

Pembient On the black market, a pound of rhino horn goes for $30,000—an irresistible ... pirated software can ruin a tech company that made the original product. Pembient uses yeast engineered ...

Rhino horn consists of a substance like a horse ... The rhino settled down and we made it to a tree with lots of knobs for hand- and foot-holds where elephants had broken off branches.

It would be 61 years before another rhino made it to Europe ... not strictly accurate — it showed the rhino with a second horn between its shoulders, and somewhat scaly skin — but its obvious ...

"I hope it works," she said. JOHN HUME BELIEVES no rhinos need to die to supply all the rhino horn the Vietnamese desire. The 69-year-old entrepreneur, who made a fortune in hotels and taxis ...

Rhino horns, made of keratin—the same protein found in human nails and hair—are highly sought after in parts of East Asia for use in traditional medicine and jewelry. To combat poaching ...

Mafikeng, South Africa (CNN)-- Across the South African bushveld a small white helicopter chased a rhino, one of Africa's most endangered animals. Eventually, over the din of the chopper blades ...

They provide a novel and intriguing visual to communicate to the Vietnamese public that rhino horn is made largely of keratin, the same substance that makes up your finger nails and toe nails. “Rhino ...

another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes Sudan’s story can raise more awareness about the problem and that along with the efforts of zoos and wildlife ...

But some experts say it may have made the problem worse. According to a South African government report, the ban merely signalled to syndicates that rhino horn would become harder to get.