Positive Wildlife News

Healthy Tasmanian devils give species hope

 

Humpback whale baby-boom :

Humpback Whale Baby Boom Near Antarctica

 

Irrawaddy dolphin increase in the Mekong River ! :

First increase in Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins in 20 years

 

Supplementary feeding for birds of prey to raise numbers :

Editor’s Choice 55:3 – Targeted supplementary feeding supports reintroduction of endangered raptors

 

Record-number of Przewalski gazelles counted :

Procapra Przewalskii: "ballet dancer" on China's plateau - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

Invasive rats on the island of South Georgia appear to have been completely eradicated. Already, the numbers of the endemic South Georgia pipit and South Georgia pintail have begun to recover in the absence of the predatory rodents.

Rodents driven from South Georgia

 

For the first time in modern times, a wild wolverine has bred south of Interstate-90 in the United States. The birth has happened in the Cascades Mountains of Washington and indicates the animals may be spreading south.

There are perhaps just 25 wolverines in the state of Washington and only about 250 to 300 within the entire Lower 48.

Breeding wolverine heralds comeback in Washington’s Cascades

 

Beetle rediscovered :

UCR Scientist Rediscovers Insect Lost For 105 Years

 

Estimates show that there may be 10% more Niceforo's Wrens that previously thought:

Scientists brave white-water rapids in search of Critically Endangered wren

 

Wisent numbers in Poland reached 1635 in the wild:
http://wisent.org/mapa-wystepowania-zubra/

A new wild population of Wisent is founded: 2 naturally migrating males are joined by 2 males and 5 females translocated into Augustowska (link in Polish):
Augustowska subpopulacja żubrów już na wolności!

BTW - it may be wrong forum, but if anybody knows of a nature reserve, zoo or wildlife park which wants Wisents, ask them to contact the guys in the second link. Wisent population is growing 10 percent per year, and authorities are keen to send them to serious institutions.

 

Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo possibly rediscovered :

Tree kangaroo thought to have gone extinct is captured on film for the first time in 90 YEARS – Brinkwire

 

Golden hello to relocated eagle chicks
Golden eagle chicks released to boost south of Scotland population

 

12 positive environmental stories from the past 12 months

 

Fund to save rare birds :

gulftoday.ae | Mohamed Bin Zayed Fund helps save rare birds

 

Taiwan/Formosan clouded leopard
'Extinct' Formosan clouded leopard sp... | Taiwan News

 

Population in 2018 at 2800 birds . Therefor the species has now been downgraded from Endangered to Threatened :

Nene’s status to be downgraded from endangered to threatened - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

 

Redonda ( a small islet in the Caribbean ) recovering after goats and rats were removed :

Ravenous wild goats ruled this island for over a century. Now, it's being reborn.

 

This has been confirmed!

 

Article about the global increase in Humpback whale numbers :

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190368