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Good News This Week: April 18, 2026 - Polar Bears, Websites, & Macaws

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

A baby koala rests its eyes as it clings to a tree branch.

Scientists calculated how much money it would take to save every single threatened species in Australia. It's lower than you'd think

Australia has over 1,700 threatened species, including koalas, wombats, pygmy possums, and many more.

Providing shelter isn’t enough to fix homelessness — here's what actually helps

These nonprofits are helping people move beyond homelessness.

Five 'missing' bird species were rediscovered in 2025, offering hope to conservationists

With the new changes, the overall number of “lost” birds, as defined in a 2022 study, dropped to 120 from the 163 listed when the list was first published.

An elderly womans hand is at the top of the frame as she mixes paint colors on a wooden palette

Their homes burned down in the LA fires. She's bringing them back — one brushstroke at a time

In 2025, the 72-year-old artist began volunteering with Homes in Memoriam in the wake of the Palisades Fire.

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Forbes announces 'True Net Worth' to track how much billionaires give away

The editor of the Forbes Billionaires List introduced a new method to track wealth: How much money the world’s richest people are giving away.

A 13-year-old White boy cooks behind a diner counter, serving up burgers.

This 13-year-old has earned nearly half a million followers by cooking meals for his unhoused neighbors

The 13-year-old has joined the likes of Chef José Andrés and Dr. Bernice A. King as a community “builder.”

A Bengal slow loris hangs from a branch. It is a small primate with white fur, brown rings around its large eyes, and small hands.

Conservationists work together to save endangered slow loris, one of the world's rarest primates

One of the world’s most endangered primates was rescued in early April, but its release back into the wild comes with caveats.

Two young women in blue shirts smile as they hold up Kemp's ridley sea turtles on a beach.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is the most endangered sea turtle in the world. This aquarium just saved 35 of them

A total of 29 sea turtles were recently released back into the Gulf of Mexico, with eight more in recovery.

Malala shares the 3 steps she follows to keep fighting for change — even when hope feels lost

Malala just gave her first TED Talk — and she’s giving us all a pep talk in fighting for change.

Mark Rober speaks on stage at TED in front of a photo of a satellite in space. He wears a black t-shirt and backwards baseball cap

Mark Rober invested $60M on building STEM curriculum — and he's giving it to teachers for free

The NASA engineer turned YouTube sensation is on a mission to “get kids stoked about science.” He announced the next phase of his work at TED in Vancouver.

A street surrounded by wind-blown trees during a storm, with lightning striking in the background.

Texans were tired of waiting for state help from hurricanes. So they helped each other

Texans like Doris Brown have been looking for ways to protect their neighbors since Hurricane Harvey struck in 2017.