Endangered Sea Turtles begin rebound in Cayman Islands
A study shows that, despite reaching critically low levels, nesting populations of green and loggerhead turtles have recovered significantly.
A study shows that, despite reaching critically low levels, nesting populations of green and loggerhead turtles have recovered significantly.
Bald eagle's low point came in 1963 when there were only 417 known pairs. Efforts to protect the eagles have seen their numbers claw back to healthy levels. Bald eagles were delisted as an “endangered” species in 2007 under President George W. Bush.
The Gray Wolf is coming back to Colorado.
The gray wolf population in the lower 48 states is estimated at more than 6,000, far exceeding the recovery goals of the two geographically separated and genetically diverse populations of wolves.
The success story of India—with its population of 1.3 billion—proves that conservation is possible in the midst of economic development, provided policy makers adopt a development-centric approach with due diligence to the needs of conservation.
In 2019 scientists actually trapped one, and voila, the species re-appeared on conservationists’ radar.
The U.S. is ready to adopt consistent and more sensible standards on the incidental loss of migratory birds. Read CFACT's official submission in support of this reform.
Since Europeans arrived Koalas have been booming and busting
In 1904, a chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) was accidentally introduced to North America from the introduction of Japanese chestnut trees into the United States for commercial purposes. Since then they have become exceedingly rare.
Some Chinese seek to obtain an animal's strength by eating or drinking products made from it. Watch out jaguars!
Found throughout most of Canada and the United States, the muskrat is an animal, often resembling but not related to the beaver, that can be found swimming or scurrying along many marshes, lakes, rivers, ponds and streams.
Cooperation Instead of Coercion
What is causing the demise of the Vaquita? Conservationists pin the blame on two culprits.
Humpback whales are making a comeback south of the equator.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals March 17 ruled that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) 2014 designation of 764,207 acres (about 115 square miles) of land in Arizona and New Mexico as “critical habitat” for the jaguar was “arbitrary and capricious” and declared FWS’s action illegal.