A Record Year for Rhino Conservation

The black rhino conservation program in Namibia is one of the most successful and groundbreaking of its kind- and the past year garnered even more Read More


Field Journal – Black Rhino Conservation

The past two years have brought unprecedented changes to every pocket of the globe and nearly every aspect of daily life. Despite the challenges we’ve Read More


World Rhino Day – Tenth Anniversary

Did you know there are five species of rhino alive today, and all of them need our help now more than ever? Javan, Sumatran, black, Read More

Wednesday, September 15, 2021|Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation|

Giving the Shirt Off Your Back

Protecting black rhinos is a difficult and dangerous job. As if confronting charging rhinos and potentially heavily armed poachers is not enough of a burden, Read More


Reading with Rhinos

The Minnesota Zoo’s Black Rhino Project in Namibia is dedicated to protecting critically endangered rhinos through field research, tracking and monitoring, and community education and Read More


‘Raise the Roof’ for Rhinos – 1st Kunene Rhino Awards

In 2009, the Minnesota Zoo joined forces with Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia to help protect critically endangered black rhinoceros. This specific population of Read More


Rhino Update from Namibia

The Minnesota Zoo’s support for critically endangered black rhino conservation in southern Africa reached a decade in January, 2019! Zoo Conservation Biologist Dr. Jeff Muntifering, Read More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019|Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation|

Rhino Pride Campaign Makes its Mark

Celebrate World Rhino Day with the Minnesota Zoo on Friday, September 22! Come join us at the top of the Tropics Trail from noon-2pm to Read More