American Marten Could Be Set for Return to PA’s Forests After 100 Year Absence

Jacob Frank – public domain Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Wildlife Management is working on an experimental reintroduction plan to restore the American marten to woods and hills in the Keystone State. This tree-dwelling relative of the mink was extirpated from the state 100 years ago, and a plan to create an experimental, non-protected population to monitor …

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Dedicated Schoolgirl Identifies Japanese Wolf Specimen Hiding Amid Museum Collection, Encouraged to Publish Scientific Paper

Courtesy of Hinako Komori From Japan’s metropolitan heart comes the story of a young woman with a love for nature getting her paws in the door of a scientific career after identifying a taxidermied Japanese wolf gathering dust in a museum collection. The Japanese wolf has been extinct for over a century, but for 10-year-old …

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21 Black Rhinos Successfully Moved to New Kenya Home With Space to Breed–Hailing Return of Species After 50 yrs

Rhino released in Feb 2024 – by Margaret Southern / Courtesy San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The Kenya Wildlife Service celebrated the successful transfer of 21 eastern black rhinos to establish a new viable breeding population for the species that was on the brink of extinction decades ago. In an 18-day exercise executed by highly …

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