Good Animal News

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

Betty White in a blue dress at an award show

People Are Doing the 'Betty White Challenge' To Honor the Late Icon's Care For Animals

#BettyWhiteChallenge: Thousands of people are donating to animal nonprofits in honor of Betty White.
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Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka portrait

Uganda's 'Dr. Gladys' Honored by U.N. For Work Linking Conservation and Health

The United Nations on December 7th recognized Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka as one of its “champions of the Earth” for promoting the One Health approach to conservation in Africa.
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Fish swimming past underwater plants in the ocean

The 'Great Blue Wall' Will Help Save the Oceans

Ten nations in the western Indian Ocean committed this November to create a network of marine conservation areas to hasten progress toward the goal of protecting 30% of the oceans by 2030.
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“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.” — E.O. Wilson

12 Best E.O. Wilson Quotes About Nature, Life, & Sustainability

Read these quotes from E.O. Wilson to gain a sense of wonder for the natural world — and a sense of hope for how we might improve it.
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Edward O. Wilson

Celebrating the Life of E.O. Wilson, Prominent Biologist and Author, Who Died at 92

Wilson began his career studying the biology and social structures of ants which led him to develop expansive theories on evolution and humanity’s relationship with the planet.
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Elephant Herd

Reasons To Be Happy: Good Animal News

The last year may have been the first time we saw the inclinations that longtime wildlife conservation and protection efforts were really paying off: for turtles, rhinos, tigers, pandas, bald eagles, and more.
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8 Kids Making a Difference & Changing the World

A roundup of the most inspiring youth who found creative ways to make a difference in 2021.
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A Kenyan woman smiles and holds her recycled plastic bricks

12 Good News Stories About Climate Change

The best positive news stories about the environment you may not have heard about.
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Best Good News From 2021

The 162 Best Good News Stories From 2021

The ultimate list of the best good news stories from the year 2021.
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Colorful orange fish being fed methane

Researchers Have Figured Out How To Offset 14% of Global Fishmeal Emissions By Feeding Fish Methane

The result could solve two problems at once - the increasing demand for fish protein, and the emission of a harmful greenhouse gas
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A boatman steers his canoe down a mist-shrouded river in Chitwan National Park.

Nepal's Conservation Efforts Have Nearly Doubled Their Tiger Population

Nepal is the only country on track to meet a 2022 pledge to double its wild tiger population from a 2010 baseline.‍ Key to the growing tiger population is the combination of a tough anti-poaching approach and close engagement with communities living near tiger habitats.
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Horses running in a rewilding field

Rewilding Projects Are Multiplying Across the U.K. – Seeking to Boost Biodiversity

One of the most innovative projects now underway may be WildEast, which ambitiously hopes to rewild an area more than three times the size of New York City, creating interconnecting wild corridors across East Anglia, the country’s most intensely farmed region.
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