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A Sanctuary for Elephants in Need (Video)
The Performing Animal Welfare Society (or PAWS) in San Andreas, California, shows off the group's Elephant Sanctuary, which provides rescued and abandoned performing...
Shot in the Arm for Sumatran Elephants and Tigers
Encroachment by palm oil plantations into elephant habitat have greatly increased conflicts between humans and elephants. Now the Indonesian government is to double the...
Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again – in Borneo
The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant...
Elephant Paints Self-Portrait (Video)
Elephants are one of the smartest and most inteligent species, on par with apes and dolphins. This remarkable video shows elephants in Thailand creating...
Wild Elephants on Increase in Kenya
Kenya's population of elephants is increasing thanks to successful protection measures and a ban on ivory trade, wildlife officials said. (Associated Press via PR...
Elephant-Man Disease and Possible Amputation Won’t Stop 32 Year-Old From Seeing Adventure in Life
This story would be really sad if it weren't for the inspired attitude ringing from this young woman's lips. She is one of only...
Listening to Mozart Heals Elephant’s Depression
When zoo keepers realized that classical music seemed to help Suma, the elephant, cope with the grief brought on by a mate's death, they...
Room to Move, a Sanctuary for Retired, Rescued Zoo Elephants
Elephants are majestic creatures who are highly intelligent, complex, social, sensitive and even humorous. They form intricate family structures and grieve for their dead....
Valuable Borneo Forests Set Aside to Sustain Endangered Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos
The government of the Malaysian state of Sabah announced Friday it will protect its most important remaining lowland forests on the island of Borneo....
Good News in History, May 12
565 years ago today, Jodhpur, the "Sun City," the "Blue City," was founded amid the stark lands of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India....
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
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...
Struggling Manatee Was Close to Dying but Florida Deputy Held it Afloat for 2 Hours
Despite weighing a tiny fraction of the creature's massive bulk, a determined Pinellas County deputy leaped into shallow water to save a manatee struggling...
Good News in History, March 11
173 years ago today, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto premiered in Venice. This cornerstone of opera seasons present and past tells the story of a court jester who...
Good News in History, March 5
50 years ago today, a very special performance was held at Berkeley University to witness the singing of the Hymn to Nikkal. It had...
Pony-Sized Dinosaurs Swam or Floated Across Hundreds of Miles of Ocean from America to Colonize Africa
Describing a "once-in-a-million year event," an international team of paleontologists has suggested that, though nearly impossible, a herd of pony-sized duck-billed dinosaurs must have...
Cape Verde Becomes the First African Country in 50 Years to Eradicate Malaria
Becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate Malaria in half a century, Cape Verde has gone three years without a single case of...
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...
Teen Brings Drowned Toddler Back to Life on Thanksgiving While Adults Watch Stunned (WATCH)
A California high-schooler is being hailed as a hero after administering CPR to save a little girl.
Surrounded by adults, it was the 15-year-old Madison...