Endangered Species Good News

Comebacks, rare sightings, and conservation wins for endangered animals around the world

Nepal's Goal Was To Double Its Tiger Population. It Tripled It.

The massive conservation success is expected to make Nepal the only one of the tiger range countries to even come close to doubling its population of the big cat.

A scientist pokes a hole in the horn of a sedated rhino in South Africa

Scientists have a new way to halt illegal poaching in South Africa: Turning rhino horns radioactive

The “Rhisotope Project” is now in full swing.

A brown loggerhead turtle swims on a sandy coast

USPS just released a new sea turtle stamp collection — and they're adorable

The new #ProtectSeaTurtlesStamps collection aims to honor the conservation efforts behind six endangered sea turtle species.

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle is released into the ocean

Georgia just made history with the state's largest-ever release of endangered sea turtles

After being rescued from Cape Cod last winter, and months of rehabilitation, a group of 34 endangered sea turtles were released from Jekyll Island this week.

Three photos: A group of early blue violets, a close-up of a Behren silverspot butterfly, and a group of larvae at the Sequoia Park Zoo

A flutter of endangered butterflies will be released along California coast in new restoration project

Supported by a $1.5 million grant, the effort involves restoring the butterfly's habitat, planting 35,000 early blue violets, and breeding caterpillars in captivity to bolster the population.

Peru's ancient ruins became sanctuaries for Lima's threatened geckos — now conservationists and archaeologists fight to protect them

For more than two decades, researcher José Pérez Zúñiga has set out at night to search by the light of a flashlight through the pre-Inca ruins of the city for hidden treasure — not ancient artifacts of gold, but a tiny gecko with gold-flecked eyes.

A large pygmy blue whale swims beside a baby calf in a photo taken from above

Rare photos of newborn blue pygmy whale shed light on endangered species

A baby blue pygmy whale — the youngest ever spotted — is giving scientists renewed hope for the future of the endangered species.

A male great-billed seed finch in the Port Cajuero reserve, Minas Gerais.

Brazil's most trafficked endangered bird makes a comeback with rewilding success

Even optimistic population estimates are dire, at fewer than 2,500 mature individuals and no more than 250 in any given population. But there's good news...

Endangered cave salamanders, once called 'couch potatoes,' surprise scientists by surfacing above ground

A rare, and oddly cute, cave dwelling aquatic salamander has been shocking scientists with surprise visits to the surface.

On the left, the subtropical forests of eastern Cuba. On the right, a Polymita tree snail with a bright orange snail climbs on a branch.

British scientists join global effort to save 'world's most beautiful snails' from extinction

All six species of Polymita tree snail are in danger of extinction due to illegal shell trading — and two scientists from across the globe are on a mission to save them.

The back of a fluffy, grayish blue bird with its wings extended and its crest up.

Meet the Kagu: a peculiar endangered species making a big comeback

It toddles. It barks. It partakes in ‘screaming challenges’ — and it’s finally making a comeback after years under threat.

A kemp's ridley sea turtle sits at the bottom of a blue bucket.

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found stranded in the Netherlands is finally returning home

The tiny sea turtle was found over 5,000 miles from home.