Global Center for Species Survival

03/30/2026

🚨 The Final Round is here!🚨

Four species remain in the Uproar Conservation Challenge, and now it's time to choose the winner. 🐾

Vote daily until 1:30pm EST on April 4 to help your species take home the $10,000 conservation prize.

Then join us at the Indianapolis Zoo for the Uproar Conservation Celebration from 12-5pm in the Colts Plaza. Enjoy games, trivia, giveaways and more as we count down to the big moment.

The winner will be announced live at 2pm. Don't miss it!

03/25/2026

🚨Round Three is here!🚨

The competition is heating up, have your picks made it this far? Now's the time to rally and help them advance. Only two rounds remain until a champion is crowned and $10,000 in conservation funding is awarded. 🏆

Vote daily at https://UproarChallenge.com and keep the momentum going.

Vote. Rally. Repeat. 🗳️ 🔥

Uproar Conservation Challenge presented by T-Fiber

01/08/2026

Now you can stay connected to the conservation work happening at the Indianapolis Zoo and around the world. 🌍

Subscribe to our new conservation newsletter for quarterly updates on the species saving research, global partnerships and the impact your support helps make possible. Join us as we share stories, science and progress focused on protecting nature and inspiring people to care for our world.

Use the link to subscribe, and be sure to check the "Quarterly Conservation Newsletter" box.

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12/09/2025

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Ph.D.
1942-2025

11/18/2025

Researchers from the BioRescue consortium and biotech firm Colossal Biosciences aim to resurrect the northern white rhino through DNA modification and gene editing techniques using DNA from museum specimens. The project offers hope while scientists raise questions about long-term habitat viability.

Source: The Times
Link:

Controversial ‘de-extinction’ scientists in Texas are using DNA from hunting trophies and gene-editing technology to resurrect northern white rhinos

11/13/2025

A global assessment led by the University of Oxford found that 30% of island-dwelling reptiles are threatened, compared to only 12% of reptiles overall. The findings underline a critical knowledge gap and the urgent need for prioritized conservation in island ecosystems.

Source: Phys.org
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-11-island-reptiles-extinction-global.html

A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy. Despite being more likely to go extinct than mainland species, they remain largely ignored by researchers compared to their mainland counterparts.

11/12/2025

A recent Field survey confirmed that the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) exists in a peat-swamp forest in Lumut Maju, North Sumatra. Almost 20 miles beyond its previously assumed Range DNA evidence verified the species, underscoring the critical conservation value of non-protected peat-swamp ecosystems and the heightened risk posed by habitat fragmentation and palm-oil conservation.

Source: Mongabay
Link: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tapanuli-orangutan-sumatra-endangered-ape-conservation-forest-indonesia/

10/20/2025

The regularly used airstrip outside the town of Archers Post, in northern Kenya, was closed after being damaged in heavy rains, so my flight landed at an even tinier dirt airstrip on the other side of Samburu National Reserve. From there, the road headed south across community-owned grazing lands to...

10/16/2025

Welcome back to the conservation coordinators from the Indianapolis Zoo's Global Center for Species Survival. They spent the last week in Abu Dhabi sharing conservation updates with the IUCN World Conservation Congress.

Our coordinators led and participated in a host of forums and discussions that undoubtedly will help shape the future research and policy in their fields.

Congratulations Monni Bohm, Justin Birkhoff, Jeff Stallman, Sam Ivande, Coralie Palmer, and Andrea Echeverry-Alcendra! Thank you for the work you do to protect our world and inspire others!

10/08/2025

In case you haven't heard, the Global Center for Species Survival is representing the Indianapolis Zoo at the IUCN World Conservation Congress!

The Conservation Coordinators are connecting with global experts to share research, exchange ideas and conservation news amongst others in the industry. They will help influence future policies and legislation that protect species across the world.

We'll continue to update you on the Global Center's time at the congress!

08/27/2025

Sumatran rhinos, once thought to be eliminated in southern Sumatra, may still exist. Dogs from Working Dogs for Conservation found possible rhino s**t in Way Kambas National Park.

Initial tests are promising, but further confirmation is needed.

Conservationists are hopeful; any found rhinos would be a boost to this Critically Endangered species' survival, as there are fewer than 50 left globally.

Source: Mongabay