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Yorkshire Wildlife Park celebrated the birth of four cheetah cubs, a significant victory for conservation efforts. The rare births offer hope for the vulnerable species facing declining wild populations.
A hiker's stunning encounter with two massive California condors at Zion National Park celebrates one of conservation's greatest success stories. These birds nearly vanished in the 1980s, but dedicated breeding programs brought them back from the brink.
Two Przewalski's horses born at a Hampshire zoo are heading back to their native Kazakhstan as part of a historic effort to save a species that once went extinct in the wild. Zookeeper Rhiannon Wolff worked with them from birth to departure, calling it "a very special part of the job."
A button-sized snail once declared extinct has been officially saved from disappearing forever. After rediscovering a tiny population in a Bermuda alleyway, conservationists bred and released over 100,000 snails back into the wild.
A high-security breeding facility in South Carolina is keeping some of Earth's rarest turtle species alive while their wild habitats recover. More than half of all turtle species now face extinction, but this center offers them a fighting chance.
A critically endangered alpine lizard named Omeo is expecting two babies in March, marking a major win for a captive breeding program working to save guthega skinks from extinction. With climate change shrinking their mountaintop habitat, every birth counts for this unique Australian species.
When polar bears Amelia Gray and Hudson touched noses at Brookfield Zoo last fall, their connection sparked hope for a groundbreaking research program. Scientists are racing to understand polar bear reproduction before climate change and habitat loss make it too late.