Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is carried by an adult bird on the back at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is accompanied by an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-crowned crane chicks have fun next to an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is carried by an adult bird on the back at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane chick is accompanied by an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane family is seen at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

Red-Crowned Crane Chick - China

A red-crowned crane family is seen at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. Captive-bred red-crowned cranes at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar have recently entered their breeding season, with many crane couples welcoming new offspring. With a total area of 2,100 square kilometers, the reserve is dubbed "home of red-crowned cranes" in China, and serves as the world's largest red-crowned crane habitat and largest captive-bred red-crowned crane rewilding base. Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

Black-tailed Gulls Released

Black-tailed Gulls Released

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 13, 2024 - A black-tailed gull operates at a rewilding training area at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, Aug 13, 2024.

[Breaking News]Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Video taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.(Kyodo)

Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

UGANDA-WHITE RHINOCEROS-REWILDING

UGANDA-WHITE RHINOCEROS-REWILDING

(240326) -- ARUA, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- White rhinoceros graze at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which has been acting as a breeding ground for them in Nakasongola District, Uganda, on March 23, 2024. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Uganda makes progress in preparing for rewilding endangered white rhinoceros" (Photo by Patrick Onen/ Xinhua)

UGANDA-WHITE RHINOCEROS-REWILDING

UGANDA-WHITE RHINOCEROS-REWILDING

(240326) -- ARUA, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- White rhinoceros graze at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which has been acting as a breeding ground for them in Nakasongola District, Uganda, on March 23, 2024. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Uganda makes progress in preparing for rewilding endangered white rhinoceros" (Photo by Patrick Onen/ Xinhua)

China nature reserve helps red-crowned cranes breed, return to nature

STORY: China nature reserve helps red-crowned cranes breed, return to nature DATELINE: March 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YANG XUAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Zhalong National Nature Reserve 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENFENG, Senior engineer of the Administration Bureau of Zhalong National Nature Reserve 4. various of Zhalong National Nature Reserve STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YANG XUAN, Xinhua correspondent "Now I'm in Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Here a lot of captive-raised red-crowned cranes are receiving their rewilding training." Covering an area of 2,100 square km, the Zhalong National Nature Reserve is one of the world's largest breeding and protection bases for the endangered red-crowned crane, which is under top national protection in China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENFENG, Researcher, Zhalong National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau "The red-crowne

Deqing: reestablishing crested ibis population in E. China

STORY: Deqing: reestablishing crested ibis population in E. China DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: HUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): QIU GUOQIANG, Director of Deqing County Ecological Forestry Service Center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): BAI HONGQING, Chief Engineer of Deqing County Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province STORYLINE: The crested ibis is an endangered species. They used to be widely distributed across East Asia and Russia's Siberia. Now at the Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, a rewilding project of the endangered bird is going on. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crest

Threatened species to bounce back in Australian state as rewilding sites expand

STORY: Threatened species to bounce back in Australian state as rewilding sites expand DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of people sending animals back to natural environment STORYLINE: Over 50 threatened species are expected to thrive in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), as a successful rewilding project which has reintroduced 10 locally extinct species in NSW national parks is about to expand. The state government said on Wednesday that the three existing feral predator-free sites in NSW national parks have reintroduced and increased the population of some species which previously disappeared locally, including Australia's iconic bilby and bridled nailtail wallaby. The project now will expand its scale, adding four new fenced sites in NSW national parks and expanding the total fox and cat-free area on the national park estate to almost 65,000 hectares. In NSW, 14 bird species and 26 mammals have become extinct in t