Good News Notes: “Freezing koala sperm could become a key part of a strategy to save koalas from extinction by 2050. University of Newcastle scientists Lachlan Howell and Ryan Witt say koala “biobanking”, could be harnessed with IVF technology to help the endangered species reproduce. An estimated 64,000 koalas were killed when 5.5m hectares were ravaged by…
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Newport Couple Donate $50 Million to Nature Conservancy for Wildlife Preserve in Tehachapi Mountains
Good News Notes: “Frank and Joan Randall of Newport Beach have donated $50 million to the Nature Conservancy for the creation of its largest nature preserve in California, a beautiful 72,000-acre area in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains. According to the Nature Conservancy, the preserve is just over 100 miles north of downtown…
Bats and a changing climate: How scientists are helping an endangered species
Good News Notes: “Bats are not an unusual sight around San Antonio and South Texas. In the heart of the city, bats are known to hang out under the Camden Street bridge, among other places. Farther north, the Bracken bat cave is a popular tourist spot for those who’d like to spot more than a…
Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes
Good News Notes: “Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own nonprofit agriculture ecosystem research institute and says he might do the same with four other ranches in Nebraska’s Sand Hills. But he’ll continue to pay taxes on the land, much to…
Nature’s Nursery working to help save critically-threatened species
Good News Notes: “Nature’s Nursery cares for thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year. After a record-breaking year in 2020, that trend is continuing. Right now the center in Whitehouse has a lot of bats, an animal that’s seen a huge drop in its numbers. You may not like bats, but Executive Director…
Scientists Spot Beaked Whale Believed to Be New Species
Good News Notes: “When a trio of beaked whales surfaced off Mexico’s Pacific coast, researchers thought they’d found the elusive Perrin’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini), an endangered species that’s never been officially sighted alive. But upon closer inspection, the researchers realized they may have stumbled upon something even rarer — a new species of beaked…
Newborn hippo gives species a boost
Good News Notes: “At eight days old, this baby hippopatumus is sticking close to its mom. The calf, which was born at Zacango Zoo in Calimaya, Mexico, in July, spent the first few days of its life swimming, eating and bonding with mama. And while zookeepers weren’t able to get too close during those early…
Wildlife Watch: Peregrine falcons
Good News Notes: “The work to rehabilitate Vermont’s peregrine falcon population has been largely successful over the last few years, but Vermont Fish & Wildlife officials says the raptors are still having some issues when it comes to nesting. Snake Mountain is a popular hiking spot in Addison County. It’s also a popular nesting spot…
An endangered pygmy hippo was born at the San Diego Zoo, the first in over 30 years
Good News Notes: “Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, but in April, one was born at the San Diego Zoo. It was the zoo’s first successful pygmy hippo birth in more than 30 years. Mabel, a 4-year-old pygmy hippopotamus at the San Diego Zoo, gave birth to her first calf last month, the zoo announced…
Great news: Island Marble Butterfly protected under Endangered Species List
Good News Notes: “he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has made the final determination to list the island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus) as an endangered species and designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The island marble, a beautiful, medium-sized, white butterfly with green ‘marbling’ on its wings,…