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The Hero Who Jumped Into the Bay to Save a Toddler is Honored to Accept Ride With The Thunderbirds (Watch)
The hero who jumped into a Maryland bay last month to save a toddler was honored by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds acrobatic jet...
Floating ‘WALL-E’ Scarecrow Stops Seabirds from Diving into Fishing Nets
To prevent seabirds from being caught in fishing nets, conservationists have developed an unusual aquatic scarecrow which the GNN staff summarily agreed looked just...
Rare Evidence Proves Birds Are Able to Change Their Culture to Become More Efficient
Birds are able to change their culture to become more efficient, according to new research from Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
In animals, “culture”...
Falconry Saves Man from Life of Crime, Now he Helps Birds and At-Risk Youth Take flight
In spending his twenties dealing drugs in southeast Washington D.C. during the crack epidemic, Rodney Stotts would be the last person one would imagine...
‘Like a Beautifully-tuned Instrument’: 2000 Microphones Unlock the Mystery of Why Hummingbirds Hum
The hummingbird is named after its pleasant humming sound when it hovers in front of flowers to feed. But only now has it become...
Texas and Philly Join Movement to Dim Lights at Night – Making it Safer for Migrating Birds
Since 1990, cities around the U.S. have gradually been cutting or dimming outdoor lights in order to help one of their most vulnerable populations—migratory...
Being Around Birds Makes Us Much Happier Says New Science
We see them nearly everywhere we go, we hear them every day, they live in every environment, and now, two new studies have shown...
Photographer Uses Lockdown to Snap Photos of Amazing Wild Birds in Garden –All From the Kitchen Window
A dedicated wildlife photographer has used lockdown to catalogue the parade of beautiful birds visiting his garden—and has snapped all of the pictures through...
Air Pollution Laws May Have Saved Over 1.5 Billion Birds in American Skies, Finds New Cornell Study
Countless human lives have been saved in the last forty years since pollution regulations were signed into U.S. law—but tackling dirty air has also...
Birds in San Francisco Started Singing Differently in the Silence of the Pandemic Shutdown
When the roads emptied of traffic in March and April because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Area residents reported hearing more birds—and they were...
From Lemurs to Birds, Listen to Various Woodlands From Around the World With This Forest Sound Map
When an annual music and arts festival held in the middle of an English national forest had to be canceled because of COVID-19, the...
These Birds Have Been Found to Warn Rhinos of Poaching—And It Could Help Protect the Species
Oxpeckers have been shown in a new research paper to reduce human sightings of black rhinos by 40-50% because the birds alert the rhinos to danger.
Hawaii’s State Bird Soars Back From Brink of Extinction After Only 30 Birds Left on Islands
Thanks to a new land donation to the Department of the Interior, conservationists can continue with their trailblazing achievements in protecting wildlife.
Check Out the Jaw-Dropping Landscapes of Iceland and Greenland From a Birds-Eye View
If we didn't know any better, we would assume these jaw-dropping landscape photographs were the product of Photoshop.
Children Memorialized in Nature After Hospice Translates Their Names into Birdsongs for Wild Birds to Mimic
As wild birds hear the uniquely translated songs playing from the hospice's garden, they can imitate the chirps amongst the birds in their own flock.
These Two Lovebirds Have Been Wearing Matching Outfits Every Day for 68 Years of Marriage
For 67 years, Francis Klotz has never had to worry about what to wear.
That's because he and his beloved wife Rosemary, who picks out...
Population Doubles For One of New Zealand’s Rarest Birds, As 150 Chicks Hatch This Season
The adorable orange-fronted parakeet is making an impressive comeback in New Zealand—doubling its population with an epic hatch in 2019, thanks to trees.
One Cat’s Obsession With Hunting Birds Leads to Invention That Has Saved Hundreds of Thousands
LISTEN to this story from our podcast, told by The Good News Guru (GNN Founder) on Friday’s radio broadcast with Ellen K on KOST-103.5 — Or, READ the story below… (Subscribe to...
One Cat’s Obsession With Hunting Birds Leads to Invention That Has Saved Hundreds of Thousands (Podcast)
Cats kill a staggering number of birds in the U.S. every year—estimated to be in the BILLIONS—but Nancy Brennan’s love of both animals led to a solution. Hear The Good News Guru tell her feel-good story of the week
Group of Birds Employed by French Theme Park to Pick Up Trash
In exchange for picking up little bits of rubbish, the feathery freelance custodians are well compensated with bird food and treats.