After jaguars went locally extinct in Corrientes Province 70 years ago, one of the first cubs born in Rewilding Argentina’s innovative reproduction program has been set free. In 2021, seven jaguars have been released in the massive Iberá Park to return the top...
Rare Images of Maned Wolves Rearing Their Young in Argentina
Rewilding Argentina, the strategic partner of Tompkins Conservation, has registered the birth of three pups of this rare species in Iberá Park, a protected wetland of 1.7 million acres in Northeast Argentina where many native species, including jaguars and macaws, are...
Rewilding Chile Is Launched
PUERTO VARAS, Chile — After leading conservation efforts in Chilean Patagonia for over 28 years, the nonprofit created by Kristine and Douglas Tompkins launches a new name to reflect the central role of large-scale ecological restoration in fighting the biodiversity...
Donor Spotlight: T.A. Barron
T. A. Barron is the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of more than 30 books for children and adults, including The Merlin Saga. All his books have environmental themes. He also loves hiking, camping, and skiing in Colorado with his family. What...
Giant Otters Born in Argentina Herald the Species’ Return
The birth of three giant river otter pups in an innovative rewilding program in northeast Argentina marks a milestone in efforts to return this top aquatic predator to the wetlands, thanks to the provincial government of Corrientes, Argentina’s National Parks...
Reintroduced Rheas Help Restore Patagonia’s Grasslands
Tompkins Conservation Chile released 14 juvenile Darwin’s rheas into Patagonia National Park in the Aysén region of Chile. This is the fifth release carried out by this one-of-a-kind rewilding program to prevent the local extinction of this iconic bird. COCHRANE,...
First Mating of a Wild and Captive Jaguar Has Produced Two Cubs
The cubs will be raised by their captive mother in a secure enclosure without human contact in El Impenetrable National Park until they can be released into the wild. This novel approach brings new hope to recover this highly endangered species in the Argentine Chaco....
Jaquars Roam Free in Argentina Ibera Wetlands for the First Time in 70 Years
Argentina has brought jaguars back to the vast Iberá wetlands, seventy years after the species was driven to local extinction through hunting and habitat loss. An adult jaguar (Panthera onca) and her two captive-born cubs have been released into the wild, the first in...