| Earth Optimism Summit | Smithsonian Conservation Commons
When only a handful of individuals remain, you might think all is lost. Yet scientists have used their ingenuity to save species even when the situation is beyond dire, as these stories of horses, California condors and other species illustrate.
A haunting silence is spreading over the natural world.
The first mammal has gone extinct from climate change. The Australian Bramble Cay melomys have vanished from its 350m-long cay home in the Torres Strait due to sea-level rise and weather events.
Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead. | The Huffington Post
These conservation success stories remind us that the mass extinction of the world’s species doesn’t have to be inevitable.