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Native Wildlife Flourishing Again After Another Caribbean Island Banishes Invading Rodents
A tiny uninhabited island in the Caribbean waters of the territory of Anguilla was almost completely empty but for mice, but has recently been...
Young Woman Has ‘Fairytale’ Experience After Spotting Rare White Deer
A university student was out on a fishing trip with her dad when they saw three deer emerge from the woods. Not the most...
‘Mating Glaciers’ High up in Pakistan’s Mountains Could Yield Climate Change Gamechanger
Recently, National Public Radio investigated a peculiar practice high in the Himalayas where locals are making "glacier babies" by introducing "male" glaciers to "female"...
Rats Finally Eradicated from Caribbean Island as Huge Nature Reserve Rises in Their Place
Redonda, a Caribbean island of small repute, has undergone a dramatic transformation from a barren wasteland of goats and rats, to a pristine, re-wilded...
Good News in History, August 19
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—August 19.
Wimbledon’s Unsung Hero is Rufus the Hawk (Video)
With the curtain closing on the All England Lawn Tennis Club's annual championships at Wimbledon, it's another successful year in the books for the...
Good News in History, July 6
83 years ago today, the Story Bridge, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was officially opened to Brisbane traffic after 5 years of construction....
Some of the Best National Parks Where You Can Avoid the Summer Crowds
Last year, America's national parks received overflowing record crowds during the summer months. Places like Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Shenandoah, Sequoia, and...
Good News in History, June 7
15 years ago today, Iceland enshrined the area surrounding Vatnajökull glacier as a national park, the second-largest in all of Europe behind Yugyd Va...
Support Group Using Sheep Helps People Improve Their Mental Health
A new animal therapy business using cuddly, wooly neighbors to help struggling kids and adults with their mental health, and the results are unbaalievable
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Evidence of Cheese-Making to Circumvent Lactose Intolerance 6,000 Years Ago Found in Poland
Analysis of neolithic pottery shards shows that in Northern Europe, where poor soils and low sunlight made primitive agriculture extremely difficult, people were making...
Woman Spontaneously Offers Homeless Man a Job on Her Farm Proving the Power of Kindness
When a woman struck up a conversation with an Ontario homeless man, she didn't imagine it would change his life forever.
After it became clear...
New England Patriots Owner Wants to Sign Newly Retired Tom Brady to a Contract
23 years ago, Thomas Patrick Edward Brady Jr. was signed as a 6th-round draft pick. As of his current official retirement announcement on the...
California Tribe Reignites Age-Old Practice of Intermittent Burns to Prevent Wildfires
Out in the Klamath Mountains of northern California, fires are rushing through the underbrush, lighting everything they touch between the trees ablaze.
However these aren't...
Misinformation Experiment Has Potential to ‘Inoculate’ Millions of Social Media Users
Briefly exposing social media users to the tricks behind misinformation boosts awareness of harmful online falsehoods, says new research—and Google is set to deploy...
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Researchers Found Ancient Village Remarkably-Preserved by Vesuvius Eruption, 2,000 Years Before Pompeii
2,000 years before Pompeii, an Early Bronze Age village was almost perfectly preserved— then hidden for centuries—after Mount Vesuvius erupted one autumn day.
Uncovered during...
This Lost Roman Era ‘Miracle Plant’ May Have Been Rediscovered
A Turkish botanist is learning how to cultivate what some believe to be the closest living relative to a Classical-era kitchen staple written about...
Meet the Alpaca Who Thinks She’s a Dog and Rides in a Car Bought Especially For Her – LOOK
Meet the alpaca who thinks she's a dog—and even travels round in a Vauxhall estate car bought especially for her.
Spoiled two-year-old Annie the alpaca...
We Finally Rid An Island of 300,000 Rats – Now Everything is Blooming
One of the biggest conservation success stories in the 21st century has been exterminating invasive species from vulnerable islands.
Now, Lord Howe Island in Australia...