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Environment

New study: Most Americans, Republicans included, believe that saving the environment is 'worth the cost'

A recent study from the Pew Research Center found nonpartisan support for strengthening environmental laws.

Environment

Over half of US states are considering laws allowing balcony solar. It could save you hundreds every year

In Europe, plug-in solar installations have been legal for more than a decade.

An illustration of a South Asian woman, her husband, and son, in the video game "Venba"

Arts & Culture

In this cozy video game, you play as an immigrant mother, learning how to make her recipes

Venba pays homage to the developer’s heritage as the son of South Asian immigrants.

Turtles stacked on top of each other in a pond.

Animals

500 turtles saved from dying lake: 'There was so little water. They were stacked up as if they were on an elevator'

The university students were shocked when they explored the Outback and found five times as many turtles as they expected.

In a closeup, a smiling woman holds up a baby leatherback turtle on a beach at night.

Animals

Woman travels the world to see all 7 species of sea turtle — and help save them along the way

A Canadian mother of two discovered a new passion in 2020: protecting sea turtles.

A group of people in orange jumpsuits walking in a line on a sidewalk

Governments Doing Good

Why one Pennsylvania jail gives inmates a cash deposit every month

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: providing cash compensation to incarcerated people.

A healthy male jaguar captured on camera in Honduras’ Sierra del Merendón mountain range, the first documented there in a decade.

Animals

Rare big cat caught on camera in Honduras raises hope for conservation

For the first time in a decade, camera traps set up high in the Sierra del Merendón mountain range in Honduras captured images of an elusive big cat.

A baby polar bear cub sits under its mother's belly on a patch of ice

Animals

Mama polar bear adopts cub in a rare case caught on camera. Now, you can track their journey

Rarely seen in the wild, scientists confirmed a case of adoption among a group of polar bears in Manitoba.

Four little girls run across a cobblestone walkway with backpacks on

Education

As a teacher in Afghanistan, she tested the water fountains every morning to protect her girls from poison

Razia Jan’s fearless legacy was documented in the film “What Tomorrow Brings.”

Animals

Trail camera picks up rare footage of swamp-dwelling 'fishing cat' with webbed toes

The vulnerable species is so rare that it “borders on myth.”

Recent Good News

Updated with new good news every day

New study: Most Americans, Republicans included, believe that saving the environment is 'worth the cost'

Over half of US states are considering laws allowing balcony solar. It could save you hundreds every year

In this cozy video game, you play as an immigrant mother, learning how to make her recipes

500 turtles saved from dying lake: 'There was so little water. They were stacked up as if they were on an elevator'

Woman travels the world to see all 7 species of sea turtle — and help save them along the way

Why one Pennsylvania jail gives inmates a cash deposit every month

Rare big cat caught on camera in Honduras raises hope for conservation

Mama polar bear adopts cub in a rare case caught on camera. Now, you can track their journey

As a teacher in Afghanistan, she tested the water fountains every morning to protect her girls from poison

Trail camera picks up rare footage of swamp-dwelling 'fishing cat' with webbed toes

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