Archive · 31 May 2025
Scientists Revive Rhino Cells, Offering Hope for Endangered Species
Imagine scientists have found a way to bring back part of a dead rhino!
A UK charity, Nature's SAFE, took skin cells from a rhino that died in 2021 and made them alive again.
They have grown millions of these cells.
This is like a special library of rhino DNA.
The hope is that these cells can be used to make eggs or sperm, which could help save other rhinos and maybe even other animals that are in danger of disappearing.
It's similar to something they've done with mice, showing that this could really work to help animals survive.
Scientists revived living cells from a southern white rhino that died in 2021.
The cells were taken from a skin sample before the rhino's death at age 40.
Nature's SAFE, a UK wildlife charity, successfully cultivated millions of cells.
This could enable the creation of egg or sperm cells to help revive endangered species.
Similar techniques have already worked with mice, showing promise for other species.
- Who
- Scientists at Nature's SAFE charity
- What
- Revived living cells from a deceased southern white rhino.
- When
- Cells were revived in April, after the rhino's death in 2021
- Where
- Shropshire, UK
- Why
- To help conserve and revive endangered species by preserving genetic material.
- Animal
- Southern White Rhino
- Cause
- Conservation efforts
- Location of Revival
- UK
- Charity
- Nature's SAFE
- Technique
- Cell Culturing
- Species
- Endangered animals
- Animal's age
- 40
- Material type
- Skin sample