Recent Good News

An enormous flightless bird is slated to be the next de-extinction project at Colossal Biosciences. Their biggest supporter? "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson.

The stout, shaggy-coated huemul deer is highly endangered in the southern hemisphere. But a recent helicopter mission revealed that they are thriving in a future national park.

Cedar Connell was diagnosed with an aggressive type of blood cancer at just 15 years old. He and his sister took inspiration from his hospital stays to launch a unique fundraiser for cancer research.

In the wake of massive funding cuts to the NIH, USAID, and other scientific institutions, researchers are sharing “the things we’ll never know.”

In the wake of deadly flooding, young people across Texas are giving back to Camp Mystic in a sweet way.

Bald eagles were nearly wiped out in the 1970s. Over 50 years later, conservation efforts have paid off big time in Maryland.

Thanks to volunteers at Fundación 911 and firefighters of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, search and rescue efforts in central Texas are now an international mission.

Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just offered a strong financial argument for keeping them healthy.

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.