Photos by amivitale | Five years ago today, Sudan, the last male northern white rhino on the planet, passed away next to keeper Joseph Wachira. I think back often on those final moments and it is the silence that I remember most—a haunting silence that seemed to foreshadow what a world without wildlife would be like. Remarkably, there is still hope for the northern white rhino. Today, a multidisciplinary team of scientists spanning five continents has turned to an innovative mix of classic reproduction techniques and cutting-edge stem cell technology in the hope of resurrecting the subspecies. Thanks to the groundbreaking and inspiring work of the BioRescue_Project, 24 northern white rhino embryos are ready to be transferred into a surrogate southern white rhino mother in the near future. The species might still be saved from extinction. I've just launched a short film, "Remembering Sudan," documenting the heartbreaking crisis facing the northern white rhinos and those who sacrifi...