Scientists take another step in saving the northern white rhino

The BioRescue team has successfully cultivated five more embryos of the critically endangered northern white rhino. The news, announced Thursday by Czechia's Dvůr Králové Zoo, marks another significant step in efforts to save the species. These embryos, now frozen, will soon be implanted into surrogate southern white rhinos.

Since 2019, a total of 35 embryos have been created using eggs from Fatu, one of the last two northern white rhinos in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Reserve, and frozen sperm from deceased males. With no northern white rhinos left in the wild, the goal is to use artificial reproduction to help save the subspecies.