Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador after 180 years, marking a major step in restoring one of the Galápagos’ most heavily altered ecosystems.
India’s coastal fishers in Kerala are increasingly rescuing endangered whale sharks caught in nets, helping one of the ocean’s largest and gentlest species survive along the Arabian Sea coast.
A species once feared extinct has rebounded in Bermuda after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 greater Bermuda land snails back into the wild.
Globally, new digital tools and technologies are helping authorities detect illegal wildlife trade more effectively, strengthening enforcement and protecting endangered species.
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.
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.
Endangered animal populations on Australia’s Kangaroo Island have rebounded by up to 100% after a predator-proof fence created a safe refuge following devastating bushfires.
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.
Romania is preparing to reintroduce vultures to the Carpathian Mountains, restoring a keystone species absent for a century and strengthening one of Europe’s most intact wilderness areas.
Thailand has recorded its first confirmed sightings of the endangered flat-headed cat in nearly 30 years, offering renewed hope for a species once thought lost nationally.
