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The US Department of the Interior announced the expansion of four national wildlife refuges.
North America

Four US wildlife refuges undergo major expansions

April 22, 2024

Four important wildlife refuges in the United States will be greatly expanded to improve endangered species protections, the US government announced last week. The US Department of the Interior says it has authorized new land […]

A Kiwikiu (Maui Parrotbill) perched on a branch in The Nature Conservancy's Waikamoi Preserve, Maui, Hawaii.
North America

New money jumpstarts a desperate bid to save Maui’s honeycreepers

March 11, 2024

In an award-winning seven-minute video, Haleakala National Park biologist Christopher Warren starkly lays out what’s at stake for some of Maui’s last surviving bird species. “We know there are fewer than 200 kiwikiu left in […]

Sloth bear
Asia

Threatened bear species spotted in Nepal park after more than a decade

February 21, 2024

A rare and threatened species of bear has been spotted in a park in Nepal for the first time in over a decade. The sloth bear is endemic to South Asia but the species is […]

The Atlantic salmon has moved from Least Concern to Near Threatened on the IUCN list.
Global

Rising number of threatened species underscores the need for more protected areas

December 14, 2023

44,016 species now face the risk of extinction if more isn’t done to save them, according to the latest assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the famous […]

Burabay State National Nature Park is an important habitat for steppe eagles and many other eagles. They are all classified as threatened or endangered.
Asia

Officials call for emergency eagle conservation measures near Kazakhstan park

November 8, 2023

Conservation authorities are calling for immediate land use restrictions at and near a national park in northern Kazakhstan to protect threatened and endangered species of eagles recently discovered inhabiting the park. Burabay State National Nature […]

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