“Nepal is now home to an estimated 429 wild tigers, up from 355 four years ago and nearly four-fold from 16 years ago, the country’s conservation officials reported on the occasion of World Tiger Day.”

From Mongabay.

“Fifteen years ago, Jantho Pine Forest Nature Reserve in Indonesia’s western Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, had no orangutans. Today, it is home to a growing wild population, built almost entirely from rescued and relocated animals.

Since 2011, conservationists from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme have brought nearly 200 Sumatran orangutans to Jantho after they were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade or relocated from areas where deforestation and expanding agriculture had brought them into conflict with people. The reserve’s vast, protected forests offered a rare opportunity to establish a new population in a habitat capable of supporting the species for generations.”

From Mongabay.

“Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent years, according to a newly published study. This could signal recovery of the marine mammals after being virtually eliminated from the area by commercial whaling in the 20th century, the study authors say…

A research team led by Bridget James of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, set out to assess if both subspecies are recovering in the Benguela ecosystem in the southeastern Atlantic. It’s a stretch of water between the west coasts of northern Angola, Namibia and South Africa, where currents bring nutrients from lower ocean depths to the surface, producing rich blooms of krill, a marine crustacean that both whale subspecies eat.

The team found that between 1964 and March 2025, there were 17 reports of blue whale sightings and one report of stranding in the region. They also recorded 76 fin whale sightings and six strandings. The blue whales were most often seen between late spring to summer (October-December) and autumn (March-April) in the Benguela ecosystem, while fin whales were seen year-round.

While the number of sightings is still relatively low, 95% of them were recorded since 2012.”

From Mongabay.

“Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population was growing in the wild.

The numbat population has faced extreme risk for more than 50 years, with research in the late 1970s estimating a total population of 300.

Since being admitted to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN's) Red List's endangered category in 2008, numbers have steadily grown, with the population of mature individuals estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000.

The species now sits under the near threatened category, the second along the line of global assessment rankings, between least concern and vulnerable.”

From ABC Australia.