Panthera and Zambia's wildlife department gave 1,350 synthetic leopard furs to the Lozi paddlers who wear the pelts at the Kuomboka ceremony. Reported ownership of real skins fell by 78%, and leopard density across the Greater Kafue Ecosystem rose from 2.7 to 3.8 animals per 100 square kilometres over six years.
About 40 Indian grey hornbills were released into Gujarat's Gir forest in phases between 2021 and 2023, six decades after the species disappeared from the landscape. Nesting pairs have now raised chicks for a fourth year running, and researchers say the population is becoming self-sustaining.
Liu Defang swam out with a life ring and towed a man half her age back to the bank of a river in Suixi county, Anhui. She had only learned to swim a few years after retiring. Liu left the scene without giving her name, and police identified her days later from surveillance footage.
Bray Falls built Starfront Observatories on 40 acres of dark-sky ranch land near Rockwood in central Texas, where more than 500 telescopes stand on concrete piers beneath roofs that roll back at nightfall. Owners across Europe, Asia and the United States aim them from home for 99 dollars a month.
RESTORE has bought the 3,035-hectare Emblehope and Burngrange estate north of Kielder for 9 million pounds, financed by Triodos Bank UK. Around 800 hectares of drained peatland will be rewetted by blocking historic channels, holding back water from downstream towns and making room for curlew and black grouse.