Endangered Species Good News

A Mexican university is using a virtual adopt-an-axolotl campaign to raise funds, build habitats, and save the rare aquatic salamander species from extinction.

A baby California condor has hatched at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, marking a major conservation milestone for the critically endangered species.

The Mississippi Alluvial Valley was once the ‘bread basket’ of black bears.

After 20 years of conservation efforts, the Iberian lynx population has grown from 94 to over 2,000, and has officially been taken off the endangered species list.

Once thought to be extinct, black-footed ferrets are making a comeback.

Researcher Federico Kacoliris, who mobilized the conservation movement around the species, recently received a Whitley Award, known as the "Green Oscars."

With a new platform called Who Eats Whom, citizen scientists reveal the fascinating, sometimes shocking interactions between species.

In just two years, the Bronx Zoo has helped rehabilitate hundreds of turtles that are believed to have been collected from the wild for the illegal pet trade.

After two years, the critically endangered sea turtle is making his way back to the Gulf of Mexico.

The gentle giant has tilted towards the brink of extinction over the last century, but conservationists are stepping in to help.

No, that’s not a puppet from Jim Henson’s “The Dark Crystal” — it’s a unique, popcorn-smelling carnivore named a binturong.

The symbolic bird is coming back to the heart of New Zealand a century after it was sent offshore.