Scientists create hybrid species in fight against extinction of white rhino

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JOHANNESBURG, July 5 (ANA) - Scientists say they’re several steps closer to perfecting a method that could prevent the extinction of northern white rhinos, of which only two animals are known still to be alive, AP reported. 

A paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, said researchers have succeeded in creating embryos using frozen northern white rhino sperm and eggs from a southern white rhino, a closely related sub-species.

- African News Agency (ANA); Edited by Moses Mudzwiti