Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
When the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, it seemed that the subspecies was destined for extinction. But a team of researchers and conservationists are using cutting-edge technology to try to save the subspecies.
Professor Suzannah Williams, from the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, shares the unusual angle her research into ovarian dysfunction took after discovering the condition was common in captive rhinos. By using ovarian tissues from female rhinos, researchers are working to generate eggs in the lab to provide a unique pathway that could help save the northern white rhino and other species at risk of extinction.
Watch our video to find out more about Oxford’s Rhino Fertility project.
Script supported by: Dr Fiona Suttle
Edited by: James Lee-Warner
Subtítulos en español: Miriam Hellín Martínez, Lara Fernández Fernández y David Martín González. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
When the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, it seemed that the subspecies was destined for extinction. But a team of researchers and conservationists are using cutting-edge technology to try to save the subspecies.
Professor Suzannah Williams, from the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, shares the unusual angle her research into ovarian dysfunction took after discovering the condition was common in captive rhinos. By using ovarian tissues from female rhinos, researchers are working to generate eggs in the lab to provide a unique pathway that could help save the northern white rhino and other species at risk of extinction.
Watch our video to find out more about Oxford’s Rhino Fertility project.
Script supported by: Dr Fiona Suttle
Edited by: James Lee-Warner
Subtítulos en español: Miriam Hellín Martínez, Lara Fernández Fernández y David Martín González. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
