Near-Extinct Sumatran Rhino Spotted In Indonesian Borneo For The First Time In 40 Years

In the uphill battle to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, good news is hard to come by. Last year, the species was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia and conservationists warned that the creatures -- which number less than 100 -- may disappear entirely from the planet before too long.

“With the ongoing poaching crisis, escalating population decline and destruction of suitable habitat, extinction of the Sumatran rhino in the near future is becoming increasingly likely,” Simon Stuart of International Union for the Conservation of Nature told The Guardian in September.