Good News

Good Good Good’s collection of positive news stories

Person wearing black clothing, gray gloves, and a black face mask with a purple eyemask design sits on a rooftop overlooking a nighttime cityscape with numerous lights.

A firefighter is dressing up as 'The Roanoke Raven' to save his city: 'If it takes wearing a superhero mask to do it, let’s do it'

By day, he’s already a hero. By night, he’s a different kind of hero.

Recent sightings give conservationists hope for two endangered whale species: 'They may be rebounding'

A new study found sightings of the species on Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent years.

A young child wearing glasses and a wide-brimmed hat holds a butterfly on their finger while smiling at the camera, with green foliage visible in the background.

A second grader wanted to know if his pet caterpillar would remember him. His experiment shocked scientists

Jo Nagai has been raising butterflies since he was in second grade. His curiosity led to an unlikely friendship with a Georgetown professor half a world away.

A mountain lion walks through tall grass and brush at night, looking toward the camera with a kill visible in the lower right corner.

Family sells 136-year-old farm to make way for wildlife crossing deemed 'a lifeline' for mountain lions

The I-5 wildlife crossing would bridge the Cascades and the Olympic Peninsula.

A bear walks across a highway lined with stopped vehicles with their headlights on.

North Carolina builds 'mirrored' wildlife crossing for both humans and bears to cross Appalachian Trail

The first-of-its-kind land bridge is set to be complete by the end of the year.

A small red wolf pup is held in a gloved hand next to a Department of the Interior patch featuring blue flying birds.

Endangered red wolf pups make their debut, signaling rebound for species

North Carolina is home to the only wild population of red wolves in the world.

A pangolin curled into a ball on leaf litter and soil with green plants nearby, its scaled body visible from above.

A 'new' pangolin species was hiding in plain sight for nearly 200 years

All eight species of pangolin are imperiled. A ninth arms researchers with new data on how to better protect the “walking pinecones.”

A large group of people standing in ocean waves at a beach with a blue sky above. A banner reading "SKINNY DIP" is visible among the group.

Worldwide 'skinny dip day' boosts body positivity and raises thousands for charity

A collective $61,000 has been raised under the adage: “Get naked for a good cause.”

Mamdani sits in a classroom looking at a kid that's out-of-focus and out-of-frame

Mamdani, NYC public schools invest $67.5M in special education amid federal budget cuts

New York City’s $67.5 million investment in preschoolers comes as families and advocates worry federal changes could make special education services even harder to access.

A tiny sea turtle hatchling is held in human hands above sand, with seaweed visible in the background.

Man goes viral for saving wayward baby sea turtle 'the right way'

A popular TikTok video shows a man helping a baby sea turtle hatchling find its way back to shore.

A curved road with red and black patterned sections runs through a mountainous, forested landscape. A yellow and black striped guardrail lines the right side near an exposed rocky cliff face.

India uses color psychology to prevent wildlife collisions: 'Red roads, green intent'

A subtle but innovative change to a busy highway in India aims to save lives.

A sea turtle hatchling crawls across sand toward seagrass, its dark shell and white underside visible in bright sunlight.

By 1985, the world's rarest sea turtle had declined by 99%. Their comeback has been 30 years in the making

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were nearly wiped off the planet. Here’s what kept them from going extinct.