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The world’s last truly wild horse species has welcomed its first foal on the Central Kazakhstan steppe in around 200 years.

The male foal was born on August 22 to Tessa and Zorro, two horses brought to Kazakhstan in 2024 as part of a major reintroduction program.

Importantly, the pair mated after release under wild conditions, a strong sign the horses are adapting successfully to their new home.

Przewalski’s horses were declared extinct in the wild in the late 1960s, surviving only through captive breeding before being reintroduced to parts of their former range.

Kazakhstan now hopes this foal will be the first of many, helping establish a self-sustaining wild population on the steppe.

The world’s last truly wild horse species has welcomed its first foal on the Central Kazakhstan steppe in around 200 years.

The male foal was born on August 22 to Tessa and Zorro, two horses brought to Kazakhstan in 2024 as part of a major reintroduction program.

Importantly, the pair mated after release under wild conditions, a strong sign the horses are adapting successfully to their new home.

Przewalski’s horses were declared extinct in the wild in the late 1960s, surviving only through captive breeding before being reintroduced to parts of their former range.

Kazakhstan now hopes this foal will be the first of many, helping establish a self-sustaining wild population on the steppe.

More than 247,000 hectares of Boodjamulla National Park have been returned to the Waanyi people after decades of campaigning.

Under the agreement, Boodjamulla becomes Queensland’s first Aboriginal land national park, with Traditional Owners retaining ownership while leasing the park back to the state.

Public access will continue, but management will now be shared between Waanyi representatives and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

For Waanyi people, the handback is about far more than a change in title, it means greater control over country, culture and the opportunities the park can create for future generations.

More than 20,000 Chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath River in the two years since four major dams were removed.

The comeback follows decades of campaigning led by Indigenous tribes, after the dams blocked migration, warmed the river and contributed to worsening conditions for salmon.

A devastating 2002 fish kill, which killed more than 30,000 fish, helped galvanise the push for dam removal.

Now, salmon have recolonised close to 90% of their former range, with coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey also returning above the old dam sites.

The recovery is far from finished, but the speed of the response is already exceeding expectations.