Even if you were the last rhino on Earth... why populations can't be saved by a single breeding pair
- Written by Corey Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology, Flinders University
Two days ago, the last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died. His passing leaves two surviving members of his subspecies: both females who are unable to bear calves.
Even though it might not be quite the end of the northern white rhino because of the possibility of implanting frozen embryos in their southern cousins (C. simum...