A rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that conservationists said might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies.
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Researchers have successfully generated stem cells from a male Sumatran rhino's skin cells, with the goal of creating sperm cells that may help to save the endangered species from extinction.
Eggs collected from the trio of Southern white rhinos at Longleat will be used as part of a scientific project to help boost population figures. | ITV News West Country