“Bison have been reintroduced to many parts of Europe after being extinct in the wild. Although most herds are still small, the animals are no longer considered to be endangered.”
From BBC.
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How Bison Herds Came Back from the Brink
“A survey of the New Forest’s Woodlark population has revealed record-breaking numbers.
The survey, which was carried out in 2024 and conducted by Forestry England and Hampshire Ornithological Society volunteers, showed that the species has increased by 50% since 2019.
In total, 100 volunteers surveyed the forest. They counted a total of 260 breeding pairs – a significant increase from the 167 recorded in the same survey five years ago.”
From BirdGuides.
“Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century.
Thanks to a project to install artificial nests on an island on the Paraná coast, the number of parrots almost doubled in 20 years, taking the bird from ‘endangered’ to ‘near threatened’ status, the only case of its kind in Brazil.”
From Mongabay.
“The long-running effort to restore lake trout to Lake Champlain reached a momentous milestone last week as officials from New York, Vermont and the federal government agreed to suspend the stocking of hatchery-raised trout after this spring…
The decision to end stocking comes as a growing population of lake-born wild trout have convinced scientists and fisheries managers that the lake’s top predator species can sustain itself without the help of human-reared fingerlings.”
From Adirondack Explorer.
“At first glance, the Tatakoto atoll – located over 1,000 kilometres from Tahiti – exhibits environmental conditions that could hardly be described as conducive to the survival of corals. A semi-enclosed lagoon, connected to the ocean by small channels, allows only minimal mixing with the surrounding waters, and leads to extreme temperature variations of 3 to 4°C per day, with temperatures in the lagoon reaching almost 35°C.
However, expeditions supported by UNESCO, the Labex Corail and the UPF in partnership with the CRIOBE and SECOPOL laboratories, and 1 OCEAN, have shown that dozens of coral species are thriving in this unstable environment, sometimes just a metre below the surface…
A surprising phenomenon has been observed during these missions to Tatakoto: coral species that usually tend to be the most vulnerable appear to be resisting far better than other, traditionally more resilient species. Against all expectations, the expeditions observed that Acropora – often the first corals to bleach and die due to their fine, branch-like structures and rapid growth patterns – in fact survived the latest episode of intense heat in large numbers, especially when compared with Pocillopora, usually known to be more robust thanks to their dense cauliflower-like structure.
This rare reversal in terms of resilience reinforces the findings of previous studies, notably those carried out in Palau, where Acropora from sites with high daily thermal variability showed greater thermal tolerance than those from more stable areas, suggesting that exposure to temperature variations can strengthen the resilience of certain corals.”
From UNESCO.