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River Getting Reef-to-ridge Makeover to Save Salmon
The deep-blue Ten Mile River snakes down from the mountains through redwood forests and coastal wetlands before it flows past the rolling sand dunes...
Mexican Gray Wolves Born in Wild for First Time in Decades
Conservationists have achieved success in their three-year effort to re-introduce Mexican gray wolves to a habitat where it disappeared three decades ago. Mexican officials...
Orphaned Elephant Thrives With Buffalo Family That Adopted Her
An elephant named Nzou, orphaned when poachers killed her parents for their ivory, has become the towering gentle giant among her adopted family, a...
Oil Exploration Halted in Gorilla Park Virunga
Conservationists have claimed one of their greatest successes in recent years following the unexpected decision by British oil company Soco to stop exploring in...
Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds
The BirdReturns program, financed by the Nature Conservancy, pays rice farmers in the flight path of migratory shore birds to keep their fields flooded...
Major Oyster Reef Rebuilding to Revitalize Texas Coast
Half Moon Reef was once a massive underwater oyster colony in the most productive fishery in Texas, rich with shellfish, blue crabs and shrimp....
Europe’s Key Animals ‘Making a Comeback’
Some of Europe's key animals have made a comeback over the past 50 years, a report suggests.
Conservationists say species such as bears, wolves, lynx,...
100 Years Later Wild Elk Return to Lower British Columbia
Roosevelt elk are back in the Lower Mainland after an absence of a hundred years. The huge elk subspecies was hunted out of southwestern...
Remote Villagers Celebrate Aussie Couple who Helped Save Tree Kangaroos
A fascination with unusual kangaroos has led an Australian couple on a 10-year journey in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea. The two...
Hidden Borneo Orangutans Provide Population Bump of 5-7 Percent
A team of conservationists have uncovered a hidden population of around 200 of the world’s rarest Bornean orangutans in Malaysian Borneo.
The sub-species Pongo pygmaeus...
Tigers Roar Back in Three Critical Countries
In a field often dominated by news of felled forests and population declines, tigers have delivered a bit of holiday cheer. Wildlife conservationists report...
Cayman’s Blazing Blue Iguanas Bounce Back, Inspire Locals
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as...
Captive-bred Rare Frogs Surviving in the Wild
Three months after releasing captive-bred frogs belonging to a critically endangered species, conservationists reported they are surviving well in their new home on the...
Ducks Near Extinction Hang On, 18 Babies Hatched in Lab
On a remote lake in Madagascar, a fateful discovery of 22 ducks belonging to a variety thought to be extinct, inspired a group of...
Citizen Outcry Saves N. America’s Largest Old Growth Red Pine Forest
After thousands of Canadian residents banded together to preserve a forest of 300 year-old red pines threatened by expanded mining, the government scrapped its...
No Rhinos Poached in Nepal, First Time in 29 Years
Thanks to strong conservation and law enforcement efforts, not a single rhino was killed by poachers in Nepal, the first such year in 29...
Tasmanian Forests Saved in ‘Landmark’ Agreement with Australia
Friday the 13th was a lucky day for Tasmanian forests with a major conservation agreement signed that will protect high value forests from logging...
‘Christmas Miracle’ for Lonely Endangered Rhino
On Christmas morning, conservationists in Malaysia airlifted a young Sumatran Rhinoceros — one of the world's most endangered animals — from an area where...
As Mississippi River Floods, a Hero Emerges: Its $13 Billion Levee System
As the Mississippi River reaches its highest level in more than 70 years, threatening to inundate dozens of cities and towns, a hero has...
India’s Tiger Census Reveals Encouraging Rise
The efforts of tiger conservationists and the Indian government appear to be paying off. Officials received "a very encouraging sign" from a new tiger...