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Island Paradise Declared Rat-Free After Massive Volunteer Eradication Campaign
After more than three years of work, the Tetiaroa Atoll has been declared rat-free following a massive effort to poison off two invasive species...
Good News in History, October 26
Happy 73rd Birthday to William Collins, better known by his rather eternal moniker, "Bootsy." A bass guitar legend, Bootsy learned how to play in...
Egypt Has Finally Been Declared Malaria-Free After 4,000 Years of Infections—Even the Pharaohs
Egypt, one of the world's 15 most populous nations, has been certified malaria-free after a 'pharaonic' effort that began 100 years ago.
Killing nearly 600,000...
Good News in History, October 17
21 years ago, the pinnacle was secured in place on the Taipei 101 making it the highest building on Earth, surpassing the Petronas Twins...
Good News in History, October 6
113 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...
Good News in History, May 25
12 years ago, a new era of space exploration began when the SpaceX Dragon capsule became the first privately owned and manufactured spacecraft to...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
Good News in History, February 10
84 years ago today, In the Mood, by Glen Miller reached #1 on the charts in the US. It's one of those jazz tunes that...
The Greatest Conservation Story Ever Told Isn’t Really Being Told
This week GNN reported that for the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island,...
Historic Effort Returns 136 Juvenile Galápagos Tortoises Conservationists Release into the Wild
The Galapagos Conservancy successfully airlifted 136 juvenile tortoises to the volcanic terrain on Isabela Island, their only natural habitat on Earth.
The giant Galápagos tortoises...
Cape Verde Becomes the First African Country in 50 Years to Eradicate Malaria
Becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate Malaria in half a century, Cape Verde has gone three years without a single case of...
Dominica Financed 2,000 Hurricane-Proof Homes for Locals by Offering Citizenship to Foreigners Who Invest
In 2017, the Caribbean nation of Dominica needed to think of some way to recover from Hurricane Maria which devastated the whole of the...
Good News in History, December 9
140 years ago today, Joseph Pilates, the German-American physical trainer who leant his last name to one of the most popular forms of exercise...
Native Wildlife Flourishing Again After Another Caribbean Island Banishes Invading Rodents
A tiny uninhabited island in the Caribbean waters of the territory of Anguilla was almost completely empty but for mice, but has recently been...
Rats Finally Eradicated from Caribbean Island as Huge Nature Reserve Rises in Their Place
Redonda, a Caribbean island of small repute, has undergone a dramatic transformation from a barren wasteland of goats and rats, to a pristine, re-wilded...
Eating Yogurt Can Get Rid of Your Garlic Breath, Say Researchers
Scientists say the proteins present in whole-milk plain yogurt act to neturalize the smell and snuff out the sulphur-based compounds that cause the lingering...
Earless Dragon Feared Extinct is Rediscovered After 50 Years in Australia
Last sighted in 1969, a tiny lizard from the Australian state of Queensland has been rediscovered by scientists who now hope to act fast...
After 8 Years of Research World-Changing Malaria Vaccine Approved in Africa
After 8 years of testing and trials, the long-awaited decision on whether or not Oxford's R21 malaria vaccine would be approved has been made.
Two...
Cancer Plummets, Guinea Worm Eradicated, Bye-Bye Ebola—3 Huge Wins for Humanity
2022 saw major advances, and even victories in the efforts to combat several diseases, from industrialized to tropical ones.
Starting at home, a study last...
Vaccine that Could Cure and Even Prevent Brain Cancer Developed by Scientists
In Boston, a potentially-revolutionary treatment for deadly brain cancer is showing promising early signs in mice both for the eradication and prevention of tumors...