{
  "id": 124721,
  "title": "Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/leonardo-dicaprio-and-jeff-bezos-lead-200m-project-to-save-100-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-04T10:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-jeff-bezos-endangered-species-project-32320ba8dd021f162021d08050aaa9d3"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 4, the Los Angeles Times reported that the foundations co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have initiated a $200 million project to save 100 of Earth's most endangered species. The Phoenix Species Project, led by DiCaprio's Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, claims to be the largest single fund ever dedicated to recovering critically endangered species. DiCaprio has long advocated for concerted efforts to protect species facing threats from climate change. In 2021, he and Re:wild co-founder Wes Sechrest met with Bezos and his wife, former news reporter Lauren Sánchez Bezos, which sparked discussions with local governments, environmental groups, and Indigenous people on reversing the decline of vulnerable species. The initiative aims to protect species such as the golden-crowned sifaka - a lemur from Madagascar, the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander - a lungless tree-dweller found only in a small North Carolina canyon, the Visayan warty pig - endemic to Philippine islands, the Cozumel harvest mouse - native to Mexico's Cozumel island.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES (AP) — Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas. DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund are leading the Phoenix Species Project, the groups announced Tuesday.…",
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    "Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M Phoenix Species Project",
    "Project aims to save 100 threatened species globally",
    "Species include Madagascar lemur, North Carolina salamander, Philippine pig"
  ],
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  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/124721.png",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Bezos Earth Fund, Re:wild launch $200 million drive to save species from extinction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bezos-earth-fund-re-wild-launch-200-million-drive-to-save-species",
        "published": "2026-08-04T10:07:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Are Teaming to Save Endangered Species With $200M Initiative",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/leonardo-dicaprio-and-jeff-bezos-are-teaming-to-save-endangered",
        "published": "2026-08-04T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Set $200 Million Fund to Recover Endangered Species",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/leonardo-dicaprio-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-bezos-set-200-million",
        "published": "2026-08-04T17:55:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Bezos, Leonardo DiCaprio set up $200 million wildlife fund to save species on brink of extinction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/bezos-leonardo-dicaprio-set-up-200-million-wildlife-fund-to-save",
        "published": "2026-08-05T00:44:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos Invest $200 Million in New Endangered Species Project",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/leonardo-dicaprio-and-jeff-bezos-invest-200-million-in-new-endangered",
        "published": "2026-08-06T17:58:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}