Conservation News ~ 14 November 2025

• L.A. plans to recycle enough water to meet the needs of 500,000 people
• Colony of world’s highest-flying bird under threat in Uganda
• Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring
• Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits 11-year low ahead of COP30
• Provo mayor announces goal to remove carp, invasive plants from Utah Lake by 2034
• In controversial move, LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen
• Kansas biologists are bringing back rare mussels, fish and turtles to our rivers
• Rare white Iberian lynx captured on film in Spain by amateur photographer
• 'Adorable' endangered king colobus monkey born at Paignton Zoo
• Trump Administration Suggests Listing Florida's Elusive Ghost Orchid as Endangered
• 'Cryptic' creatures, animal hiding as poop as three more new species discoveries
• IUCN Members adopt landmark motions at World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi
• Communities at the heart of the One Health approach in Central Asia
• Training Inhassoro and Vilankulo practitioners in Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience
• IUCN and Chery mark one-year of partnership driving Nature-Based Solutions in Asia and beyond
• Promoting co-benefit actions for positive environmental and social impacts from renewables
• New STAR guidance supports governments and civil society in accelerating Nature-Positive action
• Nature-positive renewables: Aligning energy ambition with biodiversity and people
• People of the Oceans Breakthrough: Landmark step for Indigenous leadership at IUCN World Conservation Congress
• ENACT Partnership Stories from the Ground: Transforming Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change
• Investing in nature for long-term community resilience
• Powering the future: Ministers call for a nature-positive energy transition at IUCN Congress – GINGR
• IUCN and IRENA join forces to advance renewable energy solutions that work for nature and people
• World's rarest cheetahs arrive at zoo as part of conservation program
• Lincoln Zoo welcomes first female Indian sloth bear in decades
• Endangered rhino horns and elephant tusks seized in California
• 2-foot-long snake found lurking near stream in China
• New environmental DNA test could help rare hammerhead sharks fight extinction
• 'Long'-fingered lizard found lurking near trail in China
• Google deal for Amazon reforestation makes Brazilian startup its top carbon credit supplier
• Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web
• Two Vaquita Calves Offer Flicker of Hope for Most Endangered Porpoises on Earth
• Three newly discovered toads give birth to live young
• Endangered red wolf arrives at North Carolina Zoo
• Scientists discover a new pink Sea Anemone that builds and expands shells for hermit crabs
• Norway, Indonesia, Brazil and others pledge billions to bold new plan to protect tropical forests
• ‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
• Back from the brink: UK red kites aid Spanish cousins
• DEI for the birds? US government to kill 450K owls on West Coast to thwart rival owl's extinction
• Trump administration presses Western states to find consensus on shrinking Colorado River
• Piles of garbage and seeping sewage pollute devastated Gaza
• Scientists Discover 6 Mysterious New Bat Species Hiding in Plain Sight for Decades
• Reintroduced gray wolf dies in southwestern Colorado
• At least 30 new species discovered in the abyss, surprising animals!
• First ever discovery of Lepidosira springtails in China reveals four new species
• Exclusive: Norway to invest about $3 billion in forest conservation fund
• Aquarium of the Pacific Announces New CEO
• Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems
• Scientists Are Releasing the Lovingly Nicknamed 'Snot Otters' Into Ohio Waterways in a Big Success for Conservation
• Bee-elzebub: new horned 'Lucifer' bee discovered in Western Australia
• Migratory Birds and Rice Farmers Are Helping Each Other Soar
• Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
• These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world
• The government is giving away $2,000 to homeowners who upgrade their water heaters — but the incentives disappear in under two months
• California Officials Rally Behind Climate Superfund Act to Make Big Oil Pay
• Port of Oakland achieves 86 percent renewable power in 2024
• 750 To 800 New EV Chargers To Be Installed In San Diego
• Promises of lower energy bills win big on election day
• BNEF Sees Short-term Pain, Longer-term Rebound for Renewables
• Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?
• After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
• Mapping America’s EV adoption: Which states are leading the charge in 2025?
• How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
• The Ocean Is Holding In a ‘Burp’ of Devastating Proportions
• Trump solar attacks threaten 50% of planned electricity, report finds
• Trump administration reopens Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling
• Companies hit the brakes on EVs, laying off thousands of workers