Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand have come up with a radioactive injection that will help rhino horns from being smuggled.

South African scientists have pioneered the Rhisotope Project, injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes to combat poaching. This innovative approach, deemed safe for the animals, aims to make ...

The horns of rhinos are injected with radioactive isotopes that scientists say are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.

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The Rhisotope Project, supported by the IAEA, is safely inserting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poachers and stop smuggling by making the horns detectable at international borders.

While conservation efforts have seen rhino populations in South Africa and other parts of their range begin to bounce back from the brink of extinction, poaching is still very much a problem. In 2024, ...

South African scientists have launched an anti-poaching campaign in which rhino's horns will be injected with a radioactive ...

A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but which can be detected by ...