The number of black rhinos grew from 6,195 to 6,788 between 2021 and 2024, while other rhino species remained relatively stable,” reports The Doomslayer.
A German newspaper reports:
The numbers of Black rhinos, found only in the wild in eastern and southern Africa, grew from 6,195 to 6,788 [between 2021 and 2024] …
The number of greater one-horned rhinos, native to northern India and southern Nepal, also nudged upwards slightly from 4,014 to 4,075…
The greater one-horned rhino is a conservation success story — only around 200 of them remained in India at the beginning of the 20th century.
Now, the largest rhino species on earth is considered to be in recovery…The population of the Sumatran rhinos is virtually unchanged from 2022 estimates, with just 34-47 animals remaining.The smallest and only hairy rhino species in found mostly in the dense tropical forest and lowland swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra….In Africa, the number of white rhinos fell slightly from 15,942 to 15,752.
Thriving ecosystems were recently discovered six miles down in the ocean, living off of gas that is toxic to humans.
Brazil’s rarest parrots have made a comeback, avoiding extinction.
Fish species are rebounding off the coast of California due to their young finding a sanctuary in abandoned oil rigs.
“In southern China, scientists have discovered ancient forests with animals and plants they thought were extinct in several sinkholes. The sinkholes have formed over tens of thousands of years and have only recently become visible when the land collapsed. They’re now being explored with the help of local mountaineers,” reports the BBC.
