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An olive ridley sea turtle nesting on a beach at dusk

Experts delighted: Olive ridley sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for the first time ever

A nesting sea turtle shocked conservationists when it was spotted on a Florida beach during Sea Turtle Week.
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A baby pancake tortoise

Conservationists celebrate birth of baby pancake tortoise, hope for one of the world's most endangered reptiles

The new hatchling, which will be named by the public, is the child of mother and father pancake tortoises Waffle and Maple.
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A person helps baby sea turtles return to the ocean

This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'

As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.
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A green sea turtle lies on a teal and white towel on a clinician's table as it is mended

This sea turtle was rescued with a missing flipper and a crushed shell. A special procedure saved his life

Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.
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A photo collage of a group of people playing soccer at a fundraising event, a close-up of a rusty patched bumble bee, a crowd of people carrying a huge Pride flag at a parade, a mangrove sits in a body of water, and a 3D scientific illustration of an immune cell interacting with a larger cancer cell

Good News This Week: June 13, 2026 - Bees, Mangroves, & Pride Parades

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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A great white shark swims under clear blue water as fish swim by

Divers on a marine litter mission shocked by 'insane' great white shark encounter: 'It was pretty special'

Diver Derk Remmers said most people have a better chance of winning the lottery than swimming with sharks in the Mediterranean.
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A baby coyote pup covered in cactus spines

A coyote pup wandered into a cactus and was barbed by hundreds of spikes. Rescuers saved his life

The 3-pound pup was exploring a homeowner’s lawn in Surprise, Arizona, when he got trapped in a cactus’s grip.
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A green sea turtle in a close-up image, held up by two gloved hands

Sea turtle makes dramatic recovery after life-threatening boat strike: 'The most severe case that we've ever seen'

“Dark-Blue Yellow” is one of 21 sea turtles recently rescued by The Florida Aquarium Turtle Rehabilitation Center.
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An orange tabby cat sits in front of a 7-day weather forecast, with a news banner in front of him, reading: "Steve Templeton the cat needs a forever home"

Stray cat rescued from tornado gets a 'job' at local news station to help him get adopted

Steve Templeton may not be as decorated of a meteorologist as Steve Templeton, but he sure is cute.
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A blue octopus captured on the sea floor

New species of octopus — blue and the size of a golf ball — was just identified by scientists

The sea creature is so small it could curl up in the palm of your hand.
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Leatherback sea turtle hatchlings in the sand

Researchers celebrate record leatherback sea turtle hatchling season

The endangered leatherback sea turtles are flocking to Palm Beach County for nesting season.
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A firefighter is on a rocky cliff ledge, reaching for a dog in need.

A team of firefighters worked together to save a dog trapped on a two-story cliff in Oregon

After a dog broke free from his leash on a trail in Oregon, he soon found himself in a perilous situation.
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