NEWS March 15 2026

Biodiversity Kazakhstan plants tens of thousands of trees in giant effort to reintroduce tigers https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/kazakhstan-plants-tens-of-thousands-of-trees-in-giant-effort-to-reintroduce-tigers Critically endangered kākāpō parrot has standout breeding season https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/critically-endangered-kakapo-parrot-has-standout-breeding-season/ Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/marsupials-discovered-new-guinea?share=reddit Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/large-tortoiseshell-butterfly-no-longer-extinct-uk Critically Endangered Okapi Calf Born at Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center https://newsroom.audubonnatureinstitute.org/critically-endangered-okapi-calf-born-at-freeport-mcmoran-audubon-species-survival-center/