2Min News Roundup (HD)

In this special World Rhino Day episode of our two-minute news roundup, we look at some of the most exciting, endearing and heartbreaking rhino stories of the year. A search for the critically endangered Javan rhino, a couple of adorable zooborns, the world's first-ever Youth Rhino Summit and a look at the escalating poaching crisis.

In this episode of our two-minute news roundup, we take down the latest shark myth, a Chinese sports star joins the fight against the ivory trade, genets behave strangely in South Africa and whales make a supersized comeback in California.

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Major busts in wildlife trade, the space geckos' sad return to earth, a giant octopus in the Caribbean & the biggest sunfish we've ever seen! These stories and more in this week's blast of nature news.

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In this week’s blast of wildlife news, Africa’s elephant numbers reach tipping point, new bird species classified, a lion-versus-croc showdown and a rare clouded leopard gets collared. All this and more in our two-minute nature news roundup.

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An emergency evacuation at Gaza Zoo, protections for the Zanzibar Islands, a Southern right whale struck by a boat & find out why conservationists are wrapping owls like burritos. These stories and much more in this week's blast of wildlife news!

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Cattle herders rescue a newborn baby elephant, Shark Week 2014 takes big hits from scientists, vultures on the rise in Switzerland & Africa's last polar bear dies in captivity. These stories and more in this week's wildlife news brief!

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Ferrets might hold the key to understanding ebola, whale sharks make their way to the Red Sea, two Amur leopard cubs in England and police nab an AWOL tortoise in California. All this and more in this week's blast of wildlife news!

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Last week, a juvenile humpback whale washed up on the shores of Amanzimtoti, South Africa. We brought our cameras along for Day Two of whale demo, to find out how the locals planned to dispose of the giant carcass!

Russia recovers its gecko-sex satellite, a dolphin is spotted in Britain's River Severn, an ironic end for the George Harrison memorial tree and a paralysed porcupine gets a five-dollar fix. Catch these stories and more in this week's blast of wildlife news.

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The remains of a juvenile humpback whale thought to be a female washed up on a beach near the town of Amanzimtoti on South Africa's eastern coast early this morning. Photos and updates can be found here... this whale tale isn't over yet!