Iberian lynx fell to just 62 mature animals in 2001; conservation has helped push its population above 2,000 |
For much of the 20th century, the Iberian lynx was disappearing from the Spanish landscape. By 2001, only…
In 1983, Britain reintroduced a butterfly declared extinct just four years earlier; the large blue has since surged 1,866% and now survives at 33 sites
A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the country’s most…
Scientists used a microlight aircraft to teach bald ibises a migration route; years later, Europe got its first self-sustaining colony in 400 years | World News
For centuries, the northern bald ibis was missing from Europe’s skies, its migratory population wiped out in Central…
Glowworms return to a North Yorkshire reserve after more than 100 years; larvae raised in a Bristol garden shed have produced the first glowing females | World News
Glowworms have returned to a North Yorkshire nature reserve after more than 100 years, following a conservation project…
A 10-year-old started a wildlife project after finding a US park covered in trash; years later, he rescues turtles, pelicans and fish | World News
JOHN CARL TILGHMAN AND HIS BROTHER EMPTY MONOFILAMENT COLLECTION BINS THEY INSTALLED TOGETHER/ Image: Points of Light/ JOHN…
In 2020, the US removed 69 dams, reconnecting 624 miles of rivers and restoring habitat for salmon, steelhead and native fish species | World News
Across the United States, some rivers are beginning to flow through places where dams once stood. In 2020,…
In 1967, Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island; after restoring nesting habitat, its sooty tern colony rose from under 20,000 pairs to about 700,000
Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island A tiny coral island on the northern edge…