Planet Earth: Here's Why You Can Hail 2019 as a Year of 'Incredible Species Action'
Despite how these species have spent years fending off extinction, this year's conservational success stories spurred wildlife specialists to rejoice.
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Hawaii's State Bird Soars Back From Brink of Extinction After Only 30 Birds Left on Islands
Thanks to a captive breeding program in place since 1967, Hawaii's state bird is no longer extinct-and the Hawaiian Goose is on the glidepath to recovery.
Humpback Whale Population Bounces Back From Near-Extinction-From Just 450, to Over 25,000
Thanks to whaling protections put in place, the South Atlantic humpback whale population has rebounded to its former numbers from the early 1900s.
Rabbit-Sized 'Mouse Deer' Rediscovered in Vietnam After Being Lost to Science Since 1990
It has been 29 years since the silver-backed chevrotain was last recorded in the forests of southern Vietnam-and it has finally been rediscovered.
For the First Time in 240 Years, White-Tailed Eagles Spotted Flying Over England
Conservationists are rejoicing as a white-tailed eagle—one of the largest of the bird species on Earth—was seen flying over North York Moors National Park.
10 Types of Apples Thought to Be Extinct From Pioneer Days Are Discovered in the Pacific Northwest
A pair of retirees have been sleuthing in the Pacific Northwest to find lost varieties of apple trees on forgotten homesteads—and have already found 23.
Diego's Got Game: Fertile Giant Tortoise Has Saved His Species From Extinction
This wily reptile is such a ladies man, he has almost single-handedly repopulated an entire island with a species that was facing extinction.
Ducks Near Extinction Hang On, 18 Babies Hatched in Lab
On a remote lake in Madagascar, a fateful discovery of 22 ducks belonging to a variety thought to be extinct, inspired a group of conservationists to mobilize a last ditch effort to save the species, which had been previously been written off. This week, as the Madagascar pochard's only remaining wild population hangs on with just 22 adult birds surviving, the captive breeding program started in 2009 celebrated a huge success with the birth of 18 new babies.
Scientists Find New Penguin, Extinct for 500 Years
Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago.
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