Tag: animal conservation

When the world's first de-extinct animals were born, they presented veterinary professionals with an unprecedented challenge: how do you provide medical care for species that haven't existed for over 12,000 years? The dire wolf pups at Colossal Biosciences represent not just a scientific breakthrough, but a new frontier in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry.

The animal rescue world is mourning the tragic loss of Mikayla Raines, founder and executive director of Save A Fox Rescue, who died recently after what her friends and colleagues described as a lifelong struggle with mental illness. She committed suicide after experiencing online harassment. Her passing has left a powerful legacy—and painful questions—rippling through the fox rescue and wildlife rehabilitation communities.

While the resurrection of the dire wolf has captured global headlines, an equally significant achievement has been unfolding alongside it: the birth of four healthy red wolf pups named Hope, Blaze, Cinder, and Ash. Using the same groundbreaking technologies developed for de-extinction, Colossal Biosciences has potentially altered the fate of North America's most endangered canid, demonstrating how ancient DNA science can directly benefit species still clinging to existence.

Off the powder-soft sands and turquoise waters of the Seychelles, a quiet storm is brewing—one that involves royalty, rats, and the last truly wild places left on Earth.

“Claiming that it is specific to us humans, that only humans can detect geometric regularity, is now falsified,” said Andreas Nieder, the study’s lead researcher. “Because we have at least the crow.”

New research published in Scientific Reports, describes a first-of-its-kind method of accurately detecting different pregnancy stages in killer whales using drone images. Understanding the reproductive success of whales is an important way of monitoring how vulnerable different populations are to threats such as vessel disturbance and food scarcity. 

On the verge of extinction, a rare breed of camel in Iran were brought back to life.

Walmart is helping save the last place on earth where large mammals co-exist in a rare rainforest in Indonesia.

In a landmark collaboration, Colossal Biosciences and Re:wild have joined forces to tackle the global extinction crisis head-on.

We know from watching the movie Fly Away Home with Anna Paquin that Canadian geese bred in captivity identify and imprint on the first mother they see. We also learn that Canadian geese can learn to fly with airplanes, and then evetually rewild. True story. Does the Fly Away Home theory really work for all birds?

Reputed travel companies such as Wildfoot Travel work towards minimizing the effect of human activity on the animal population. This can involve taking steps to lessen chaos, cut down on pollution, and steer clear of actions that upset the balance of ecosystems.

Such studies will include monitoring wild populations to assess survival, dispersal, and breeding success.