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A teenage girl and an adult woman smile as they cut a red ribbon with oversized gold scissors outside a community space.

This Altadena teen raised millions for wildfire relief. A year later, she opened a community center for girls like her

Avery Colvert's viral ask on social media last year led to a million donations, a nonprofit, and a community hub to help teens plan for their futures beyond the shadow of the wildfire.

Newly-discovered jellyfish looks like a creature from the 'Avatar' universe

A team of students at Tohoku University in northeastern Japan discovered a new species purely by happenstance.

Photograph of an orange monkey looking mammal, an "Olinguito," taken in the wild at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador

New study reveals that 1,300 new species have been added to the global mammal count

Since 2005, the global count of living mammal species has risen by 25%.

A person holds four white takeout pizza boxes

For Minnesotans afraid to leave home during ICE crackdown, this pizza joint delivers free food across the city

Wrecktangle Pizza launched a “buy a pizza give a pizza to a family in need” deal and was stunned to receive $83,000 in donations in just a few short days.

On the left, a blue shin guard being put on beneath a sock. On the right, a glass jar full of plastic bottle caps.

This Argentinian teen once turned a plastic bucket into shin guards. Now he’s donated 5,000 pairs to kids in need

As the founder and CEO of Fenikks, Tomás Machuca has helped over 56 communities across Argentina.

Bella Hadid and Pedro Pascal on stage at the 2026 Artists for Aid relief concert

Pedro Pascal and Bella Hadid raise $5.5M at Gaza and Sudan aid concert: 'All of our suffering is connected'

Artists for Aid performers included acts like Chappell Roan, Lucy Dacus, Blood Orange, Clairo, and more.

A close-up of a little girl holding a collection of Barbie dolls in her arms

Mattel unveils first autistic Barbie, complete with 'stimming hands' and noise-cancelling headphones

The doll, part of Barbie’s “2026 Fashionistas” was developed in collaboration with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.

An artwork by Mariah Reading, a landscape painting of Acadia National Park on a discarded glove, called "Lend A Hand"

This artist collects trash from national parks — and then paints it: 'A zero-waste practice'

Mariah Reading has been an artist in residence at multiple national park sites, and her work isn’t done yet.

A muscular Black man wearing a white t-shirt holds a tablet in both hands

This Navy veteran is protecting Black people from AI harm: 'AI is built on representation'

Jameeka Green Aaron has turned her sights on ensuring that artificial intelligence works in favor of the people using it, not against it.

A hand holds a vial of medicine, an electric car with its doors open in the front, a portrait photo of Renee Nicole Good, a chicken with its head out of its pen, and an overview of a city's road full of cars

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A wide image of a green, mist covered forest in the Philippines

This creature transforms to 'look and smell' like bird poop to evade predators. It's a new species

It may look, and smell, foul — but this spider marks the latest exciting discovery in a string of new species found in the past year.

An elderly woman, Margot Dodds, poses nude in a metal bath, wearing cowboy boots and covering her breasts with a straw hat

Their small town couldn't afford a new snowplow. So locals sold 'nearly nude' calendars instead of paying higher taxes

“We have some brave members of the community who are willing to become vulnerable to support their town,” one organizer said.