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A zebra with brown and white stripes stands beside a rhinoceros with gray skin and a prominent horn, both browsing vegetation in a grassy area.

Animals

A baby rhino and baby zebra bonded after they lost their mothers to the same fate: 'They've been inseparable ever since'

Local rangers found Tytan and Notty before a pack of hyenas and lions could find them first.

A man in a plaid shirt speaks at a microphone while holding a guitar in an indoor venue. Four other people sit on stools behind him, listening.

People Doing Good

After 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, this man found freedom. Now, he's helping others like him

The Innocence Center will take cases in Idaho to try and free people incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit.

A beaver with rounded features sits among twigs and dried grasses beside water.

Animals

This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'

Beaver dams provide habitats for the mammals while slowing floodwaters and filtering pollutants from water.

A man in a green jacket and tan vest stands beside an open vehicle, reaching toward a young gray elephant with its trunk extended out the window.

Animals

After an elephant was killed, Kenyan rangers searched for its baby for three weeks straight: 'He will never be alone again'

Pardamat was forced to leave his mother’s side after a deadly encounter with humans. Local rangers worked carefully to earn back his trust.

Silhouetted electrical transmission towers and power lines against a blue sky at dusk or dawn.

Tech & Innovation

New data centers in Oregon will be charged for all costs associated with growing energy need

The state’s monopoly electric utilities must create a separate rate class for data centers to ensure other customers aren’t subsidizing the massive energy demand.

A hot spring with brilliant blue, orange, and pink mineral-colored water steams in the foreground, with dark branching thermal veins visible across the tan and orange mineral deposits. Coniferous forest covers mountains in the background under clear blue sky.

Environment

Yellowstone rangers find and donate hundreds of discarded baseball caps from the park's hot springs

From claw clips to camera lens caps, the thousands of trash items reveal a lot about national park visitors.

A man in a green shirt and white hat holds food while a young elephant's trunk touches his face and head.

Animals

At 4 weeks old, this baby elephant was found hiding amongst a farmer's cattle. The discovery turned into a lifesaving mission

Kipekee had been forced to look for help after her mother was caught in the crosshairs of a local conflict.

Two men in a wooden boat smile while petting a young elephant in shallow water.

Animals

Recent Good News

Updated with new good news every day

A baby rhino and baby zebra bonded after they lost their mothers to the same fate: 'They've been inseparable ever since'

After 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, this man found freedom. Now, he's helping others like him

This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'

After an elephant was killed, Kenyan rangers searched for its baby for three weeks straight: 'He will never be alone again'

New data centers in Oregon will be charged for all costs associated with growing energy need

Yellowstone rangers find and donate hundreds of discarded baseball caps from the park's hot springs

At 4 weeks old, this baby elephant was found hiding amongst a farmer's cattle. The discovery turned into a lifesaving mission

Fishermen stop to save baby elephant from rising floodwaters after it was swept 3 miles from its mother

Gen-Zer quits corporate job and moves to Yellowstone, where she pays $96 a month in rent

Scientists are crowd-sourcing photos of wildlife eating lunch. It helps them protect endangered species

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