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Stories tagged “rewilding”
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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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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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Kent Bison Bridges Double Herd's Habitat to 100 Hectares
The UK's first bison bridges let Kent's free-roaming European bison herd cross footpaths safely, doubling their woodland range to 100 hectares.
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47 Bison Return to Mexico After 200 Years
American bison disappeared from northern Mexico 200 years ago. Since 2025, dozens have returned, and pumas and lynx are already following.
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6 Species Reclaim Australia's Outback After 100 Years
Bilbies, quolls and bandicoots are breeding in the wild for the first time in a century after a decade-long rewilding project in outback New South Wales.
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46 Lynx Later: Kittens Born in Washington's Kettle Range
Trail cameras caught Washington State's first lynx kittens in over 40 years — proof that the Colville Tribes' five-year effort to bring wápupxn home is working.
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Beaver Kits Born in Norfolk for First Time in 500 Years
Wild Eurasian beavers have given birth to kits in Norfolk for the first time in 500+ years — a milestone for Britain's rewilding movement and its waterways.
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First Wild Horse Foal Born on Kazakhstan Steppes in 200 Years
The first Przewalski's horse foal born in central Kazakhstan in two centuries is a major milestone for the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative — and for the world's last truly wild horses.
Human Achievements
England's Restored Wetland Stays Lush While Drought Bites
Aerial imagery of the Holnicote Estate in Somerset shows restored wetlands thriving green amid a scorching summer — striking proof that reconnecting rivers and nature beats the drought.
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Ospreys Nest in England for First Time Since Victorian Era
A breeding pair raised three chicks at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria — the first confirmed osprey breeding in England since the 19th century.
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White Storks Soar Free in Cornwall for the First Time
Twenty-one white storks hatched at Hamatethy farm took flight over Bodmin Moor on Thursday, the first of their kind ever released into the wilds of Cornwall — and they look majestic.
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Formerly Captive Elephants Go Wild — And They're Thriving
A 5-year study of 11 formerly captive elephants in South Africa shows they adapted to wild life with minimal stress and near-identical behavior to their wild-born neighbors.
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$200M Phoenix Project Will Save 100 Species From Extinction
Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund commit $200M to recover 100 species facing imminent extinction across 30 countries — with five years of sustained funding per species.
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White Storks Return to England After 600 Years
Three white storks released at a Derbyshire wetland mark the species' first return to England's Midlands since the 15th century, a rewilding triumph.
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Nepal's Tigers Triple to 429 — A Conservation Milestone
Nepal's latest census counts 429 wild tigers — triple the 2009 tally — cementing its status as the world's foremost big cat recovery success story.
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6 Orphaned Rhinos Released to Wild Now Have Own Calves
Six white rhinos rescued from poached mothers in KwaZulu-Natal have returned to the wild and each given birth to their own calves—a milestone nine years in the making.
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From 0 to 200: Argentina's Giant Anteater Comeback
The Iberá Wetlands now shelter 200 wild giant anteaters — up from zero — after a 19-year rewilding program in Corrientes province, Argentina, that is rewriting the conservation rulebook.
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UK Raises £9M to Rewild 3,000 Hectares in Northumberland
Conservation company Restore secured nearly £9 million to buy and rewild the Emblehope estate — 3,000 hectares of degraded Northumberland upland set to become England's boldest nature recovery site.
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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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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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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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Four Zoo-Bred Bongos Fly Home to a Wild Herd of Under 100
Bred at European zoos and picked via Chester Zoo's breeding programme, four young males landed at Mount Kenya — where under 100 wild bongos remain.