The European Union has approved its first common rules to improve the welfare, traceability, and protection of cats and dogs across member states.
Australia has created a vast new national park designed to reconnect fragmented forests and protect koalas, along with dozens of other threatened species.
Conservationists in Kenya are successfully reintroducing critically endangered mountain bongos into the wild, raising hopes for the recovery of one of Africa’s rarest antelopes.
Restoration projects planting native trees in the Colorado River Delta are helping breeding bird populations recover across degraded floodplains in Mexico.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is seeing hundreds of elephants return to Virunga National Park, restoring grasslands and helping wildlife reappear after decades of decline.
China has restored Przewalski’s horses from extinction in the wild to a population of over 900, establishing self-sustaining herds and reviving a key symbol of biodiversity recovery.
Brazil has led a global agreement to map marine flyways used by seabirds, creating a new framework to protect ocean biodiversity and guide international conservation efforts.
South Africa is witnessing record gatherings of humpback whales, with hundreds forming “super-groups”, signalling a strong global recovery of the species and improving ocean health.
The United States opened North America’s largest wildlife crossing in Colorado in 2025, reconnecting habitats and reducing animal-vehicle collisions by up to 90% on a major highway.
A U.S. appeals court has reinstated protections for nearly 160 million acres of Arctic waters, securing critical habitat for bearded and ringed seals off Alaska’s coast.
