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Animals Anguilla

29. January 2026

Matchmaking Project Brings Endangered Iguanas Back From the Brink

Critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguanas are now thriving on a small island near Anguilla after a cross-Caribbean conservation effort successfully rebuilt a healthy breeding population.

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Animals South Korea

20. January 2026

Bear Bile Farming Ends After Decades of Decline

South Korea will end bear breeding and bile extraction from January 2026, formally closing a long-criticised industry and strengthening protections for captive wild animals.

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Pierella was one of the first butterfly breeders in Costa Rica to adopt sustainable methods

Animals Costa Rica

18. January 2026

Butterflies Spark a Forest’s Remarkable Comeback

Costa Rica has transformed a former cattle pasture into a thriving rainforest through decades of butterfly-led rewilding, bringing wildlife back to land that was once bare grass.

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Animals Europe

8. January 2026

Countries Unite in a First to Protect Cats and Dogs

The European Union has agreed on its first unified rules to protect dogs and cats from abuse, unsafe breeding, and illegal trade, strengthening animal welfare across all member states.

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Greater Adjutant Storck released in Cambodia

Animals Cambodia

15. December 2025

Conservation Victory: Rare Stork Back in the Wild

In Cambodia, two Greater Adjutant Storks bred in captivity have been released into the wild for the first time, marking a significant step forward for efforts to restore one of the world’s rarest stork species.

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Animals Australia

30. September 2025

Rare Frogs Released to a Protected Home

After years of careful work, scientists have successfully bred the endangered red and yellow mountain frog for the first time — and released seven tiny individuals back into a protected rainforest habitat.

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Close-up of Helmeted Honeyeater, Yellingbo, Australia

Animals Australia

30. May 2025

Nectar-Loving Bird Makes a Great Big Comeback

More than 40 years after bushfires wiped out the helmeted honeyeater’s population in Victoria, Australia, the critically endangered species is making its return with the release of birds bred in captivity, in the hopes of boosting the bird's population and genetic diversity.

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Animals Argentina

15. May 2025

A “Historic” Silver Lining for These Special Penguins

A precedent-setting case following a man-made decimating tragedy for the Magellanic penguin population in Argentina led to new legal protections for the flightless bird, including the expansion of its breeding and nesting place, and stricter regulations to safeguard entire ecosystems and the Southern Hemisphere's biodiversity.

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Animals USA

22. April 2025

A Step Forward in the Conservation of the Iconic Bison

A recently published study shows that bison in Yellowstone National Park in Montana, the United States, consist of a single interbreeding population, and from here on, it should be managed and monitored as one large herd.

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Animals USA

3. December 2024

Groundbreaking: Cloned Ferret Makes Babies!

A cloned endangered black-footed ferret has successfully given birth to two healthy kits, a first not only in the United States but in the world, giving a real chance for the small carnivore mammal’s population to increase and thrive.