This $200M project funded by Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio aims to save Earth’s most threatened species

DiCaprio and Bezos say the Phoenix Species Project is the largest single fund of its type in history.

Jeff Bezos appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026, left, Lauren Sanchez Bezos appears at Chanel’s 16th Annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 1, 2025, center, and Leonardo DiCaprio appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. [Photos: AP Photo]

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........

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