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Critically Endangered Mountain Bongos Caught on Trail Cam in Kenya
Trail cameras have captured fresh footage of mountain bongos — one of the world's rarest forest antelopes — in a stretch of Kenyan highlands where they were feared extinct, a major win for a species reduced to fewer than 100 wild animals.
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Wild Horses Are Back: Mongolia's Takhi Now Top 1,000 in Their Homeland
Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski's horses now number more than 1,000 in Mongolia — half the global population — thanks to a 50-year reintroduction effort that began with just a dozen captive ancestors.
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New Zealand Parakeet Pair Produces 55 Chicks, 10% of Wild Population
Nacho and Trixie, a breeding pair of critically endangered orange-fronted parakeets at the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust, have hatched 55 chicks in two years — a tenth of the entire species.
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Namibia Locks In $63M for Africa's Largest Community Conservation Deal
A new agreement called Namibia for Life secures $63 million to protect 100 community conservancies and 280,000 people, the first Project Finance for Permanence deal in Africa.
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Vietnam's Rarest Monkey Triples Its Numbers in Two Decades
A new census reveals 160 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys now live in Vietnam's Khau Ca forest — more than three times the number counted in 2002.
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South Africa Restores 13,000 Acres of Habitat for Critically Endangered Frog
A decade-long IUCN-led campaign cleared invasive pines from the Klein Swartberg mountains, bringing the global home of the rough moss frog back to life.
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Wild Donkeys Return to Eastern Mongolia After 65 Years
After more than six decades of absence, the endangered Asiatic wild ass — known locally as khulan — has re-established a population in eastern Mongolia's sweeping steppe.
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UNESCO Sites Now Shelter a Third of the World's Tigers and Pandas
A new UNESCO report finds that wildlife populations have stayed stable inside designated sites even as global numbers crashed by nearly three-quarters since 1970.
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Cranes Have Best Breeding Year in Scotland Since the 1500s
A bird that vanished from Scotland 400 years ago just had its strongest breeding season since the Tudor era, with 10 pairs raising nine chicks across restored wetlands.
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US Plants 24 Million Trees in Five Months — One of the Biggest Pushes Ever
Between November and April, federal and partner crews planted more than 24 million seedlings across US national forests — part of a 46-million-tree restoration effort.
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New Bright-Green Pitviper Discovered in China's Giant Panda National Park
Researchers named the new Sichuan snake species Trimeresurus lii — the Huaxi Green Pitviper — honoring the philosopher Laozi after DNA analysis revealed it had hidden in plain sight for decades.
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NOAA: Sea Turtles Are Rebounding Worldwide After Decades of Decline
A new NOAA assessment finds most sea turtle species are recovering, with green turtles showing an especially strong comeback — proof that long-running conservation laws are working.
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UNESCO Report: Wildlife Thrives in Protected Sites as Global Populations Fall
A landmark UNESCO report finds animal populations inside its 759 Man and Biosphere reserves remain stable, while global wildlife has dropped 73% since 1970.
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Golden Eagles to Return to English Skies After 150 Years
A £1 million UK government plan could see juvenile golden eagles released in England as early as next year, ending a 150-year absence from the country's skies.
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40 Species Including Snowy Owls Now Protected Under Global Pact
From snowy owls to cheetahs, 132 nations agreed to protect 40 new migratory species at a landmark UN summit in Brazil.
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Chile Now Protects Over 1 Million Square Km of Ocean
Chile expanded protection around the Juan Fernández and Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks, surpassing 50% protection of its national waters.
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Scientists Engineer a Superfood for Honeybees — and Colonies Surged 15-Fold
A University of Oxford-led team used synthetic biology to create a nutritionally complete bee supplement, and the results were dramatic: colonies produced up to 15 times more young.
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We're Living in a Golden Age of Species Discovery — And Scientists Say the Best Is Yet to Come
Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species every year, from deep-sea creatures to high-altitude fungi, revealing a planet far more biodiverse than anyone imagined.
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World Wildlife Day 2026 Shines a Spotlight on the Medicinal Plants That Sustain Billions
This year's World Wildlife Day theme highlights medicinal and aromatic plants — the overlooked biological foundations of global health, heritage, and livelihoods.
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Svalbard's Polar Bears Are Thriving Against All Odds, New Study Finds
A 27-year study reveals that polar bears in Norway's Svalbard archipelago are healthier and more numerous than expected, defying predictions about the impact of melting sea ice.
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A Century After Vanishing, Wild European Bison Roam the Carpathians Once More
Wild European bison are grazing freely in Romania's Carpathian Mountains for the first time in over 100 years, revitalizing entire ecosystems in their wake.