The world’s loneliest wild animals: These rare species are surviving in tiny isolated populations with fewer and fewer mates
Several animal species such as the Northern White Rhinoceros and Vaquita are on the brink of extinction. The…
20 African wild dogs were brought back to a Zimbabwe park after disappearing for decades; conservationists rebuilt the ecosystem before their return |
African Wild Dog. Image Credit: Wikipedia African wild dogs returned to Zimbabwe’s Matusadona National Park in February 2026…
Paul McCartney joins over 500 public figures calling for an end to trophy hunting of lions, elephants and endangered rhinos | World News
Paul McCartney, PC: Wikipedia Paul McCartney is among hundreds of public figures backing a new international campaign calling…
In 2004, Phillip Island launched a campaign to eliminate foxes after nine of its 10 little-penguin colonies had vanished; alongside habitat restoration, the surviving colony grew from 12,000 to 40,000 birds
Phillip Island’s little penguins once faced a crisis that threatened to erase much of their presence from the…
Scientists collected 49 spider webs in Australia; their DNA revealed 85 vertebrate species hiding nearby |
Spider webs may hold a surprising record of the animals living nearby. A study found that genetic traces…
In 2013, Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation gave $3 million to Nepal’s tiger effort; the country’s count later climbed from 121 animals to 355 | World News
Leonardo DiCaprio on the left and a representative image of a tiger on the right. Image credits: Wikimedia…
In 1986, only 18 black-footed ferrets were known to survive; a captive-breeding programme built from those animals has helped restore about 400 to the wild
A species once feared lost forever is slowly finding its way back across the American plains. In 1986,…
In 2021, ‘Air Jaws’ photographer Chris Fallows bought a South African farm with his wildlife-art earnings and combined land formed a 3,200-acre nature reserve | World News
Portrait of the photographer Chris Fallows along with the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with its jaws open.…
Australia’s endangered eastern quolls have welcomed new joeys; after vanishing from the mainland for 60 years, the species is now breeding again in a rare conservation comeback
A study released 20 captive-bred eastern quolls at Tasmania’s 6,500-hectare Silver Plains conservation property. (Photo: Booderee NP) The…
In 1999, a caretaker moved to an Australian island holding one of the world’s largest little penguin colonies; he stayed 25 years protecting its wildlife and lighthouse | World News
Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In 1999, Leo op den Brouw began what became a…
Once a hunter, now a protector: The dying animal that changed Anil Mistry’s life and led him to save 70 tigers
For years, the forest had been a source of survival for Anil Mistry. He had grown up in…
In 1920, Arizona introduced bullfrogs as a game species and food source; a century later, the invasive frogs are threatening the Northern Mexican gartersnake |
A pond in southern Arizona can look quiet from a distance. Beneath the surface, though, the balance between…