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Tigers in Nepal Come Back From Brink of Extinction With Historic 190 Percent Increase
July 29 was Global Tiger Day—and Nepal had some roaring-good news, reporting that their wild tiger population is 40 percent higher compared to data...
Number of Greater One-Horned Rhinos Reaches New High – Up From Just 100 Individuals
Confirmation from India came this week hailing a conservation success story for the greater one-horned rhino.
The International Rhino Foundation announced the milestone, reporting that...
Nigerian Mom Designs Solar-Powered Cribs That Put an End to Baby Jaundice Disease
A Nigerian mom found out the hard way that jaundice is still a dangerous disease in Africa—but now she’s putting an end to the...
Mom Whose Facial Tumor Left Her Barely Able to Eat Now Lives Normal Life Thanks to Mercy Ship
A mother whose massive facial tumor left her barely able to eat or breathe is now living a normal life, thanks to the charity...
Giant Eagle-Owl Unseen For 150 Years Just Caught on Camera
When Dr. Joseph Tobias saw how big the bird which had just flown over his head was, he had just assumed it was an...
Uganda Joins African Nations Using Drones to Deliver Life Saving Medical Supplies to More Than 22 Million People
On the 84 remote islands that make up Uganda's Kalangala District on the surface of Lake Victoria, medical experts are tackling one of Africa's...
They Counted Endangered Rhinos in Nepal And the Population Has Grown By 16%
A third country has announced some good news for rhinos this year. Populations of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal have increased by 16%...
12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt
This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.
A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....
Global Nonprofit that Trains African Prisoners to Become Lawyers is Featured on 60 Minutes
The most popular television news magazine show in America shared an inspiring story about a group called Justice Defenders this week. The nonprofit trains...
New Citizen App Lets Small-Scale Fishermen Catch Illegal Trawlers
If fish stocks off the Ghanaian coast were to collapse, it would put the livelihoods of millions of people at risk, but a new...
This 10-Year-Old Walked 1,700 Miles With His Dad from Italy to England For a Hug With Grandma
Visiting loved ones during the pandemic has become a daunting task.
Even so, when 10-year-old Romeo Cox decided what he wanted more than anything else...
Love in the Time of Corona: An American Traveler Survives Italian Lockdown, and Finds True Love
In November 2019, I saw my immediate future as I had known it for several years: after working for 10 months, stashing away some...
Nigerian Entrepreneur Invents Giant Solar-Powered Refrigerators That Cut Spoilage to Help Farmers Earn 25% More
One of the great inventions in human history, refrigeration is being brought to rural fish and produce markets in Nigeria through an entrepreneur's invention...
Couple Restores 100-Year-Old Sewing Machine–And Learns To Sew–So They Can Donate Face Masks to the Needy
Giselle Williams didn't know how to sew. But she did have a family heirloom sitting around the house—her great-great-grandmother’s Singer sewing machine—and wondered if...
In Show of Solidarity, Morocco Sends 8 Million Masks to 15 African Nations
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent 8 million masks and millions of other pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to 15 different African...
Listen to What These Couples From Around the World Have to Say About Being Married for More Than 30 Years
Some couples say they fell in love at first sight; others were playing a little harder to catch; but all of them have something to say about marriage.
Nepal Set to Become First Country That Doubles Its Wild Tiger Population
After almost a decade of conservation work, Nepal is poised to become the first of fourteen countries that doubles its wild tiger population.
Hundreds of People Are Being Cured of Blindness Every Day With Cheap, Minutes-Long Surgery
There are millions of blind people around the world who are unable to see the gorgeous world before them – but this organization is...
You Can Use Art to Help Heal and Energize Homeless Teens
Art is much more than a means of making music and creating paintings – it is also an incredible source of help, hope, and healing for the homeless.
‘Misbehaved’ Class Comes Together to Help Cash-Strapped Teacher
Everybody knows that a teacher's career isn't easy, especially if money is short – but when a classroom of sweet students came up with...