Northern White Rhino Extinction 2024. A scientific breakthrough is good news for a. While the surrogate mother unfortunately died during the pregnancy due to an unrelated illness, the success in the fertilisation and implantation of a viable rhino embryo is a huge scientific breakthrough that will hopefully save the critically endangered northern white.
But it has a dark side: Scientists in berlin on wednesday announced the first successful embryo transfer in a white rhinoceros using a method that offers hope for saving the critically endangered.