Conservation News ~ 10 July 2026

• Mechoopda Tribe Reclaims 450 Acres as California Advances Tribal Stewardship
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Designates 1.5 Million Acres of Critical Habitat for Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
• Florida May Play a Bigger Role in Monarch Butterfly Survival than Previously Thought
• Climate-resilient reefs, ancient fish fossils and vast wetlands – IUCN supports five World Heritage nominations
• IUCN welcomes UN General Assembly affirmation of States’ obligations to protect the climate system
• IUCN and UN Office on Drugs and Crime join forces to combat crimes that affect the environment
• New IUCN GEF grants programme is open for proposals: Calling on civil society organisations with proven environmental solutions
• Uzbekistan launches Nature4Health scoping phase to strengthen preventive One Health approaches
• Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan joins IUCN
• Celebrating World Oceans Day 2026 – Reimagine: Community-led ecosystem-based adaptation for ocean resilience
• On World Environment Day, IUCN's NAbSA initiative highlights why climate policy must catch up with women’s leadership
• California Condor Flies Into Oregon for First Time in More Than a Century
• Solar-thermal desalination process operates at near 100% efficiency
• Solar power beats coal for electricity generation in US despite Trump policies
• US Clean Energy Can Now Power ~80 Million Homes
• California Senate passes plug-in solar bill letting residents use wall outlets to cut power costs
• California announces $55 million in new funding for public EV fast charging
• Pioneering grid battery nudges California closer to 24/7 clean energy
• How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition
• California regulators approve major Bay Area battery development
• California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?
• Use designated money to cool California schools, not enrich utilities
• Will Electric Semis Ever Take Off? California Hopes $1B Rebate Program Will Help
• World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds
• Scientists Warn ‘Super El Niño’ Could Hit California’s Coast Hard
• California overhauls carbon market — critics say it's a giveaway to oil
• California Loses Bid to Block Sable Oil Pipeline Under Park
• Cash Back for Replacing a Gas Stove With Electric? Not Anymore
• Critically endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks just won full protection
• Two California Salamanders Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
• 31 Haunting New Deep-Sea Species Discovered Off The Coast of Brazil
• Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox
• Frog 'saunas' could help endangered species beat a deadly fungus. | Zoology – EBSCO
• Cruise ship arrives in Seward with dead endangered fin whale on its bow
• Antarctica's first plant risk assessment raises concerns for a rare moss
• Scientists Discover 27 New Species in Densely Populated Area Packed with 'Mystery' Animals
• Scientists find new species of dragonfly, grasshopper and a fluorescent spider
• Researchers receive $4 million to improve endangered species management on military lands
• Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike
• Rare Tiny Bat Species Rediscovered by Biologist After It Was Thought to Be Extinct
• World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion a year in environmental damage, study finds
• IUCN Mozambique leads discussions on resilience, partnerships and governance at ocean conferences in Maputo
• Launch of the Spanish Edition of a Guide for Conserving Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands through Area-Based Conservation Approaches
• Great Blue Wall report showcases five years of impact on ocean regeneration across the Western Indian Ocean
• Advancing coastal restoration in Europe through the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
• Harry Potter star Rupert Grint wins bid to build eco-village
• Costa Rica Adds New Tree Species to Its Biodiversity Record
• Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison
• New Deep-Sea 'Ghost Shark' Species Discovered off Costa Rica
• Urban Climate Resilience Projects are Helping Cities Save Lives and Money
• Charging ahead: EVs outpace growth predictions
• Managed, bidirectional EV charging advances with utility, automaker support
• California solar surged ahead of gas in the first 5 months of 2026
• LA officials vote to phase out oil drilling within city limits — again
• Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
• California researchers say controlled burns reduce long term pollution
• Waymo turns old EV batteries into electricity for California, Texas
• The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves
• Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead
• Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects
• Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number
• El Niño Is Here and Will Have ‘Big Consequences’ for Global Weather
• Intense heat dome will bake Spain, France and the U.K.
• Planet’s heat bill comes due as one billion more people face extreme heat stress than in the 1970s
• 31 New Species Found off Brazil Reveal a Fragile World in the Ocean's Midwater
• US to create genomic and cellular 'BioVault' for endangered species
• Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture Returns to Cambodia Refuge After Years of Effort
• Three of the Four Giraffe Species Are Recovering, but Threats Persist
• 111 Juvenile Endangered Seahorses Released Into Underwater 'Hotels' To Build Their Lives
• Ancient bees turned tooth sockets into tiny nurseries 20,000 years ago
• Iran rearrests prominent conservationists freed just two years ago
• White-rumped vulture reappears at Cambodia sanctuary 10 years after poisonings
• The Wider Image: The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile
• Endangered West African leopards show signs of recovery, despite odds. 'It's a win'
• Costa Rica reversed its forest collapse by paying landowners to keep trees standing — more than 18,000 families signed contracts funded by a national fuel tax
• ‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds
• IUCN World Conservation Congress 2029 – search for Host Country begins
• Leadership programme for protected area management across the SADC region, starting in southern Mozambique
• A landmark step for nature conservation in Armenia: IUCN National Committee of Armenia officially established
• European Parliament highlights EU overseas biodiversity as a strategic investment priority for the next EU budget
• Second season of Cherish the Nature Spain launches to protect Mediterranean seagrass meadows
• IUCN Mourns the Passing of Professor Wang Sung, Founding Partner of IUCN China
• New GEF-funded project strengthening wildlife use and trade indicators
• How Commercial Coral Farming for Reef Restoration is Outpacing Nature 50 to One
• Top White House environment adviser departs administration
• New species of cavefish discovered in cave on Redstone Arsenal
• Guatemalan zoo breeds rare lizards in bid to save endangered species
• Hidden in the Himalayan mist: Scientists discover a new pit viper from Tibet
• The grid was melting down in last week's heat – until EVs came to the rescue
• Geothermal Has Potential to Become Backbone of World’s Energy System
• California is bringing back EV rebates. This is how to get one
• Los Angeles turns 'most polluting' World Cup into Olympic rehearsal in bid for climate legacy
• Killing wind and solar subsidies will make US electricity more expensive
• Data center backlash spreads as states weigh moratoriums, and one California city bans them
• Gas prices are high for July 4. California's price-gouging fixes are still on the shelf
• El Niño and warming oceans push California, planet into 'uncharted territory'
• Utility Costs Drive States to Roll Back Climate Goals