What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia’s most isolated landscapes has grown…
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Meet Gunisha Kaur, the 16-year-old from Ludhiana who won third place at the 2026 International Young Eco-Hero Awards; her pollinator gardens increased recorded species richness by 155%
Gunisha Kaur won third place at the 2026 International Young Eco-Hero Awards for her initiative, Buzzing…
Using AI models, scientists are trying to do a Jurassic Park; bring back to Earth extinct Grey Wolf pups and Woolly mammoths
The aim of bringing long-lost creatures back from the dead has jumped from the silver screen…
In 2004, Kris Tompkins’ conservation organisation acquired a 174,500-acre Chilean ranch and began restoring its grasslands and wildlife; in 2018 the ranch became part of a national park within a wider conservation effort that has helped protect nearly 15 million acres
Patagonia National Park represents one part of a much larger effort by the Tompkinses to protect…
In 1954, a Maryland family bought a worn-out 62-acre truck farm and let the land heal; 72 years later, Toad Hall is permanently protected inside a 1,200-acre conservation block
In 1954, a Maryland family bought 62 acres of tired farmland and chose not to force…
In 1869, 100 sheep were introduced to Mexico’s Socorro Island; the herd grew to about 5,000 and damaged 30% of the island, then removing 1,762 helped forest cover rise from 29% to 85%
Representative Image (AI-generated) Imagine an island where a herd introduced for ranching gradually became one of…
World’s only truly wild horse was once extinct in the wild; 40 years ago China began making efforts to bring it back, and now their population tops 900 and are independently reproducing
2025 monitoring data showed the horses were reproducing without constant human intervention. The Przewalski’s horse, considered…
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity…
The US built nearly 2,000 km of Mississippi River levees to control floods; the barriers cut sediment off from Louisiana wetlands, helping erase about 4,900 sq km of coastal land
US built nearly 2,000 km of Mississippi River levees to control floods Nearly 2,000 kilometres of…
Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded
damselflyRepresenative image from Canva For much of the 20th century, the Santa Cruz River that winds…