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Greater one-horned rhino in grassland, for article on rhino poaching decline

2024 C.E. October 2

India’s state of Assam sees 86% drop in poaching and five-fold increase in rhinos since 2016

One-horned rhinos in Assam have rebounded to 3,000, climbing from roughly 600 in the 1960s and marking the first year on record with zero rhino poaching anywhere in India. Behind the recovery is a sharp shift since 2016: poaching down 86%, nearly 100,000 acres added to protected reserves, and ranger units patrolling with drones and night vision through the moonlit nights when poachers move. The greater one-horned rhino has since been downgraded from Endangered...

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2024 C.E. October 2

Claudia Sheinbaum is sworn in as Mexico’s first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico's presidency with roughly 59% of the vote in June 2024 — the largest margin in the country's modern democratic era — and took office as the first woman and first Jewish person to lead the nation of 130 million. A climate scientist with a doctorate in energy engineering, she contributed to landmark IPCC reports before entering politics, and as Mexico City's environment secretary she helped launch the Metrobús system that...

A loggerhead sea turtle crawling on a sandy beach for an article about loggerhead sea turtle nests in Greece, for article on loggerhead sea turtle nests

2024 C.E. September 28

Greece records more than 10,000 loggerhead sea turtle nests in a single year

Loggerhead sea turtle nests in Greece have surpassed 10,000 in a single year for the first time in recorded history, nearly doubling the previous annual average of 5,000 to 7,000. The milestone reflects decades of sustained conservation work by organizations like Archelon and Medasset, whose efforts to protect nesting beaches, regulate tourism, and deploy monitoring technology are now yielding measurable results. Greece hosts roughly 60% of all Mediterranean loggerhead nests, making this recovery regionally...

A close-up of a medical syringe and insulin vial for an article about stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes, for article on stem cell therapy type 1 diabetes

2024 C.E. September 27

Chinese researchers reverse type 1 diabetes using a patient’s own stem cells

Type 1 diabetes reversal using a patient's own stem cells marks a historic milestone in medicine. A 25-year-old woman in China received a transplant of insulin-producing cells reprogrammed from her own body, and within three months was generating insulin naturally — eventually eliminating her need for external injections entirely. Published in Cell in 2024, the research is significant because it bypasses donor tissue and immunosuppressant drugs entirely, dramatically reducing rejection risk. For the roughly...

Guam Kingfisher, for article on Guam kingfisher reintroduction

2024 C.E. September 25

‘Extinct’ Guam kingfisher takes flight again after nearly 40 years

Six Guam kingfishers — known as sihek — took their first wild flight in nearly 40 years when they were released on Palmyra Atoll, a predator-free Pacific refuge, in September 2024. The species was declared extinct in the wild in 1988, and every sihek alive today descends from just 29 birds rescued in the 1980s. Their return is the result of a global rescue effort spanning continents, with zookeepers from Kansas to London hand-rearing...

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