Australia reintroduced endangered green and golden bell frogs to the wild, restoring the species to the Australian Capital Territory nearly 50 years after local extinction.
White rhinos were reintroduced to the Ajai Wildlife Reserve in 2026, restoring a locally extinct species in Uganda and strengthening biodiversity recovery, while creating new opportunities for sustainable ecotourism.
China’s Yangtze finless porpoise population has risen to 1,426 in 2025, showing ecosystem recovery following a decade-long fishing ban and conservation efforts.
Saudi Arabia has reintroduced the red-necked ostrich to its deserts for the first time in almost 100 years, restoring a key species to support biodiversity and ecosystem balance.
Canada saw fish populations return to Toronto’s Don River in 2025, marking a major ecological recovery after decades of severe pollution rendered the waterway biologically depleted.
Scotland has recorded early recovery of critically endangered flapper skate populations, with growing sightings reported between 2022 and 2026 after long-term conservation protections.
Norway will fully phase out fast-growing chicken breeds by 2027, becoming the first country to eliminate birds linked to severe welfare problems in industrial poultry farming.
A cow in Austria has become the first scientifically documented cattle to use tools, showing flexible problem-solving abilities by using a broom to scratch different parts of her body.
The scimitar-horned oryx has been restored to the wild in Chad after decades of extinction, offering new hope for ecosystems on the edge of the Sahara Desert.
Targeted protection of large predatory fish has prevented a major ecological tipping point on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, stopping runaway outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish.
