Lions may get all the good press about being "king of the jungle," but the modern animal that has no predators in the wild, except for man, is the rhinoceros and that probably was the case as ...

When you think of rhinoceroses, chances are you think of regions like Africa and Asia, not North America. Nevertheless, researchers have discovered an extinct rhino species in Canada’s High Arctic—the ...

Researchers find well-preserved remains of a rhino in the Canadian High Arctic and discover an entirely new species.

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scientists from the Canadian Museum of Nature have announced the discovery and description of an extinct rhinoceros from the Canadian High Arctic.

Although modern Indian and Javan rhinos have a single horn on their noses, the extinct one-horned rhino Elasmotherium was a source of the unicorn legend because it had a two meter-long horn on its ...

About 23 million years ago, a species of rhinoceros - similar in size to the modern Indian rhino but lacking a horn - made its home in the challenging environment of the Canadian High Arctic, which at ...

About 9.2 million years ago, a teenage two-horned rhinoceros was literally cooked to death when a Mount Vesuvius-like eruption enveloped it in lava reaching more than 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 ...

We describe new material of Rhinocerotidae recently collected in western Kenya. A skull from Karungu is one of the best-preserved Miocene skulls in Africa. It differs substantially from that of ...

Before there were flamingos, alligators and tourists, Florida was crawling with rhinoceroses, camels and bear-dogs. They were among the creatures that called Florida home soon after the state rose out ...

Lions may get all the good press about being "king of the jungle," but the modern animal that has no predators in the wild, except for man, is the rhinoceros and that probably was the case as long ago ...