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23 articles in this category.

Extinct antelope returns to African desert after zoos secretly saved it

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

In 1949, five cats were put ashore on sub-Antarctic Marion Island to control mice that sealers had left behind, but their descendants went…

By Natural History · Sep 17, 2026

Government stocked islands with foxes to harvest fur, then spent decades trying to save the birds

By Natural History · Sep 17, 2026

Rare marsupial population more than doubles in latest Australian survey

By Lab Report · Sep 16, 2026

Spanish red kites thrive as retrofitted power lines prove critical to recovery

By Lab Report · Sep 16, 2026

Kiwi chicks hit 90% survival rate, stunning conservationists and tripling expectations

By Lab Report · Sep 14, 2026

Two swans introduced to Michigan a century ago became an ecological crisis of 17,520 birds

By Natural History · Sep 12, 2026

San Miguel Island's foxes rebounded from 15 to 322 after eagles removed and captive breeding began

By Lab Report · Sep 12, 2026

Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone became an ecological success and a management crisis

By Lab Report · Sep 12, 2026

California condor population surges from 27 to 607 in four decades

By Lab Report · Sep 12, 2026

Island fox population soared from 55 to over 3,000 after removing predators

By Lab Report · Sep 12, 2026

Former Maine governor spent three decades buying land for wilderness park

By Natural History · Sep 10, 2026

Decades of wildlife counts on a Panama island could span a century

By Natural History · Sep 9, 2026

Britain's beaver comeback creates a climate fix—and a flooding headache

By Natural History · Sep 9, 2026