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Tracking Change — The 50-Year Wildlife Audit
Californian Condor
LEAD STORY · CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Californian Condor: Back From the Brink, But the Fight Continues
It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah, the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California in Mexico.
IUCN Red List, 2020 · Gymnogyps californianus · Trend: Increasing
Species
Javan Rhinoceros
Today's Species

Javan Rhinoceros CR

Rhinoceros sondaicus

It has a plate-like skin with protective folds and is one of the smallest rhinoceros species with a body length of 3.1–3.2 m (10.2–10.5 ft) and a 1.4–1.7 m (4.6–5.6 ft) long tail. The heaviest specimens weigh around 2,300 kg (5,100 lb).

IUCN Red List, 2020 · Trend: Stable
Night Parrot

Night Parrot CR

Pezoporus occidentalis

Trend: Decreasing

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey CR

Lagothrix flavicauda

Trend: Decreasing

Russian Desman

Russian Desman CR

Desmana moschata

Trend: Decreasing

From the Field
Cincinnati Zoo

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is Bloomin’ Beautiful!

Mar 26, 2026
Species360

Managing Complex Animal Populations With Animal Management Systems

Mar 26, 2026
Species360

Governance Frameworks for Animal Management Systems

Mar 26, 2026
Species360

Scaling Animal Programs Using Centralised Animal Management Systems

Mar 26, 2026
Species360

Integrating Animal Management Systems With External Platforms

Mar 26, 2026
Species360

How Animal Management Systems Support Organisation-Wide Oversight

Mar 26, 2026
Philadelphia Zoo

Remembering Khumbie

Mar 25, 2026
Cincinnati Zoo

Calliope’s Remarkable Journey

Mar 24, 2026
In Memoriam

930 species confirmed extinct, 81 extinct in the wild. 7 lost since 1975.

Passenger Pigeon
1914

Passenger Pigeon

AVES
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Driver: Habitat Loss
Carolina Parakeet
1918

Carolina Parakeet

AVES
Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Driver: Invasive Species
Great Auk
1844

Great Auk

AVES
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Driver: Hunting / Overfishing
Comeback
Population Increasing

Greater Tube-nosed Bat Least Concern

Nyctimene aello

Group: mammals · Africa, Asia, Oceania

Source: IUCN Red List
Right Now

1495 animals tracked across 7 sources

Ebird

Bird Sightings

931 tracked

Ocearch

Shark Tracking

459 tracked

Nasa Firms

Fire Detection

50 tracked

Movebank

Animal Telemetry

26 tracked

Explore Org

Live Webcams

12 tracked

Zoo Webcams

Zoo Cams

10 tracked

Cornell Cams

Bird Cams

7 tracked