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Botswana Cuts HIV Transmission Rates to Children from 40% to 1% in ‘Groundbreaking Achievement’
The WHO recently-celebrated Botswana for their "groundbreaking achievement" of stopping the transmission of HIV between moms and their newborns.
The national program has reduced such...
New York Woman Finds Her Lost Dachshund — in Hilary Swank’s Lap
Losing a dog is distressing, losing a 15-year-old dog is worse—and losing a 15-year-old dachshund is a grim situation indeed.
Luckily for distraught owner Chelsea...
‘Unluckiest Swan’ Becomes a Mom After Crafty Raft Rescue From Rising Waters
Hope floats. Swans’ nests do not—unless they get a little help from someone determined to make sure their precious cargo has a chance to...
Birder Sees Sickly Swan in NYC And Bundles it Up For 23-Mile Trek Across Town to Save its Life
It takes a lot to phase New Yorkers. Even the sight of a woman schlepping a live swan and lugging a bicycle on the...
Woman Has Been Feeding Hungry Swans Every Day for the Last 10 Years After Dam Was Installed
Every day rain or shine, this 70-year-old grandma has doled out specialized bird seed to a flock of swans residing at an English pond.
Hillary Swank Steps Up to Save Tiny Pups Left at a Shelter
These babies may not have cost a million dollars, but they're sure worth a lot to Oscar award-winning actress Hillary Swank.
Two golden retriever pups...
The Heartwarming Moment When This Swan Was Reunited With Its Rescuer
Even though the two had been separated for years, this swan didn't forget the loving arms of its rescuer.
Bridesmaid Marches into the Water to Save Gosling Being Drowned By a Swan
The lake water may have ruined her gown but it's a small price to pay for the life of an adorable baby bird.
Dutch Man Leads Dehydrated Swan Family to Pond (Photo)
A 63-year-old Dutch man was surprised but worried when he awoke Thursday morning to find a family of nine swans drinking from the ditch. A...
Trucker Helps Injured Swan on New Jersey Turnpike (Video)
An animal-loving truck driver pulled his trailer off the road so he could help an injured swan and her mate facing down traffic on...
Botswana High Court Makes History: Allows Women to Inherit Family Home
The Botswana High Court overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home, calling it “an unacceptable system of male domination."
65...
Britain’s Annual Swan Count on River Thames Squawks with Pageantry, Conservation
Clad in red-and-white outfits emblazoned with the royal livery, palace boatmen embarked on their annual five-day journey up the River Thames to count the...
Glimmer of Hope for Botswana’s Rhinos
Africa's white rhinos were driven to the brink of extinction in the early 20th century as poachers hunted the animal for its horn. A...
Swan Family Ushered Through City Traffic
What would pedestrians do if they saw a swan family with cygnets trying to cross a busy street? Get off the sidewalk and direct...
Glimmer of Hope for Botswana’s Decimated Rhino Population
Africa's white rhinos were driven to the brink of extinction in the early 20th century as poachers hunted the animal for its horn. A...
Swans Follow Plane to Learn Migration Route
The Trumpeter Swan, native to the Atlantic seaboard for thousands of years, was killed by settlers in such numbers that by 1932 only 69...
Good News in History, March 25
65 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial. The concert was...
ARK Becomes ‘Life Raft’ Saving Over 15,000 Animals from Ukraine With Rescue Partners in Germany
The war in Ukraine recently passed the two-year mark, and more than 15,000 animals impacted by the war have been saved by PETA Germany...
Good News in History, March 4
1,172 years ago today, a Duke named Trpimir I wrote in a charter in the Latin language that he was Duke of the Croats...
Good News in History, February 20
208 years ago today, The Barber of Seville, one of Italian opera's greatest classics, debuted at the Teatro Argento in Rome. It tells the story of...