A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the…
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In 1996, England began moving Scottish osprey chicks to Rutland after the species vanished as a breeder in 1847; 30 years later, 300 have fledged and the population is self-sustaining
Thirty years ago, conservationists began an experiment at Rutland Water that was intended to bring a…
In 2011, up to 30,000 rats were eradicated from Palmyra Atoll; five years later native tree seedlings jumped from fewer than 150 to more than 7,700
In 2011, conservation teams set out on one of the biggest rat eradications ever on a…
Poachers killed their mothers and left six young rhinos orphaned; after up to five years of rehabilitation, every one has now given birth in the wild
Rescued rhinos defy the odds, give birth after returning to the wild Six rhinos left for…