India’s tiger population has risen from 1,706 individuals to 2,226 in the past four years, officials have reported. With the global population teetering around 3,000 individuals, this kind of growth is incredible.
Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest animals on Earth, were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century. But now, the population of California blue whales is almost as high as it was in the early 1900s - a recovery that should be celebrated as a conservation success story!