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A newborn green turtle crawls across a sandy beach towards the sea after being released from a wildlife protected area on Mataking Island in Malaysia's Sabah region on Sept. 25. Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to "least concern," a remarkable conservation success at a time when many species are declining globally.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 14, 2026
Green turtles buck trend of species decline, offering hope for conservationists
Populations of the species have become more stable thanks to decades of efforts including egg relocation, marine protection and trade bans.
Rescuers evacuating a mother orangutan and her baby trapped by smoke from forest and land fires in a palm oil plantation area in Pelang village, Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on Sept. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 9, 2026
Walking through flames: Orangutan rescued in Indonesia fires
Dozens of orangutan have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.
In its latest Living Planet Report, the World Wide Fund for Nature said that the populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 8, 2026
Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says
The 2026 Living Planet Report estimates that overall populations fell by an average of around 2.5% per year over the 52-year period.
The volcanic island of Zavodovski in the South Sandwich Islands lost more than 680,000 ¡ª or two-thirds ¡ª of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 8, 2026
Climate change strips island of title as largest penguin colony, study shows
The volcanic island of Zavodovski lost more than 680,000 of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
An octopus and a fish at Porthkerris reef off Cornwall, England, in August of last year
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Sep 29, 2026
How Europe¡¯s intensifying marine heat waves threaten its fisheries
Species that have sustained coastal communities in Spain and southern England for generations are disappearing.
Fruit bats rest on tree branches inside a temple complex in India
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Sep 25, 2026
Study reveals evolutionary history of bats, dating back 65 million years
The largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever conducted is bringing some clarity to the puzzling past of the flying vertebrates.
In Japan, the northern boobook lives in a wide range of places and breeds in parks in urban areas during the summer, among other locations.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Aug 25, 2026
Northern boobook flies from Japan to Philippines nonstop, research shows
The study could help with preservation efforts of the owl species.

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