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Retired Banker Devotes His Millionaire Fortune to Restoring Protective Sand Dunes on Island Beaches
Like with spouses, some people lay their eyes on a stretch of beach and are never the same again.
Fortunately for the dunes along the...
‘Once-in-a generation’ Fossil Discovery Reveals New Species in 16-Million-Year-old Amber
They've famously survived the vacuum of space, and even returned to life after being frozen for decades in Antarctic moss. But as hard as...
Share a Moment of Awe With This Jewel of Australian Animals: the Leafy Seadragon
As an example of the majesty of life, the art of camouflage, and the extremes of evolution—one need look no further than the leafy...
Fossil Found by Kids in New Zealand Turns Out to Be 27 Million-Year-old Giant Penguin
The remains of a giant prehistoric penguin were discovered fossilized on a beach on New Zealand, delighting a group of young students, and filling...
Declared Extinct 100 Years Ago, DNA Found the Gould’s Mouse Still Living On Sunny Island Down Under
It must have been a shock when Emily Roycroft's computer began telling her the mouse that has been recorded as extinct for over 100...
World’s Largest Seagrass Restoration Project is a Virginia Success, Planting 600 Acres That Grow to Become 9,000
In what started as an experiment and became the largest success of its kind, a seagrass restoration project in Southeast Virginia is demonstrating the...
UK is Now Safeguarding Ocean Territory Twice the Size of England Thanks to Massive New Protections
The UK has just approved the largest expansion of their protected ocean habitat, bringing the grand total to over 220,000 square kilometers.
These Floating Trashcans Are Being Deployed Around the World So They Can Suck Up Tons of Ocean Trash
These floating rubbish bins are already sucking up ocean pollution in dozens of marinas and ocean ports around the world.
Scientists Create Super-Thin ‘Sheet’ That Could Charge Our Phones By Harvesting Wifi From the Air
Dead cell phone batteries may be a thing of the past thanks to this new 2D material that was recently engineered by MIT researchers.
Man Quits Dreary Job to Explore Australia With a Cat and a Campervan, After Bad Breakup
Rich East has now traveled all over Australia in his campervan, but he hasn't done it alone – he has gone everywhere with a little black cat named Willow.
Sea Cow Population Thriving in Australia Thanks to Baby Boom
The sea cows of Australia have made a huge comeback from the dwindling numbers of six years ago.
In 2011, the dugong population of the...
Wetlands Once Drained by Dictator Now Thrives as 3rd Most Bio-diverse Spot in World
This Unesco World Heritage site is being given new life thanks to local communities and wildlife organizations reconnecting its waterways.
When Child Believes Lost Toy is Only Traveling, Strangers Photoshop Animal in Scenes
When a little boy lost his favorite plush elephant, a family friend had the idea to ask people on the Internet to help create...
Aussies Petition Their Government, Secure Historic Marine Protection for Coral Sea
Pushed by a chorus of 486,900 citizens, the Australian government announced Thursday their intention to create the world’s largest marine reserve, a highly protected...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
Overfished Species Recover Fast
Swedish Radio & Swedish Science Radio reported on June 24th, 2008, that overfished species are able recover fast in marine reservations where no fishing is allowed....
1 Million New Seagrass Seedlings Will Protect Sardinia’s Beaches While Storing 35-Times More Carbon Than Trees
To any government reading, there's a plant that provides habitat for nearly all the species of the sea, anchors the sediment on the seafloor,...
Good News in History, May 17
160 years ago today, Cantares Gallegos by Rosalía de Castro was published, Spain's first book in the Galician language. De Castro is regarded as the...
30% of Barbados Seas to be Protected Under “Blue Bond” Financing That Saved The Seychelles
As part of a debt-for-nature refinancing program, the island nation of Barbados is set to unlock $50 million in funding for conservation of its...
Chinook Salmon Introduced to Mountain Streams Not Inhabited for 100 Years
The historic reintroduction of Chinook salmon into a California creek this spring will help secure another generation of this iconic species.
State and federal biologists...