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🥾 Today, on World Ranger Day, Re:wild honors the people standing on the frontlines of conservation. 👏

From protecting threatened wildlife and preventing poaching to managing protected areas and guiding scientific research, rangers safeguard the wild. 💪 The value of the services they provide is estimated to be between $125 and $140 trillion every year—yet their work too often goes unseen.

Rangers are more than guardians of wildlife. 🐾 They are educators, first responders, scientific collaborators, guides, and protectors of cultural heritage. Every day, they put themselves at risk to ensure nature has a future.

Re:wild is a proud member of the Universal Ranger Support Alliance along with our partner , and we are committed to supporting those whose courage, dedication, and sacrifice help keep our planet wild.

Today, and every day, we thank the rangers protecting the future of life on Earth. 💚🌎

FOUND! 🔍 New Guinea's Mayr's Forest Rail has been rediscovered!
https://searchforlostbirds.org/news/found-mayrs-forest-rail-rediscovered-in-indonesias-cyclops-mountains


After being lost to science for 18 years, this elusive ground-dwelling bird has been photographed. 📸 Researchers deployed 73 remote camera traps across the Cyclops Mountains—one of New Guinea's most remote and least-explored landscapes—and sifted through thousands of images before capturing the first photograph of the species in nearly two decades. While using remote cameras to look for these ground-loving birds, scientists also documented the Masked Bowerbird and Northern Cassowary in new ranges unknown to scientists.

This rediscovery was made possible through a collaboration between international conservation partners and , working alongside Indigenous Papuan communities. Their knowledge, stewardship, and commitment to protecting these forests were fundamental to the expedition's success.

This expedition also provided opportunities for young Papuan scientists and conservationists to gain experience in field research, biodiversity monitoring, and international scientific collaboration, investing in the next generation of Indigenous conservation leaders.

Scientists hope to continue to work with local communities to protect Mayr's Forest Rail, which prefer to run rather than fly, and ensure this species is never lost to science again!

These findings are a powerful reminder that even in 2026, there is still so much left to learn about nature. New Guinea is home to the richest bird life of any island on Earth. Yet many of its mountains have yet to be surveyed by researchers. All is not lost, many more discoveries may still be waiting for us!

The Search for Lost Birds is a global partnership of , , and .international and part of the broader Search for Lost Species. This work was made possible through collaboration with partners including Re:wild associates YAPPENDA, whose mission is to support Indigenous-led conservation and research in Papua.

The Black Lion Tamarin's comeback story is still being written 🖤🦁🐒

Over the past year, conservationists with Instituto Ipê Cultural monitored five groups of Black Lion Tamarins across key sites in Brazil, collecting health and genetic data that will help guide the species' future. They also completed the translocation of a second group to suitable habitat and tracked more than 1,300 movement points to better understand how these Endangered primates adapt to their new homes.

The work doesn't stop in the forest. Through environmental education programs, the team also reached more than 500 students, helping inspire the next generation of conservationists where Black Lion Tamarins live.

Every field survey, health assessment, and classroom visit helps build a stronger future for one of the world's rarest primates.

The Black Lion Tamarin is one of the first species supported by the Colossal Species Reintroduction Fund, established by the Colossal Biosciences Foundation in partnership with Re:wild.

📷: Bogdan Stans and Joao Vitor Medeiros

The return of the Bluebuck has begun. 💙 Having gone extinct over 200 years ago from the grasslands of South Africa, Colossal Biosciences has launched a new de-extinction project to return the Bluebuck.

Every breakthrough that will help bring back the Bluebuck, from building a high-quality genome and developing new assisted reproductive tools for antelope, could help conserve living species today.

As habitat fragmentation isolates antelope populations across Africa and reduces genetic diversity, these innovations could strengthen vulnerable antelope populations, improve wildlife biobanking, and transform conservation breeding programs.

As Colossal's conservation partner, Re:wild is helping develop a science-based reintroduction plan for the Bluebuck's eventual return to the wild.

The future of conservation isn't just protecting what's left. It's expanding what's possible. 🌍

Conservation starts with knowing what needs the most protection! Though Madagascar covers just 0.4% of the world’s landmass, it holds 5% of all species on Earth, 90% of which exist nowhere else.

🇲🇬 For the first time in over 30 years, Madagascar has reassessed its conservation priorities. 🌱 Earlier this year, 70 experts (including 50 scientists, most of them Malagasy) came together to identify the places that matter most for the country's vital biodiversity.

The result was an agreed-upon roadmap covering over 44 MILLION ACRES (18 million hectares) to guide conservation action. This roadmap covers nearly a third of Madagascar's land for the decade ahead.

💪 This is conservation done right: locally led, science-driven, and built through collaboration!

This milestone was made possible thanks to the help of our partners , , , , and Madagascar's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.

📸: Russell Mittermeier, Re:wild Chief Conservation Officer

🤩 A rare glimpse of one of the world’s rarest wild bovids.🐃🇵🇭 The Tamaraw is a Critically Endangered dwarf buffalo found only on Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

With only an estimated 300–500 individuals remaining, this elusive species faces ongoing threats from habitat destruction and hunting.

These stunning photos were captured by Re:wild Species Conservation Manager Andrew Tilker during a recent visit to Mindoro, Re:wild and partners are working here to help ensure a future for Tamaraw and the Indigenous Peoples who share their landscape.

Through the DEFRA-funded 'Thriving Together with Tamaraw' project, Re:wild works alongside D'Aboville Foundation and Demo Farm Inc., and the Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, as well as Indigenous Taubuid and Alangan communities, to protect Tamaraw habitat, strengthen species monitoring, and advance a biocultural approach to conservation that recognizes local communities as essential stewards of these lands.

📸: (Instagram)

What if a forest could make water out of thin air? 🌿💧

In the cloud forests of Pasco, Peru, that's exactly what happens!

NOW, more than 33,000 acres (13,734 hectares) of cloud forests are permanently protected with the creation of the Chontabamba Huancabamba Regional Conservation Area. This new protected area is the first in the region dedicated to conserving a biodiversity hotspot where cloud forests help capture and regulate water for both people and wildlife.

This newly protected landscape is home to species like the Andean Bear, Puma and Pudú (one of the world's smallest deer) and serves as a vital biological corridor connecting the Andes and Amazon. The forests and high-elevation grasslands here help regulate water supplies for nearly 12,000 people and support the ecological processes that keep wildlife moving across the landscape.

The creation of the area follows more than a decade of work by local communities, governments, and conservation partners committed to safeguarding this extraordinary place for people and wildlife alike.

🟢 Re:wild is proud to support this initiative led by the regional government of Pasco, with technical support from .del.bien.comun, together with .

📸: Diego Pérez / SPDA

🌿 Nature holds stories everywhere — in forests, rivers, and sacred sites rooted in memory, culture, and connection to the land.

Re:wild is celebrates the Native Toponymy project in San Basilio de Palenque 🇨🇴 where Afro-Colombian communities are reclaiming traditional names across 8,000 acres (3,300 hectares) of cultural territory. Founded by people who freed themselves from enslavement, San Basilio de Palenque became the first free Black town in the Americas.

By documenting sacred sites, community spaces, and traditional landmarks, this work is also helping protect Colombia’s tropical dry forests, one of the country’s most threatened ecosystems.

With leadership from the Palenquero community and technical support from and , this effort continues to expand to other Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities across Colombia. Re:wild is a proud supporter of this project together with .


📷: Amazon Conservation Team