Good Animal News

Celebrating positive news about animals making a difference for people — and people making a difference for animals

The western forests of Thailand in the background, a small circle lined with white with a close up image of a new species of burrowing spider, that is half orange and half blue-gray.

New species of half male, half female spider discovered. Scientists named it after a genderfluid 'One Piece' character

The new species of burrowing spider wowed scientists when one of the specimens turned out to have both female and male attributes.
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An underground water outlet in a dark cave

New creature with 'visible internal organs' discovered by scientists. It looks straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie

Due to its near-translucent appearance, the internal organs of the newly discovered creature shine through its body.
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Jane Goodall converses on a stage

Because of Jane Goodall, I became a primatologist

In large part because of her, I became a primatologist, co-discovered a new species of lemur in Madagascar, and have had an amazing life and career.
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Two photos side by side. On the left is a rendering of an autonomous drone next to a green sea turtle underwater. On the right is a 15-year-old boy holding up a robot and smiling in front of a lake

This teen invented an autonomous 'sea turtle robot' to monitor coral reefs. He just won an award from the EU

Evan Budz says his device “detects replicated coral bleaching with 96% accuracy.”
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Jane Goodall's most iconic quotes on hope & making a difference

In celebration of Jane Goodall's birthday, let's learn from her wisdom and deep sense of hope.
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a hedgehog pokes its head out of a hole in a fence. A green sign above the hole reads "Hedgehog Highway: please keep this hole open!"

British neighbors are cutting holes in their backyard fences to create a 'hedgehog highway'

Hedgehogs can travel about a mile or more each night — but backyard fences often leave them trapped.
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The wide expanse of ice in Antarctica

This creature found off the coast of Antarctica looks like something straight out of 'Stranger Things.' It's a new species

Russian scientist Mikhail V. Nazarkin has added a new species to the scientific record, four decades after it was fished from the freezing waters of Eastern Antarctica.
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Two baby owls, fluffy and newborn, sit on a yellow towel.

Pocket-sized owl babies mark first sighting for rare species in over 100 years

A pair of ornithologists were rewarded for their patience in Poland after several treks into the woods for a rare owl species.
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From left to right: A blue Jay, a Blue jay-green jay hybrid, and a green jay in close-up shots within nature.

This 'blue-green jay' may be the first climate change-created bird hybrid found in nature. Here's why that's good news

The peculiar bird caught the attention of Ph.D. student Brian Stokes as he was scrolling through Facebook.
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On the left, a "hairy" looking coral species that is white floating underwater. On the right, a close up of its branches.

New, 'hairy' coral discovered in Hawaii named after Chewbacca

The towering pile of “hair” reminded marine biologist Les Watling of a beloved character from the “Star Wars” universe.
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