Long before myths gave us unicorns, there was the Elasmotherium - a real, giant horned beast that roamed the ancient steppes.

Crackdown on poachers who kill endangered rhinos 02:21. A Malaysian man who sold a dozen black rhino and white rhino horns to a confidential source was sentenced to a year and a half in a U.S ...

MANHATTAN (CN) – A New York antiques dealer will serve six months for trading in black market rhinoceros horn while purporting to help wildlife authorities end the practice. David Hausman furthered ...

Sporting a horn on your head two-thirds the length of your body might seem like a drag. For the rhinoceros beetle, though, massive head-weapons are no big deal. Turns out, pitchfork-shaped ...

John Slattery, a member of the Irish Travellers, was extradited to Texas on federal charges of trafficking black rhinoceros horns in 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice says.

Horns have evolved independently multiple times in scarab beetles, but distantly related species have made use of the same genetic toolkit to grow these prominent structures, according to a study ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CN) – A federal judge issued a 27-month prison sentence to an Iowa man who illegally bought and transported black rhino horns from Oregon. James Hess, 39, a Maquoketa-based ...

Study shows rhinoceros beetle horns evolved to accommodate species-specific fighting styles (Phys.org) —Male rhinoceros beetles have elaborate horns, which they use when fighting for mates.