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In 1935, Australian government released 2,400 toads to destroy crop-eating beetles. Almost 100 years later, 200 million giant toads threaten 75 wildlife speciesSometimes, a solution can become an impending disaster. In the 1930s, the Australia government released more than 2000 cane toads imported ...- In 2002, black rats were eradicated from Hawaii's Mokoliʻi islet; after just one shearwater chick survived from 1999 to 2001, 126 fledged in 2002 and 185 in 2003Mokoliʻi was once severely impacted by invasive black rats, which posed major risks to seabird species. In 2002, after dedicated conservati...
- Chicago’s lost wetlands are coming back. Here’s how scientists, beavers and muskrats are rebuilding the Calumet regionSometimes restoring nature isn't about building something new. It's about fixing what was broken and giving nature the chance to rebuild it...
- Could beavers help slow flash floods? A reintroduction project in England shows how their dams can hold back waterEurasian beavers returned to the UK after centuries. Then came a five-year trial that reshaped their future, along with the English landsca...
- On rat-free D’Arros Island, scientists counted 2,768 wedge-tailed shearwater pairs in 2016, nearly 10 times the 2009 estimateD'Arros Island in Seychelles has witnessed a remarkable revival of wedge-tailed shearwaters after the successful elimination of invasive ra...
- A mystery donor quietly bought a 7,600-hectare Scottish estate for 17.5 million pounds. Then handed it to conservationistsThrough a remarkable anonymous donation, Scottish Wildlife Trust has acquired the Inverbroom estate in north-west Scotland. This estate is ...
- In 1985, Harrison Ford bought an 800-acre ranch along Wyoming's Snake River. 41 years later, 389 acres remain protected by conservation easements as wildlife habitat nowHarrison Ford’s Wyoming ranch became much more than a private retreat after he purchased an 800-acre property along the Snake River in 1985...
- Ground Control allocated £100,000 every year to environmental projects. Its Wildfell Initiative expanded into a 116-hectare woodland and habitat restoration siteGround Control is launching an extensive woodland restoration initiative called Wildfell in Essex. Covering 116 hectares, this ambitious pr...
- Two Virginia retirees are turning their farms into wildlife corridors. Transformed nearly 2,500 acres are now protectedIn Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, retired farmers are revolutionising private lands into essential wildlife corridors that reconnect isolate...
- Conservationist Matt Conn bought 67 acres of damaged Louisiana land. For a decade, he personally rebuilt it; the restored wetland had recovered diverse native vegetation and multiple ecosystemsOver a decade, Matt Conn dedicated his efforts to the restoration of 67 acres of degraded land in Louisiana. By eradicating invasive specie...
- This giant animal once vanished from Britain 6,000 years ago. Now it is back as a ‘forest engineer’European bison have returned to Britain after being absent for around 6,000 years, with conservationists releasing them into Kent’s woodlan...
- In 1851, Brooklyn released 100 house sparrows from England; 175 years later, the birds are found across nearly all of North AmericaHouse Sparrows, introduced to North America during the mid-1800s, have rapidly become a prevalent part of the continent's avian scene. Thei...
- In 1890, a pharmacist released 80 birds in New York’s Central Park to honour Shakespeare; 136 years later, their descendants number about 93 million across North AmericaIn 1890, eighty European Starlings were introduced to Central Park, leading to a population explosion across North America. Over the span o...
- In the 1940s, a few snakes arrived in Guam hidden in military cargo; decades later, nine of the island’s 11 native forest bird species were goneGovernment bodies are collaborating with local citizen scientists in a proactive approach towards snake removal on Guam. This program's aim...
- The Wrigley family spent 56 years reshaping Catalina Island after buying it in 1919; in 1975, they gave 42,135 acres away to protect the California islandIn 1919, William Wrigley Jr. acquired the Santa Catalina Island Company, and his family dedicated the next 56 years to managing the island,...
- Meet Sophie Zeng, the 17-year-old California student who built an app to identify invasive plants after learning they can become overlooked wildfire fuelProject ARISE expanded its work by organizing invasive-plant removal drives, habitat restoration efforts and environmental workshops in col...
- Psychology says celebrities who care about ecological restoration may be seeking more than just environmental changePsychology suggests that when celebrities care about ecological restoration, the story may not be only about trees, oceans or endangered sp...
- Meet Jack Johnson, the Hawaii-born musician who turned his success into environmental action, co-founding a foundation that supports school gardens, recycling, sustainable food systems and environmental education across HawaiiJack Johnson is known around the world for his music, but his connection to Hawaii has always run deeper than his songs. He and his wife, K...
- Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild used 90 countries to fight ecosystem loss through local partnerships; its work still spans 590 million acres in active conservation worldwideLeonardo DiCaprio’s Re shows that protecting nature often begins with the people who live closest to it. Across 90 countries, the organizat...
- In 2017, a 14-year-old Virginia girl dug a pond in her backyard for a school agriculture project, 9 years later, it has become a flourishing wildlife ecosystemA backyard pond dug by a 14-year-old Virginia girl for a 2017 school agriculture project has, nine years later, grown into a certified wild...
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