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Good News This Week: April 25, 2026 - Libraries, Rainforests, & Turtles

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

A woman in a blue shirt, sunglasses, hat, and shorts smiles as she gently helps a green sea turtle return to the ocean. She is surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

Tumorous sea turtle makes 4-month recovery after being saved from fishing line: 'I seriously did not think she was going to make it'

Nutella the sea turtle was in rough shape when she was rescued from Key Largo in December. Thanks to Florida’s Turtle Hospital, she has finally been released back to the ocean.

A couple faces the window of an independent bookstore

400+ independent bookstores opened in 2025, triumphing against big business

Independent bookstores have grown in the United States by 70% from 2020, signaling a major comeback.

A loggerhead sea turtle floating in an aquarium tank.

An endangered sea turtle spent 22 years recovering from a shark attack. Now, she's finally returning to the ocean

Molly the sea turtle was on the brink of death when she was found on the shores of Kerry, Ireland in 2004. Her recovery has been nothing short of a miracle.

A black and white closeup photo of a woman in her 40s wearing traditional Native earrings.

'Native' American Girl dolls are historically inaccurate. So this artist reimagined them for her daughter

Artist Cara Romero has been creating “First” American Girl dolls since 2018.

An elderly couple place their hands on the shoulders and back of the head of a girl aged around 4 years-old.

This state just made it possible for grandparents to get free child care

While 21 states offer some form of access to child care assistance, this state offers the most comprehensive plan yet.

People plan to plant 1 trillion trees this decade. A new project aims to ensure these forests survive

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But ecology experts have one important message for them.

Kamala Harris in a pink suit talking with Soledad O'Brien in a blue belted blazer

New global study finds that most people actually want a gender-balanced government

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley polled 17,000 people in a dozen countries across Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas.

Book display of assorted paperbacks and hardback books.

BookTok hits like 'Fourth Wing' and 'Sunrise at the Reaping' are saving brick-and-mortar bookstores across the country

BookTok is an online community that is predominantly made up of women. And they have had a real-world impact on bookstores.

A sea turtle hatchling poking its head and arms out of a shell

Over 4,000 sea turtle eggs were at risk of being bulldozed. These volunteers came to their rescue

Since March, volunteers and trained personnel have moved 3,984 eggs from 44 leatherback nests and 122 eggs from a single loggerhead nest.

Famed primatologist Jane Goodall sits in a chair in a lush backyard, mid-conversation.

Jane Goodall has advice for everyone this Earth Day, in rare, never-before-seen interview

In a previously unaired interview, Dr. Jane Goodall talked to environmentalist Dax Dasilva about the importance of small actions and never losing hope.

A baby sea turtle crawls against the sand.

Luxury resort saves over 600 injured sea turtles and helps hatch 120,000 more

The Brando luxury resort demonstrates that science-driven, sustainable tourism can successfully restore marine ecosystems and protect endangered sea turtles.