Camera footage installed by Bing Xie, a Ph.D. student at the University of Copenhagen and her fellow research colleagues showed an increase of 25 percent in northern China’s Loess Plateau’s leopard population from 88 in 2016 to 110 in 2017.
Population of endangered leopard species rebounds in China Read more
In a triumphant moment for the endangered species, new photos released today on World Tiger Day 2020, revealed sightings of numerous new tigers in a region of western Thailand for the first time in four years.
Endangered tiger populations in India and Thailand are rebounding Read more
“Even though the numbers are still small, you can see a future for this animal,” said senior conservation officer Philip Lo Yik-fui of Hong Kong-based Kadoorie Conservation China, which was driving efforts to protect the gibbons and expand their habitat.
Critically endangered Hainan gibbons return from brink of extinction Read more
“Years of conservation work in the Invernadeiro national park have allowed it to become a suitable habitat for the brown bear.”
First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain Read more
The incredible creatures, also known as Sea Eagles, went extinct in England in the early 20th century due to illegal killing. But thanks to a pioneering project by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, there is new hope for the majestic birds.
White-tailed eagles have been spotted in England for the first time in 240 years Read more
Since the international moratorium on whaling in 1982, decades of protection have allowed the critically endangered blue whale to bounce back considerably after losing 97% of the species.
Blue whales seen in Antarctica for the first time since 1980s Read more
According to a new census, the mountain gorilla population in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has increased. Overall, the global wild population is now estimated at 1,063.
Endangered mountain gorilla population continues to rise Read more
Thanks to recovery efforts—including native captive breeding, rigorous habitat restoration and active management strategies—population numbers rose from 30 in 1960 to about 2,800 today.
Hawaii’s state bird, the nene, is no longer an endangered species Read more
A new count shows the population off Brazil went from about 450 in the 1950s to 25,000 now
Humpback whales in the South Atlantic have recovered from near-extinction Read more
After decades of pollution control and restoration efforts, researchers have cataloged over 1,000 dolphins living, mating, and giving birth in the river.
Dolphins begin to live and breed in the Potomac River again Read more
