Security forces arrive at the Xan Oil Field – credit, Gobierno de Guatemala Guatemala has opted out of renewing a lease agreement on a 7,000-acre oil field in order to use the land for better protection of the surrounding Laguna del Tigre Biosphere Reserve. An 830,000-acre component of the greater Mayan Biosphere Reserve which allows … Read more
Credit: Vincent van Zalinge/Unsplash Colorado wildlife authorities have introduced a plan to reintroduce the wolverine, one of the largest members of the weasel family, back into the state where it’s been absent for a century. Hunted to extinction, small populations of this solitary scavenger survived in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Canada, from where they’ve gradually … Read more
– credit, Virunga National Park The Bageni family has a pair of blue balloons outside their mailbox, after this Congolese gorilla clan welcomed twins. Now numbering 59 individuals, the twins were born to an adult female named Makufu, who will be closely monitored during the babies’ childhood. Mountain gorillas are a critically-endangered subspecies of the … Read more
The takahē chick with its parents – credit Linten Miller. Described by park officials as a Christmas miracle, a breeding pair of endangered takahē birds in New Zealand were found to be rearing a chick, having previously been thought of as infertile. With around 500 of these flightless birds left in the country, every chick … Read more
Lesser Antillean Iguana – credit, © Andrew Snyder / Re:wild The small and uninhabited islet of Prickly Pear East is not what you might describe as a romantic holiday destination, but for the Lesser Antillean iguana, it has proved to be just that. Thanks to an ambitious program of cross-Caribbean matchmaking, a new population has … Read more
A view from the South Unit Scenic Loop – credit, National Parks Service One of the most beautiful drives in the Midwest, the South Unit Scenic Road in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) has finally reopened after a 6-year closure. The reconstruction required a $51 million investment from an important park fund and the Dept. … Read more
Tribal Secretary Tara Fouch-Moore at the western edge of the property – credit Pacific Forest Trust Nearly 900 acres of land bordering Yosemite National Park have been transferred back to tribal ownership after 175 years, The transfer from Pacific Forest Trust to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation provides the tribe with ownership of the naturally … Read more
A cinereous vulture (left) and a griffon vulture – credit Mike Prince CC 3.0 BY-SA Young griffon vultures are set to be reintroduced to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, around 100 years after they went extinct there. The reintroduction is part of a grand vision for “Europe’s Yellowstone,” a national park based in the Carpathians … Read more