World Rhino Day

    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 participate Read More

    Wednesday, August 30, 2017|Animal, Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation|

      Saving Black Rhinos

      October is a great month to learn more about the Zoo’s work in Namibia to save critically endangered black rhinos.  Jeff Muntifering (Minnesota Zoo Conservation Read More

      Wednesday, September 28, 2016|Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation, Zoo News|

        How Can You Help Save Wild Black Rhinos?

        How does $10 save a black rhino’s life? Just $10 funds the Minnesota Zoo’s work in northwestern Namibia, where we partner with Save the Rhino Read More

        Thursday, September 22, 2016|Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation|

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          Support Efforts to Protect Critically Endangered Black Rhinos

          Support Efforts to Protect Critically Endangered Black Rhinos

          Black rhinos are in big trouble, as they face an escalating poaching crisis to feed black market demand for their horns.  But the Minnesota Zoo, Read More

          Wednesday, July 27, 2016|Black Rhino Conservation, Zoo News|

            Coming Face-to-Face with a Desert Black Rhino

            Josh Le, Minnesota Zoo’s Communications Manager, is currently in Namibia to help further the Zoo’s mission of connecting people, animals and the natural world to Read More


              From the Deserts of Namibia

              Josh Le, Minnesota Zoo’s Communications Manager, is currently in Namibia to help further the Zoo’s mission of connecting people, animals and the natural world to Read More


                Community Rhino Rangers Gain Momentum

                By Jeff Muntifering, Minnesota Zoo Conservation Biologist Greetings from Namibia, where in the Southern Hemisphere the days are getting shorter and colder but our efforts Read More

                Wednesday, June 1, 2016|Black Rhino Conservation, Zoo News|

                  Notes from the Field – Rhino Conservation

                  Greetings from “World’s End”, the field camp where I make my home in rugged northwestern Namibia!  I first arrived in Namibia in 2002, and have Read More

                  Friday, December 18, 2015|Black Rhino Conservation, Conservation|