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Good News in History, December 31
Happy 80th Birthday to Sir Ben Kingsley, the English actor who has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors...
Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage
A Kiwi professor of zoology was visiting Colombia and got the surprise of his life.
The South American country has more birds, both endemic and...
Good News in History, November 5
67 years ago today, The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC. It was the first variety program ever hosted by an African American....
Good News in History, September 7
100 years ago today, INTERPOL was founded. It's the world's largest international police cooperation organization, with member states counted at 195. It is headquartered...
Good News in History, June 17
90 years ago today, Harry Browne, among the first men to introduce Libertarianism to a national audience, was born in New York. Browne was...
Good News in History, May 12
472 years ago today, the National University of San Marcos was founded in Lima, Peru. It is considered the most prestigious center of learning...
After 8 Years of Research World-Changing Malaria Vaccine Approved in Africa
After 8 years of testing and trials, the long-awaited decision on whether or not Oxford's R21 malaria vaccine would be approved has been made.
Two...
The First African-Produced Tests to Diagnose Cancer will Cut Costs and Waiting Times Across the Continent
With the debut of a Moroccan-born test for breast cancer and leukemia, the continent has achieved its first domestic cancer test, one that could...
Ancient Grammatical Puzzle That Has Baffled Scientists for 2,500 Years Solved by Cambridge University Student
A 27-year-old PhD scholar finally cracked the riddle which has defeated Sanskrit experts since the 5th Century BC—by decoding a rule taught by “the...
Giant Bronze Mythical Beast Found at Famous Chinese Archeological Site—LOOK
In one of China's richest and grandest archeological sites, a very large statue of a mythical beast cast in bronze has been found.
The site...
Rare Singing Hummingbird Unexpectedly Rediscovered in Colombia Cloaked in Iridescent Blue and Green
A hummingbird species was rediscovered in Colombia after scientists had recorded no documented sightings for over 13 years.
It was only the third time that...
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...
Rare Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in Vermont For 120 Years is Rediscovered – Biologists Call it ‘Astonishing’
Botanists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed that they've discovered a population of small orchids believed to be extinct in Vermont since...
Bird-Watcher Wrongfully Accused in Central Park Lands a Nat Geo TV Show About Birding
The Black man who was wrongly accused by a White woman in New York City while he was birdwatching is set to star in...
World’s Biggest Wildlife Crossing Breaks Ground on Earth Day
A landmark Earth Day ceremony just took place to celebrate the start of construction on the historic Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Southern California.
Spanning...
After US Declared Largest Woodpecker Extinct, New Evidence Supports Belief They Are Still Here
The largest woodpecker on the continent, the ivory-billed woodpecker was proposed to be extinct last year after more than 70 years without a sighting.
New...
Researchers Pioneered a Way to Use DNA From Elephant Tusks to Catch Poachers
Two men from the Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested on November 3 outside of Seattle, Washington, having been indicted on charges of trafficking...
How Peru’s Andean Condors Saved the California Condor from Extinction
This article is written by Enrique Ortiz and has been reprinted with permission from Mongabay.
A few years ago, alone on the top of a...
Exquisitely Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behavior of modern birds and...
Walking Storyteller Continues Historic 24,000-Mile Trek Retracing Passage of Human Ancestors Out of Africa
The Out of Eden Walk, a National Geographic-sponsored retracing of our ancestor's slow-motion exodus from Africa, through time and countless footsteps, is finally resuming...