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  • How Southern Africa's Elephants Bounced Back

    The once-declining elephant population at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe is now stable because the rangers use the core-buffer model to keep them safe. To ensure they have enough room to live comfortably, the elephants are allowed to wander far into less-protected zones. But the park has a well-protected core patrolled by rangers that elephants can return to when they feel threatened.

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  • Wildlife Crossings Can Mend a Landscape

    The Netherlands built nearly 3,000 wildlife crossings over and under roads, railways, and waterways to reduce habitat fragmentation, allowing wildlife to roam freely without becoming roadkill.

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  • After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild

    Land trusts, municipalities, and nonprofits across the United States are purchasing and rewilding golf courses to create nature preserves and parks. The organizations slowly bring the courses back to their natural state by moving soil, reconnecting flood plains, removing wildlife barriers, and allowing native plants to grow.

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  • Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

    A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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  • A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California's Next State Park

    A floodplain restoration project in California’s Central Valley is preventing flooding, replenishing groundwater, and providing habitat for wildlife. Most of the restoration work involved rewilding the land after removing the berms that protected the area from flooding when it was an agricultural field.

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  • Bird-friendly maple syrup boosts Vermont forest diversity & resilience

    Several organizations in Vermont banded together to create the Bird-Friendly Maple Project. The program encourages maple syrup makers to safeguard their forest habitats for birds using agroecology practices like keeping a diverse variety of native trees. Operations that meet the requirements receive an official label for their products.

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  • 'Take It Down and They'll Return': The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River

    The Penobscot Nation gathered a cohort of organizations to form the Penobscot River Restoration Trust so they could purchase and demolish damns that were threatening the river’s health. The river and native fish recovered quickly as a result.

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  • The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

    The Dry Stone Walling School of Japan is keeping the tradition of building walls out of stones collected from the neighboring environment alive by connecting students with local craftsmen. Building walls this way is a viable alternative to concrete that supports biodiversity and produces less carbon emissions.

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  • The Surprising Power of Wastewater Wetlands

    Wastewater treatment plants constructed to mimic natural wetlands — complete with varied topographies, native plants, and logs — are becoming a popular way to prevent pollution while creating environments where wildlife can thrive.

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  • To keep track of salmon migrations in real time, First Nations turn to AI

    In partnership with Indigenous-led fisheries, researchers in British Columbia deployed an artificial intelligence system to automate the counting of Pacific salmon during their migration. The AI-based tool, which analyzes underwater video, can identify some species of fish with 90 percent accuracy, and Indigenous stewards who participated in the pilot project said not having to count salmon manually freed them up for other important projects.

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