Amid destruction & devastation in the wake of #war, Iranians have found a rare glimmer of hope among one of the nation’s most #EndangeredSpecies.

#Iran has recorded a jump this year in its official number of #AsiaticCheetahs, a subspecies, now found only in Iran, that has been on the brink of #extinction for years.

#IranWar #AsiaticCheetah #critical #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #habitat
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/world/m…

i try to emphasize good news

and if i can't do that i try to emphasize anger over sadness

but there's nothing i can do about this bit of news except be depressed:

"Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor #penguins at risk of #extinction"

theguardian.com/environment/20…

essentially, #globalWarming, the #climateCrisis, is breaking up the ice the #emperorPenguin depends upon to raise its young, and this is resulting in mass killings of their young now

😔

#penguin #science #climateChange #ecology

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}