Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

A close-up shot of a loggerhead sea turtle

172-pound loggerhead turtle with four fishing hooks in his body given second chance by volunteers

Bowser, a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued from the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier recently. The operation was one of a growing number of rescues in areas where sea turtles and humans overlap.

A black and white still of trail camera footage showing a northern hairy-nosed wombat

Conservationists 'ecstatic:' Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch

Conservationists in Queensland, Australia “turned to mush upon seeing the images.”

Conservationists celebrate birth of baby pancake tortoise, hope for one of the world's most endangered reptiles

The new hatchling, which will be named by the public, is the child of mother and father pancake tortoises Waffle and Maple.

A person helps baby sea turtles return to the ocean

This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'

As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.

Proposed data centers would cover 14% of this Pennsylvania town. Locals are fighting back

Residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania are creating the blueprint for how to protecting communities from the noise, heat, and utility costs of massive data centers.

A photo collage of a group of people playing soccer at a fundraising event, a close-up of a rusty patched bumble bee, a crowd of people carrying a huge Pride flag at a parade, a mangrove sits in a body of water, and a 3D scientific illustration of an immune cell interacting with a larger cancer cell

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A great white shark swims under clear blue water as fish swim by

Divers on a marine litter mission shocked by 'insane' great white shark encounter: 'It was pretty special'

Diver Derk Remmers said most people have a better chance of winning the lottery than swimming with sharks in the Mediterranean.

A blue octopus captured on the sea floor

New species of octopus — blue and the size of a golf ball — was just identified by scientists

The sea creature is so small it could curl up in the palm of your hand.

Leatherback sea turtle hatchlings in the sand

Researchers celebrate record leatherback sea turtle hatchling season

The endangered leatherback sea turtles are flocking to Palm Beach County for nesting season.

Two photos side-by-side. On the left is Brad Paisley speaking to camera. On the right is a sign at the entrance of the Nashville Zoo

A 69,220-square-foot data center could be built next to the Nashville Zoo. Brad Paisley wants to stop it

The country star spoke out on social media, urging followers to sign a petition against the development.

Walkers enjoy the sunshine on the Outer Alster in Hamburg

New study: For every dollar invested in public parks, cities see $3 in benefits

Your local park really is bringing in the green.

A female athlete juggles a soccer ball at a playpark in Miami

Ahead of the World Cup, athletes raised funds for climate-ravaged soccer fields. They beat a Guinness World Record in the process

More than 5,000 people across 50 cities broke a Guinness World Record on June 6. But the cause they were highlighting was bigger than a soccer trick.