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Rather Than Taking Jobs in Tech, 2 Young Software Engineers Use Talents to Crush Poaching in India
Rather than taking their software and programming degrees into the tech sector, two young Kerala men are using them to bring India's efforts to...
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...
Wild and Wonderful Saiga is No Longer Endangered with a Million Roaming Now in Central Asia
Decades of hard work on the part of national and international conservation partners have reaped rich rewards for the saiga, one of the world’s...
World-First Video of Dolphins Stealing From Crab Pots Leaves Scientists Fascinated
In a bit of never-before-seen film, a dolphin was recorded off the coast of Australia robbing the bait from a crab trap.
The behavior was...
Your Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Wild Mushroom Harvest Helps Keep Trees Standing in Mozambique
By Ryan Truscott.
Lomwé and Macua communities in Mozambique’s Zambezia province traditionally harvest wild mushrooms to eat alongside staples like cassava. Conservationists are working with...
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)...
Farmer Saves Sickly Leopard by Carrying it to Forest Officials on His Motorbike
Last Friday, it was believed a young farmer had been caught in the act of leopard poaching in India—a crime that's easy to believe...
Little Boy Lost for 6 Days in Harsh Kenyan Wilderness is Rescued: ‘An Amazing Moment’
Kenya's vast Tsavo East National Park is no place for the solitary. It's easy to get lost in the dense bush, a fact 4-year-old...
Elephant Fitted With a Prosthetic Foot So He’s Able to Walk Again – LOOK
When one is dealing with elephants, everything becomes a bit bigger, a bit more extreme—such as in this video when CPR is delivered via...
Good News in History, May 31
445 years ago today, King Henry III laid the first stone of the Pont Neuf or "New Bridge" in Paris, which ironically today is the oldest...
Anti-Poaching Helicopter Attempts Daring Rescue Inches Above Swirling Floodwaters–WATCH
For the pilot and conservationists aboard the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust helicopter, going out typically means scanning the bush of Kenya's Tsavo National Park for...
Incredible Drone Video of a Moose Shedding Its Antlers – WATCH
Derek Burgoyne puts the phenomenon at 1 in a million.
He accidentally found a bull moose with his drone and clicked record 16 seconds before...
First Ever Sentence Found in Canaanite Language is a Plea to Remove Hair Lice Discovered Etched on Ivory Comb
The first sentence ever discovered that was written in the Canaanite language turns out to be a plea to eradicate beard lice.
Unearthed in the...
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...
The Caring Moment a Chimpanzee Mom Applies an Insect to Her Son’s Wound
The incredible world-first moment a chimpanzee mom applies an insect to her son’s wound has been caught on video.
Researchers watched chimps in the wild...
The Most Stunning Moments For Animals in 2021 Will Make You Cheer – and Love Them Even More
While media outlets talk about the "Age of Extinction" for species, they never seem to include the multitude of good news—and there was a...
Why Do Animals Play? Because They Need To Play – Just Like Children Do
As much as it’s a time for growing and learning, childhood is also a time for unabashed joy. Pastimes like careening down a snowy...
Rare Rhino Species Sees Dramatic Population Growth – From Just 100 to 3,700 Today – as Poaching Falls
The populations of several species and subspecies of rhinoceros are increasing, some dramatically, while poaching rates in east Asia have plummeted over the decade,...
Locals Digging a Well Accidentally Discover a $140 Million Star Sapphire Weighing Half a Ton
It's hard work being a farmer, that is until you pull a half-ton sapphire out of the ground while digging a well... Then it's...