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A wildlife trust in Devon just hit the jackpot with critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs, welcoming an ultra-rare set of quadruplets. These four tiny babies represent hope for a species clinging to survival in Madagascar.
A stunning blue pheasant that vanished from Vietnam's forests two decades ago is coming home. An international team of zoos is sending 20 carefully selected birds from Europe back to their native habitat this May.
Four critically endangered mountain bongos just completed a transatlantic journey from European zoos to Kenya, bringing new hope to a species with fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild. The historic move marks a major win for international conservation efforts working to save Africa's rarest antelope from extinction.
A critically endangered golden snub-nosed monkey has been born at a French zoo for the first time ever outside its native Asia. The rare birth marks a major win for conservation efforts and international cooperation to save the species.
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.
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.