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Rare Sumatran Tiger Cubs Born in the UK Mark a Win for Their Species

A UK wildlife park has welcomed Sumatran tiger cubs, a significant moment for a critically endangered subspecies with only around 400 individuals…

June 19, 2026 · animals · tigers

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More Blue and Fin Whale Sightings Bring Hope for Ocean Giants

Good News Network reported that confirmed blue and fin whale sightings off southern Africa have risen in recent years.

May 25, 2026 · animals · whales

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Fourth Graders Are Rallying to Protect the Eagles They Watch in Class

A California fourth-grade class turned a bald-eagle livestream into action, raising awareness and money to help protect Big Bear Lake habitat.

May 20, 2026 · animals · students

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Drones Just Found the World's Largest Turtle Nesting Site — 41,000 Giant River Turtles in the Amazon

Scientists from the University of Florida and the Wildlife Conservation Society used drones to count an astonishing 41,000+ Amazon giant river tu…

March 22, 2026 · Amazon · turtles

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Mexico Just Banned All Dolphin Shows — 350 Dolphins Will Move to Seaside Sanctuaries

Mexico unanimously banned the use of marine mammals in entertainment, captive breeding, and swim-with programmes. Signed into law in 2025, the le…

March 21, 2026 · dolphins · Mexico

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Eastern Monarch Butterflies Just Had Their Best Winter Since 2018 — Population Up 64% in a Year

The eastern migratory monarch butterfly covered 2.93 hectares of Mexican forest this winter — a 64% increase from last year and the largest area …

March 21, 2026

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On This Indonesian Island, Leatherback Turtle Egg Poaching Has Fallen From 94% to Zero

Buru Island once saw 94% of leatherback turtle nests raided every season. A decade of community-led conservation — including village laws, nightl…

March 21, 2026

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Greece Just Recorded Its Highest-Ever Count of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests — For the Third Year Running

The 2025 nesting season at Zakynthos, Crete, and the Peloponnese produced record numbers of Caretta caretta nests for the third consecutive year.…

March 21, 2026 · loggerhead sea turtle · Caretta caretta

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Dalmatian Pelicans Have Formed a New Breeding Colony in Bulgaria — The First in 80 Years

For the first time in eight decades, Dalmatian pelicans have established a new breeding colony in Bulgaria's Mandra-Poda wetland complex. The col…

March 21, 2026 · Dalmatian pelican · Bulgaria

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India's Last Wild Lions Have Tripled in 40 Years — And Their Range Is Larger Than Ever

The 2025 census of India's Asiatic lions in the Gir landscape confirms a population of 891 individuals — up 32% from 2020 and nearly triple the n…

March 21, 2026 · Asiatic lion · India

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Brazil Is Reintroducing Vaccinated Brown Howler Monkeys to Its Urban Atlantic Forest — And It's Working

After a devastating yellow fever outbreak wiped out vast numbers of howler monkeys across Brazil's Atlantic Forest, conservationists developed a …

March 20, 2026 · howler monkey · Brazil

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Scientists Just Found the World's Largest Turtle Nesting Site — 41,000 Giant Turtles on a Single River

Using drones and statistical modelling, researchers from the University of Florida and Wildlife Conservation Society have identified the largest …

March 20, 2026 · turtle · Amazon

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The Bearded Vulture Was Gone From the Alps for 70 Years. Now There Are 118 Wild Birds — and the Oldest One Just Turned 37.

Decades after local extinction, bearded vultures have returned to the Alps in force: 118 wild individuals, 100+ breeding pairs, and a bird named …

March 20, 2026 · bearded vulture · Alps

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Rhinos Have Returned to Uganda's Kidepo Valley — For the First Time Since 1983

Four southern white rhinos have been relocated from the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to Kidepo Valley National Park in northeastern Uganda, where the spe…

March 20, 2026 · rhino · Uganda

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The Saiga Antelope Collapsed to 50,000 After a Mass Die-Off. There Are Nearly 4 Million Now.

Once teetering on the edge of extinction after a catastrophic die-off killed 200,000 animals in a single month, Kazakhstan's saiga antelope popul…

March 20, 2026 · saiga antelope · Kazakhstan

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An Endangered Ocelot Was Caught on Camera in Texas — Then Found to Be Pregnant

A male ocelot was photographed drinking at a birding station in a South Texas wildlife refuge — and separate research confirmed a pregnant female…

March 20, 2026 · ocelot · endangered species

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Mountain Gorillas Are the Only Great Ape Whose Numbers Are Growing — And They Just Crossed 1,000

Mountain gorillas — once teetering on the edge of extinction — have now surpassed 1,063 individuals across the Virunga Massif and Bwindi Impenetr…

March 20, 2026 · mountain gorillas · great apes

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This Mysterious Night Bird Was Disappearing From England. Patient Habitat Restoration Just Doubled Its Numbers.

The European nightjar — a master of camouflage that hunts by moonlight — has doubled in population across Sussex's South Downs National Park over…

March 20, 2026 · nightjar · South Downs