“Elephant seals are no longer considered ‘near threatened‘ in South Africa after their population reached 5,500 in 2023, up from 3,000 in 2016,” reports The Doomslayer.
Mongabay explains:
The southern elephant seal’s conservation status in South Africa has improved from near threatened to least concern, with experts citing four decades without major threats to its breeding colonies on Marion and Prince Edward islands…
At the time the last edition of the Mammal Red List for Southern Africa was published in 2016, scientists estimated that the elephant seal population on Marion Island and Prince Edward Island was around 3000 individuals. The latest assessment says that it has grown to about 5,500 as of 2023.
About 1,400 elephant seal pups were born in 2023 on Marion and Prince Edward islands.
A freshwater porpoise is making a comeback in China.
Snub-nosed monkeys are also making a comeback in China.
Bison have made a comeback in Europe. “In the 1920s, there were just 54 European bison, all in captive areas, after intense hunting over millennia, but thanks to rewilding efforts there are now around 10,000″ bison in Europe, “mostly in Russia and Belarus.”
Red-necked ostriches are being introduced into Saudi Arabia to replace the extinct Arabian ostrich.
The extinction rate is falling as fewer species are becoming extinct annually.
