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The article offers information on the conservation success of the humpback whales. Topics include the whales' removal from the federal endangered species list in the U.S., the continuous monitoring of the species under the Marne Mammal Protection Act, and the endangered status of the Arabian Sea and Cape Verde Islands humpback whales. It also mentions the 2010 review of humpback whales of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The author discusses a new rule issued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) expanding the range within which Mexican gray wolves can legally roam and listing them as an endangered subspecies under Endangered Species Act (ESA). Topics discussed include plans of conservationists to challenge the rule in court claiming that revisions will not bring the endangered species back and concerns of the Center for Biological Diversity over the goal of establishing a population of 300 to 325 animals.