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New Zealand Creates 5 Marine Reserves for Dolphins and Kelp
308 square miles of protected ocean near Otago will safeguard Hector's dolphins, yellow-eyed penguins, and ancient kelp forests — New Zealand's biggest marine protection step in a decade.
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Frogs Are Beating the Fungus That Nearly Wiped Them Out
Scientists discover that some frog populations recovering from the deadly chytrid fungus are passing on powerful immune defenses to the next generation.
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UK Ratifies High Seas Treaty in Win for Ocean Protection
The UK joined more than 90 countries in formally adopting the global ocean treaty, giving governments a legal framework to protect international waters.
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Japan Returns Crested Ibis to the Wild After 50 Years
Eight crested ibises have been released into the wild in Japan, completing a remarkable comeback for a bird that went extinct on Honshu since the 1970s.
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New Colobus Monkey Species Discovered in DR Congo Forest
Scientists confirm Colobus congoensis — a new African monkey species hidden in DR Congo for decades, with distinctive pinkish-orange lips unlike any known primate.
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New England Forests Called Greatest Recovery in History
Scientists at the Woodwell Climate Research Center say New England's comeback — from 90% deforested to 60% forested today — is the most remarkable forest recovery ever recorded.
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North Carolina Budgets $10.2M for Wildlife Crossings
With $10.2M in new state funding, North Carolina will build animal bridges and culverts to protect both wildlife and motorists from dangerous road collisions.
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Australia's Numbat Upgraded From Endangered After 40 Years
Australia's iconic numbat has been officially downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened, with numbers rebounding from just 300 in the 1970s to around 3,000 today.
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4 States Just Passed Bipartisan Laws to Build More Wildlife Crossings
Utah, Virginia, Idaho and Oregon all passed 2026 legislation to fund wildlife overpasses and underpasses — a rare bipartisan win that cuts animal-vehicle collisions and saves drivers billions.
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Free-Flight Training Helps Confiscated Parrots Thrive in the Wild
A Texas A&M study in Bird Conservation International shows confiscated yellow-crowned Amazon parrots trained to fly free before release stayed close to their Colombian release site with strong survival.
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West African Leopards Are Rebounding in Benin's Pendjari Park
Camera-trap data show leopard density climbing from 2017 to 2023 inside Benin's Pendjari National Park — a rare bright spot for one of the world's most endangered leopard populations.
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Turtle Raised in a Massachusetts Classroom Just Became a Grandmother
A Blanding's turtle hatched in a school program in 2010 has now produced offspring of her own, marking the first second-generation release in a 20-year conservation effort.
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Make That 451: New Baby Boosts World's Rarest Wombat Population
Trail cameras have spotted a new joey riding in its mother's pouch at an Australian nature refuge, giving one of the world's rarest mammals a small but meaningful bump in numbers.
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U.S. Launches DNA Vault for Every Endangered Species in America
A new partnership between Colossal Biosciences and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will biobank cells, tissues and DNA from all 2,300+ Endangered Species Act-listed plants and animals.
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Eastern Barred Bandicoots Return to Mainland Australia After 35 Years
Up to 100 once-extinct-in-the-wild bandicoots were released on Phillip Island — the largest reintroduction of the species in Australia's history, and a 35-year comeback.
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Europe Removes Record 602 Dams, Freeing 2,300 Miles of Rivers
A new Dam Removal Europe report tallies 602 barriers torn down across 21 countries in 2025, reconnecting more than 2,300 miles of rivers in the continent’s biggest restoration year on record.
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Mangrove Forests Rebound Worldwide as Gains Outpace Losses
A 40-year satellite study from Tulane finds mangrove regrowth has nearly matched losses since 2010, leaving the planet with just a 1% net decline since the 1980s.
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Four New Chameleon Species Found on Mozambique's 'Sky Islands'
Scientists describe four previously unknown sylvan chameleons, each living on its own isolated mountaintop forest in northern Mozambique — an unmistakable signature of evolution in action.
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Lord Howe Island's Insects Bounce Back After Rats Gone
Researchers found total invertebrate abundance soared on Lord Howe Island after the 2019 rodent eradication — a textbook win for one of Australia's boldest conservation projects.
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Madagascar and Zanzibar Just Gave Sharks and Rays Sweeping New Protection
At the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Madagascar and Zanzibar announced national protections covering dozens of shark and ray species, including the rare Zanzibar guitarfish.
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Mule Deer Become First to Cross California's New Wildlife Overpass
A wildlife camera caught three mule deer using a $20 million overpass on State Route 97 — before construction had even finished, marking a milestone for California's wildlife corridors.
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Rare Duke of Burgundy Butterfly Soars 9,000% in Kent in 20 Years
One of Britain's scarcest butterflies has roared back across Kent's downland thanks to a quiet partnership between farmers, volunteers, and conservation scientists.
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Platypuses Are Breeding Again in Australia's Oldest National Park
Three years after their historic reintroduction, the platypus population in Sydney's Royal National Park has grown to 20 — and the next generation is being born in the wild.