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The 16 good news stories you loved most in October 2026

October 2026’s best good news, ranked by 5 million Instagram views. See the top 16, led by a bill that would ban Flock cameras nationwide.

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Good News This Week: October 31, 2026 - Bees, Costumes, & Sea Otters

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Netherlands pledges $500 million to help conserve tropical forests

The Netherlands pledged $500 million over 10 years to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, boosting efforts to conserve tropical forests.

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Researchers find honey bee hives have their own 'immune system'

Findings suggest that the ecological complexity of the landscape surrounding a hive may also shape the hive's ability to cope with disease.

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New study: Googly-eyed buoys and kites help keep seabirds out of fishing nets

A study off Cornwall, England, found that nets fitted with bird-of-prey kites had 71% lower odds of catching guillemots and razorbills, and nets with spinning “looming-eye” buoys had 59% lower odds.

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Good News This Week: October 24, 2026 - Mangroves, Hornbills, & Nurses

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A spotted fish with a dark body and white spots swims above an aquatic plant-filled riverbed in greenish water.

In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago

Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.

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Good News This Week: October 17, 2026 - Trees, Diapers, & Prosthetic Paws

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70% of North America's mussels are threatened or endangered. Scientists just uncovered five new species in plain sight

The sustainable shellfish cleans the water as it feeds and breathes.

A blue and dark red fishing vessel with communication antennas moves through water, with two sailboats visible in the background under clear skies.

Fishermen are combing the Chesapeake Bay for abandoned 'ghost' traps to save trapped wildlife

In the last two year, local watermen of Maryland and Virginia have drudged up roughly 24,000 abandoned fishing traps.

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Climate activists launch floating gardens in British harbor: 'We built a wildlife corridor in a city'

Planet Wild joined WWT in transforming Bristol into a “wetland city.”

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1,000 people buried their underwear across Switzerland. The unusual study helped researchers gauge soil health

Farmers are “soiling their undies” — and it makes for better crops.

Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

The 16 good news stories you loved most in October 2026

Good News This Week: October 31, 2026 - Bees, Costumes, & Sea Otters

Netherlands pledges $500 million to help conserve tropical forests

Researchers find honey bee hives have their own 'immune system'

New study: Googly-eyed buoys and kites help keep seabirds out of fishing nets

Good News This Week: October 24, 2026 - Mangroves, Hornbills, & Nurses

In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago

Good News This Week: October 17, 2026 - Trees, Diapers, & Prosthetic Paws

70% of North America's mussels are threatened or endangered. Scientists just uncovered five new species in plain sight

Fishermen are combing the Chesapeake Bay for abandoned 'ghost' traps to save trapped wildlife

Climate activists launch floating gardens in British harbor: 'We built a wildlife corridor in a city'

1,000 people buried their underwear across Switzerland. The unusual study helped researchers gauge soil health

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