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Animals Africa

12. February 2024

Saving Endangered White Rhinos… Through Surrogacy?

A team of researchers is looking to perform the world’s first rhino pregnancy by way of in vitro fertilization as the lab-assisted procedure is an essential “proof of concept” that could save Africa’s critically endangered white rhino from extinction.

Environment Canada

10. February 2024

Beef Farmers Set Impressive Standards to Cut Emissions

In Canada, beef farmers have found a way to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the same production and animal count as before.

Animals USA

8. February 2024

No Help Needed: Monarch Butterfly Does Fine on Its Own!

Recent studies show that our knowledge of the monarch butterfly is wrong and that the colorful winged insect does not need humans’ help, including the popular yet threatening technique of home-rearing to prevent a false decline in its population in the United States.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, off Weddell Point, South Georgia

Animals United Kingdom

6. February 2024

Humpbacks Jump Back Up in Numbers

South Georgia island's Cumberland Bay has seen a resurgence of humpback whales, which have now nearly fully recovered over half a century after whaling stopped on the island.

Animals France

5. February 2024

No More Dams: Fish Swim Back to Free-Flowing River

Since the removal of two dams, a river located in northern France is flowing freely for the first time in almost a century, with marine animals returning and nature resuming its course.

Animals USA

3. February 2024

New Program Gives Special Attention to Diverse Birds, Trees, and Sustainable Syrups

In Vermont, United States, a relatively new program is improving forest habitats, boosting bird species diversity, and encouraging the sustainable production of maple syrup.

Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Animals Colombia

1. February 2024

A New Sea of Solutions for Stranded Manatees

A network has been established in Colombia to respond to emergencies involving stranded Antillean manatees, an enormous aquatic mammal facing extinction, through partnerships with environmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities.

Animals USA

31. January 2024

Wolf Restoration Success: 10 Wolves Relocated, 5 More to Come

This year, ten gray wolves have been captured in Oregon, the United States, and released as part of a plan to restore a permanent population in Colorado, thus bringing back order in the state’s ecosystem.

An elephant bull kicking up sand as a warning after a mock charge

Animals Southern Africa

30. January 2024

Conservation Milestone: African Elephant Populations Stabilize

The latest data shows that a quarter of a century of conservation efforts have contributed to the stabilization of African elephant populations in connected protected areas from Tanzania southwards.

Animals Bangladesh

28. January 2024

“Extinct” Mugger Crocodile, Recovered

Believed to have gone extinct, three mugger crocodiles have been recovered in Bangladesh’s waters, and efforts are being deployed to breed them in captivity and then release them into nature, preferably in a safe zone.