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Canada Protects 81,400 Hectares of Ontario Taiga
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has secured over 81,400 hectares of taiga forest and peatlands south of Kapuskasing — an area 1.3 times the size of Toronto.
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Endangered Andean Cat Caught on Camera for 3rd Year
WCS Argentina's camera traps recorded the endangered Andean cat for a third straight year in Mendoza — proof a decade of habitat protection is working.
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Hilsa Fish Return to the Upper Ganga After 50 Years
A seven-year breeding and release program has brought the migratory hilsa fish back to stretches of India's Ganga it vanished from in 1975.
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120 Camera Traps Spot a Jaguar Crossing Two Countries
Panthera's camera-trap network recorded a male jaguar moving through the Bi-National Corridor linking Guatemala and Honduras — proof the fragile wildlife passage still works.
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11,000+ Giant Wētā Released in New Zealand Comeback
A 15-year captive-breeding programme has pulled New Zealand's wētāpunga — believed to be the world's heaviest insect — back from near-extinction to four wild generations.
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World's Largest Armadillo: Baby Filmed in Peru's Amazon
A camera trap in Peru's Loreto region caught a baby giant armadillo on film for what researchers call the first time — and the clip is now fueling a new wildlife law.
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Green Sea Turtles Recover After 80-Nation Effort
Green sea turtles are the first marine turtle species ever moved off the IUCN's endangered list, a milestone WWF credits to 50-plus years of coordinated protection.
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Chicago Woman Built 8 Native Gardens for Monarchs
Claudia Galeno-Sánchez turned her Pilsen family home into a monarch butterfly sanctuary, then expanded the idea into eight native-plant gardens across her Chicago neighborhood.
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Kākāpō Population Hits 325 After Record Chick Season
New Zealand's flightless kākāpō parrot has climbed to 325 birds after 90 chicks fledged this year — the biggest single-season gain in the species' recovery.
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7 New Diamond Frog Species Found in Madagascar
Twelve years of fieldwork and DNA pulled from century-old museum specimens brought Madagascar's secretive Rhombophryne genus from 20 known species to 27.
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WWF: Bluefin Tuna Explode in Numbers Off UK Coast
Once nearly wiped out by overfishing, Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to British waters in force — one of several wildlife wins in WWF's new Living Planet Report.
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European Bison Return to Britain After 6,000 Years
Five bison from Kent's pioneering herd have founded a new breeding group in Cumbria, where they're using their sheer bulk to restore thousands of acres of habitat for free.
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World's Largest Wildlife Crossing Opens Dec. 2
A concrete bridge over 10 lanes of California's 101 Freeway will finally let isolated mountain lions reach new mates — ending a decades-long genetic bottleneck.
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Retired GP, 76, Regrows 120 Hectares of WA Bush
Susan Downes bought a run-down 200-hectare farm in her 60s — nearly two decades and 45,000 trees later, 120 hectares are protected forever.
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183,000 Giant Tortoises Now Outnumber Seychellois
A five-year survey of Aldabra Atoll found the giant tortoise population has climbed to nearly 183,000 — more than the entire human population of the Seychelles.
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17 Snakes Spark a World-First Comeback in Australia
Conservationists confirm more than half of Australia's reintroduced Broad-headed Snakes are alive and thriving in the wild, a world-first result.
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India Releases First Captive-Bred Bustards Into the Wild
Two captive-bred Great Indian Bustards, part of a species-saving program of just 97 birds, took their first wild steps in Rajasthan's desert.
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School Kids Help Blanding's Turtles Go From 55 to 300
A two-decade classroom headstart program at a Massachusetts wildlife refuge has grown one endangered turtle population more than fivefold.
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Jaguar Filmed Crossing Guatemala-Honduras Corridor
A rare camera-trap photo of a male jaguar confirms the Bi-National Corridor still lets the big cats move freely between Guatemala and Honduras.
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11,000 Giant Wētā Released as NZ Insect Recovers
New Zealand's wētāpunga, the world's heaviest insect, has moved from "endangered" to "recovering" after a 15-year captive breeding effort.
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Canada Ratifies Ocean Treaty, Pledges $82M to Protect It
Canada joined nearly 100 nations in ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty and committed $82 million to monitoring, clearing the way for the first high-seas sanctuaries.
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Great Lakes Piping Plovers Fledge Record 184 Chicks
Down to just 12 pairs in 1990, the endangered Great Lakes piping plover population fledged a record 184 chicks in 2026, thanks to zoos, volunteers, and decades of beach restoration.
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Zimbabwe Hits Zero Rhino Poaching, 1,406 Rhinos
Once devastated by poaching, Zimbabwe reported zero rhinos killed in 2026 and now counts 1,406 black and white rhinos, according to the International Rhino Foundation's annual global report.