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Deep Sea Octopus Nursery With 4 New Species Confirmed by Marine Biologists
The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently announced a set of absolutely incredible results from one of their expeditions 2 miles below the seas of Costa...
Good News in History, February 12
100 years ago today, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, a mix of classical music with modern effects written for piano and jazz band, premiered...
The Greatest Conservation Story Ever Told Isn’t Really Being Told
This week GNN reported that for the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island,...
Good News in History, December 27
Happy 52nd birthday to Big Duncan Ferguson, the Scottish striker who racked up over 200 appearances for Everton FC scoring 58 goals. Whether you...
Pristine Coral Reefs Discovered Are Thousands of Years Old And Teeming With Life
Everyone knows of the Galapagos Islands' biodiversity and scientific value on land, but a recent deep-water expedition has revealed that this biodiversity carries on...
Holly Tree Presumed Extinct for 200 Years Discovered After Placement on Most Wanted List: ‘Nature surprises us’
A small holly tree species native to Brazil has been rediscovered after nearly two centuries of being presumed extinct.
This incredible return to light is...
Norway Rewilds Arctic Coal Mining Town in Largest Operation of its Kind, Gives New Hunting Ground for Polar Bears
On the arctic island of Svalbard, the Norwegian government has just completed the largest re-wilding project in its history.
Polar bears, reindeer, Arctic fox, and...
Good News in History, September 11
On this day across history, imperial aggression was resisted or rolled back by indigenous peoples in both the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest (9)...
Scientists Find A Whole New Ecosystem Hiding Beneath Earth’s Seafloor
Exploration and mapping of deep-sea life has come on in leaps and bounds over the last two decades, and the discoveries have been worth...
Palm Beach County Smashes All-Time Record for Sea Turtle Nests: 21,800 and Counting
Palm Beach County has already shattered the record for the number of turtle nests recorded during a single nesting season on Juno Beach, with...
Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Life–An Ecosystem Older Than Plastic But No One Saw it
In the northern Pacific Ocean, a powerful ocean 'gyre' pulls together several ocean currents into a single region—the site of the infamous Great Pacific...
Earless Dragon Feared Extinct is Rediscovered After 50 Years in Australia
Last sighted in 1969, a tiny lizard from the Australian state of Queensland has been rediscovered by scientists who now hope to act fast...
Scientists Release Hundreds of Endangered Seahorses Back Into the Wild–’Best We’ve Ever Done’
Marine biologists restoring populations of seahorses off Australia's east coast are ecstatic at the best efforts they've seen so far.
Hundreds of White's seahorses, the...
90-Year-old Tortoise Becomes a Father For the First Time With Partner of 29 Years –Triplets!
Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise and the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, became a father for the first time last week.
Mr. Pickles...
Great News for Planet Earth: 146 New Species of Animals and Plants Were Added in 2022
Proving that our vast planet still harbors unexplored places with never-before-recorded plants and animals, 146 new species were added in 2022 to the scientific...
30% of Barbados Seas to be Protected Under “Blue Bond” Financing That Saved The Seychelles
As part of a debt-for-nature refinancing program, the island nation of Barbados is set to unlock $50 million in funding for conservation of its...
A Fossil Found in Museum’s Storeroom Cupboard Has Shifted the Origin of Modern Lizards Back 35 Million Years
An English fossil found in a museum's storeroom has shifted the origin of modern lizards back 35 million years, according to new research.
The specimen,...
Tortoise Celebrates its 190th Birthday as the World’s Oldest Land Animal
A tortoise which is the world's oldest living land animal is celebrating its 190th birthday.
Jonathan was born nearly two centuries ago, in the early...
Weird and Wonderful Discoveries of New Deep Sea Fish Below Australia’s Ancient Underwater Volcanoes
A recent deep-sea expedition off Australia's Cocos Islands has revealed dozens of wild, wiggly, and wonderful sea creatures never seen to science.
Wonderful could also...
Island Paradise Declared Rat-Free After Massive Volunteer Eradication Campaign
After more than three years of work, the Tetiaroa Atoll has been declared rat-free following a massive effort to poison off two invasive species...