Scientists have found a way to save the northern white rhino species

Great progress has been made in the conservation of the rare species of northern white rhinoceros - three more embryos have been made.

The international consortium "BioRescue" has been saving the northern white rhinoceros since 2019.

A team of international scientists, led by Professor Thomas Hildebrandt, has made great progress, Index reports.

Namely, three more embryos were created in the laboratory, bringing the total number of embryos to 12.

Scientists took eggs from one of the two remaining female northern white rhinos in a Kenyan wildlife park and crossed them with frozen sperm from two dead males.

Two of the three new embryos were created by crossing egg cells with the sperm of the northern white rhinoceros Suni, whose genetic code served for all existing embryos.

The third embryo was created after the sperm of Angalifua, a rhinoceros living in the San Diego Safari Park that died in 2014, was used for the first time.

The current plan is to create as many embryos as possible every three to four months, and then implant them into a surrogate mother.