This breaks my heart. I wish I didn’t have to say this, but I think the Vaquita is doomed.

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Endling, noun: The last of a species.

BirdLife International just released Global Flyways - a digital film series filmed across 19 countries and 5 continents, following the people protecting migratory birds along entire flyways.

Key stats from their 2026 State of the World's Birds report:

• 45% of migratory bird species are now in decline
• 200 species (1 in 9) are threatened with extinction

The series features 68 films covering scientists tracking migration, communities restoring wetlands, Indigenous knowledge, bird-friendly infrastructure, and international conservation partnerships.

Watch the series: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/10/12/global-flyways-new-digital-series-spotlights-global-effort-to-protect-migratory-birds/

"It is the largest of 70 wētā species and was once found across parts of the North Island before predation from introduced species and habitat loss contributed to their decline. By the 1990s, they were considered “endangered” and are now presumed extinct in the wild on New Zealand’s mainland. The insects reside primarily on a smattering of predator-free islands in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf and off the coast of Northland.

But their fortune is starting to change. Over the past 15 years, tens of thousands of wētāpunga have been bred at Butterfly Creek, a wildlife facility, and Auckland zoo, enabling the release of wētāpunga across new predator-free islands and some mainland reserves north of Auckland"

The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has developed an app, which is a "Fisher Friend Mobile Application" . That has won the Tech4Nature Award at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, for its role in protecting endangered Olive Ridley turtles while supporting the communities that live off the sea.

One of the app’s most impactful features is the No-Fishing Zone Alert system, which uses geolocation technology to notify fishers in real time when they approach notified nesting sites. These zones are critical for the turtles, which migrate in millions each year to nest on the Odisha coast. Seasonal fishing bans between November and May are meant to protect them, but the lack of visible boundaries has led to countless accidental violations.

https://lunarsecstacy.com/2021/04/27/olive-ridley-turtles-return-to-the-same-beach-for-egg-laying-where-once-they-were-born/