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Trump administration proposes to loosen rules protecting endangered species

The move, which raised concerns among specialists, aligns with President Donald Trump's effort to unwind what he says are burdensome federal regulations for businesses.

|ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he boards Air Force One en route to Washington, at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 16, 2025.
A koala climbing a tree in Ouwehands Zoo, Rhenen, Netherlands, illustrative; April 25, 2024.

Victoria, Australia culls hundreds of koalas after wildfire, activists denounce policy

Allan defended her policy by saying that the koalas being shot were "in a lot of distress," Sky News Australia reported, adding that the decision was made after "extensive assessments."

|ByJAMES GENN
Yulia, an endangered and rare female Mediterranean monk seal visits the shore of Jaffa in Israel, May 15, 2023.

Yulia the celebrity endangered monk seal spotted near Lebanon - report

Yulia is a rare and critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. After winning the hearts of the Israeli public when resting on a Tel Aviv beach in 2023, she was last reported in Gaza.

|ByAARON REICH
An endangered recently born female Sumatran rhinoceros is seen next to her mother, Ratu, at Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary of Kambas National Park, Lampung, Indonesia September 30, 2023.

Highly endangered Javan rhinos welcome a new family member

There are just 81 left of the species, all of whom live in one national park

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World's first cloned ferret could help rescue its endangered species

All black-footed ferrets living today are descended from only seven individuals, leading to a very limited genetic diversity.

FEBRUARY 19, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Bert, a male black-footed ferret peers out from a burrow in a cage at the US Fish and Wildlife Service National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Wellington, Colorado April 11, 2007. By 1980 it was believed that the black-footed ferret was extinct when a group of only 18 was discovered in W

Female polar bear killed by male bear at Detroit Zoo

“This was completely unexpected and the Detroit Zoo staff is devastated by the loss of Anana in this sudden and tragic event.”

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Polar bear eats watermelon

Crowdsourcing NGO purchases 700 acres in Brazil, Kenya for conservation

This year, for the first time, TiME will acquire two plots of land in a single year: 500 acres in Brazil's Atlantic forest and 200 acres in the Dakatcha woodland in Kenya.

JANUARY 9, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Northern brown howler monkey

Israeli drone company helps save endangered vulture chick

Despite typically being associated with military operations and psurveillance, Xtend's drone technolgy proved the versitility of unmanned automative vehicles.

AUGUST 25, 2020ByAARON REICH
A griffon vulture lands in an area, used as a feeding station, where carrion is left by conservationists as part of a national project to protect and increase the population of the protected bird in Israel, in southern Israel.

Panda in the Smithsonian zoo gives birth to cub in landmark occasion

Mei Xiang is the oldest panda in the US, and the second oldest panda known to have given birth.

AUGUST 23, 2020ByAARON REICH
Panda Tai Shan

Scientists team up to save endangered 'scrotum frog'

Known by the scientific name Telmatoius culeus and as the Titicaca water frog, it also has the nickname of "scrotum frog."

AUGUST 2, 2020ByAARON REICH
Telmatobius culeus, also known as the Titicaca water frog and the "scrotum frog."

Group of protected mountain gorillas die after lightning strike in Uganda

The species is protected all throughout a string of restricted safe havens or national parks located in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratc Republic of Congo.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
Male mountain gorilla from the Mukiza group is seen at Bwindi National Park near the town of Kisoro

Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard spotted in Israel's South

The endangered species is native to the region and is harmless to humans, eating only leaves and vegetation.

MAY 28, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard in the South.