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These are the best places to plant trees to help the environment, a new online map shows

Reforestation is gaining global momentum as a climate solution, but its success depends on how and where it’s done.
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Scientists want to 'fertilize the oceans like farmers fertilize crops.' These tiny organisms are helping them

Scientists are exploring whether encouraging the growth of phytoplankton could draw down more atmospheric carbon — without unintended side effects in oceanic ecosystems.
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Good News This Week: September 13, 2025 - LEGO, Koalas, & Scientists

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A photo collage of a Portland Street Response van and worker, Mr. Beast posing next to a water pump with children raising their hands in the background, a sign on a wall that says 'We're tearing down our sanctuary to build affordable housing. Join us in this journey.", and a man carrying a solar panel as two men watch behind him

Good News This Week: September 6, 2025 - Rangers, Responders, & Reserves

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An aerial view of the orange dunes of Namib Sand Sea meeting the blue waves of the African coast.

In the vast Namib Sand Sea, a chorus of thousands of 'dropping marbles' led scientists to a new species of gecko

By diving deep into the local taxonomy of the Namib Sand Sea, researchers found not one — but five — new species of barking gecko.
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A photo collage of a Pride Flag painted on a roadside, two kids holding 3D printed violins, the Florida State Capitol building, a kid giving his parent a kiss, and the Pride Flag hanging off of a building

Good News This Week: August 30, 2025 - Mangroves, Violins, & Corals

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An aerial view of the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia: a forested mountain shrouded by fog

A scientist's last adventure before he passed: discovering a new species in the valleys of Ethiopia

A decade after the tiny shrew was discovered by scientist Bill Stanley, another group of researchers revisited the specimen and realized something remarkable.
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A loggerhead hatchling in Boa vista

They used to be wildlife poachers. Now, they make a living protecting critically endangered sea turtles

Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches.
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A rushing mountain stream in a forest. In a smaller insert image, a close up of a toad's eye, with a diamond shaped pupil.

Nature survey in tropical paradise leads to new species of 'diamond-eyed' toad

The species joins a roster of tropical animals found throughout the Yunnan region, including gibbons and Great hornbills.
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A barberfish (Johnrandallia nigrirostris) swimming through Pocillopora corals in Panama’s Coiba National Park

'Controlled infections' may be corals’ secret weapon against climate change, new study reveals

A coral’s microbiome is made up of microorganisms such as algae and bacteria, some of which are considered “symbionts” that co-evolved to live within a host coral.
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A baby turtle on the shoreline

Conservationists 'moving on turtle time' might not know the impact of their work for 30 years. Still, they press on

This summer’s hatchlings won’t be back on land for 30 years. It’ll take at least that long to know how global warming is changing them.
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A man with thinning hair looks down as he tightly hugs a small dachshund.

Chicago-wide search for beloved service dog ends as 'Bam Bam' reunites with owner after 72 days

14-year-old dachshund Bam Bam was stolen from owner Angel Santiago in June. A citywide search in Chicago finally got its happy ending.
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