In an era when environmental headlines often bring tales of loss—species vanishing, forests shrinking, ecosystems collapsing—there occasionally emerges a story so unexpectedly beautiful that it rekindles hope for our planet. One such story begins not with human triumph, but with a quiet miracle of nature: a plant thought to be extinct has reappeared, sprouting again…
Few animals are as famous in the story of extinction as the dodo bird. Once a large, flightless pigeon-like bird roaming the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, the dodo disappeared by the late 17th century—just decades after humans first arrived on its shores. Today, the word “dodo” often symbolizes something gone forever, a…
1. What Happened? On January 28, 2025, a significant milestone was achieved in wildlife conservation: 41 Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii), a species once declared extinct in the wild in 2000, were successfully transported from a breeding facility in Berlin, Germany, to a release center in Bahia, Brazil. Upon arrival, the birds underwent a 28-day quarantine…