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Amazing Quarter-Million Monarchs in 2021, Up From Just 2,000 the Year Before in Migration Count

The Xerces Society just released numbers from their annual Western Monarch Count—and the tally was remarkable. The nonprofit announced that 247,237 monarch butterflies were observed...

Good News in History, January 18

80 years ago today, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosted its first-ever jazz concert. A star-studded lineup of performers was acquired...

National Geographic Unveils Top ‘Pictures of the Year’ Captured From Nat Geo Photographers in 2023

Each year, National Geographic photographers canvass the globe to uncover stories that offer a new understanding of our world; and every day, Nat Geo’s...

New Colored Films Can Significantly Cool Cars And Buildings–Inspired by the Surface of Butterflies

New nanofilms could significantly reduce the energy needed for cooling buildings or vehicles. Just like white clothing feels cooler than other colors due to reflecting...

Good News in History, July 30

61 years ago today, the Trans-Canada Highway officially opened, the longest national highway system in the world. The main route spans 7,476 km (4,645...

Great Monarch Migration Seems to Owe Success to White Spots on the Butterfly’s Wings

Monarchs are the only insects to attempt such a massive trek as the one from Canada to Mexico—and the success of this butterfly's 3,000-mile...

Good News in History, June 14

Happy 64th birthday to the radically cool bassist Marcus Miller. Along with a very successful solo career, he has worked closely with Miles Davis,...

Good News in History, May 9

637 years ago today, the Treaty of Windsor, the world's oldest international accord still in force, was signed between Great Britain and Portugal. It...

Good News in History, May 2

Happy 76th birthday to the great modern inventor, Sir James Dyson, who founded Dyson Ltd. and invented the cyclonic separation technology that created the...

105-Year-old WWII Veteran With No Surviving Relatives Receives 3,000 Birthday Cards

A World War II veteran with no surviving relatives celebrated his 105th birthday with more than 3,000 cards from kind-hearted strangers. Ernest Horsfall, who has...

Good News in History, April 24

On this day 490 years ago, the founding father of the Netherlands, William from the House of Nassau, known commonly as William of Orange,...

Texas Lists Two Critical Pollinator Flowers as Endangered Species, Practically Guaranteeing Milkweed Recovery

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has taken steps to practically guarantee the survival of a beautiful pink wildflower in Texas just a...

Monarch Butterflies Rebound Again–Beating Last Year’s Total, Proving Success is Not a Fluke

The annual Western monarch count to measure the population of overwintering butterflies shared fantastic news for the second year in a row. Motivated by the...

Rare ‘Dinosaur Bird’ Patiently Awaits a Lifelong Mate to Populate the Magnificent Species

An extremely rare 'dinosaur' bird, the only one of its kind in the UK, is patiently awaiting a new mate while the Exmoor Zoo...

Wintering Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back in Mexico – Numbers Surge by 35%

Following a massive, 125-fold increase in western monarch butterfly populations in America, a 35% increase has just been recorded in the numbers of monarchs...

Bigger than Texas: Huge New Marine Park Will Protect ‘Australia’s Galapagos’

Massive new marine parks will now protect and preserve the Australian oceans surrounding Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands—home to life found nowhere else...

‘Comical-Looking’ Bat Thought to Be Extinct is Found Again After 40 Years in Dense Rainforest

Of more than 1,300 bat species on our planet, this might be the most comical-looking. So says the chief scientist at Bat Conservation International when...

The Most Stunning Moments For Animals in 2021 Will Make You Cheer – and Love Them Even More

While media outlets talk about the "Age of Extinction" for species, they never seem to include the multitude of good news—and there was a...

Monarch Population Soars 4,900 Percent Since Last Year in Thrilling 2021 Western Migration

When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured...

Substantially More Monarch Butterflies Have Arrived in California to Overwinter Bringing Hope For Species

Migratory western monarchs are showing up at their overwintering sites in coastal California in far greater numbers—a sign of hope for the struggling population. These...