Environment

Three rock hyrax pups born at Chester Zoo weigh 12 ounces each and share an evolutionary group with elephants, manatees and dugongs.

The kakapo has reached 325 birds after a record 90-chick season – the most of the flightless parrots alive in about 75 years.

Leonardo DiCaprio and the Bezos Earth Fund are putting $200 million toward recovering 100 critically endangered species across 30 countries.

Hawaii rare moth and endangered damselfly populations have been rediscovered on islands where they were thought to be gone for decades.

Amur leopard cub born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo marks the first birth of the endangered species in the zoo's 144-year history.

18 donkeys in Spain's Doñana National Park are helping prevent wildfires by grazing on dry vegetation that can fuel dangerous blazes.

The endangered Obô giant snail, found only on São Tomé and Príncipe, is the focus of conservation efforts to protect the rare species.

Fishermen in Australia rescued a 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle after finding it tangled in abandoned fishing rope and floating buoys.

Mozambique’s Zinave National Park welcomes nine female white rhinos, helping establish wild-breeding populations after decades without the species.

A $14.8 million investment will fund river and lake restoration projects across 26 states, improving fish habitats, water quality and local communities.