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A Homeless Teen Named National Science Prize Finalist is Given Housing and Help
A dedicated marine biology student at a Long Island High School learned she was named one of 61 finalists for the $100,000 Intel Science...
Dog Missing for 8 Years to be Reunited With Family
A stray dog brought to a Northern California animal shelter turned out to have been reported missing in Virginia eight years ago. Now, officials...
Sweet Deal for Girls After Lemonade Stand was Closed for Lack of Permit
Three girls whose lemonade stand was shut down by the police in Midway, Georgia, for not having a business license and food permit, were...
Dog’s Life Changes After Rising From ‘Dead’
A stray dog who survived an attempt to put him to sleep at an Oklahoma animal shelter has become a canine celebrity, with...
Tax Breaks to Encourage Pet Adoptions
Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, from Santa Clarita, CA, has introduced legislation to provide a tax deduction, allowing individuals to deduct the adoption fees of...
Cancer Sniffing Dog Saves Woman
Scientific evidence has confirmed the ability of dogs to smell cancer. Now, a foster puppy returned the favor to a North Texas woman who...
Oregon Girl Starts Website to Feed Dogs Displaced by Foreclosure
A young Oregon girl has started an online movement to feed some unexpected victims of a failing economy, abandoned dogs. Like FreeRice.com, FreeKibble.com, donates...
The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
Experts Demonstrate How Solar Farms Can Become Hubs for ‘Biodiversity Enhancement’ at Every Level
In the same way that artificial coral reefs can jumpstart marine ecosystems, solar farms, if they're constructed properly, can create more biodiversity than agricultural...
Man Fights Every Day to Help Homeless Pups in Miami’s ‘Dead Dog Alley’
Alongside a spider's web of dirt roads in south Miami-Dade, sandwiched between the mighty Everglades and an Air Force Reserve base, a man can...
Pet Cat Lost in Yellowstone Travels 800 Miles Toward the City Where Owner Still Had Hope 60 Days Later
An incredible story reminiscent of Homeward Bound, recently came out from California—that a cat who had accompanied a family to Yellowstone National Park, was lost there.
Despite...
700 Cats Rescued After TikTok User Finds a Texas Tabby–and Rescues a Sanctuary in Trouble
From south Texas comes the incredible story of how a TikTok content creator channeled his channel for good—rescuing a cat and a cat shelter...
‘She saved our lives’: Woman Credits Rescue Dog for Alerting Her to Dangerous Carbon Monoxide Levels
A woman who rescued a dog from a shelter was amazed and overwhelmed to learn that the Siberian husky returned the favor.
Samantha Griffen might...
A Burrowing Dinosaur? More Evidence from Utah Suggests that Some Dinos Were Happier Underground
Paleontologists recently identified a dinosaur that is believed to have lived at least partially underground—demonstrating that dinosaurs successfully exploited every kind of habitat available...
Endangered Baird’s Tapir Calf Born at San Diego Zoo Delights Visitors (LOOK)
The San Diego Zoo excitedly welcomed an adorable baby Baird’s tapir this month—bolstering an endangered species that faces multiple challenges in the wild.
The female...
South Sudan’s Epic Effort to Protect the World’s Little-Known Largest Mammal Migration
"The greatest conservation opportunity on the planet," isn't in the Amazon, the Andes, Australia, or anywhere else you'd likely imagine. It's in South Sudan.
In...
The Science on CBD for Pets: Scientists Hope it Can Help 4-Legged Patients with Arthritis, Allergies and Anxiety
(Originally published by Knowable Magazine – Written by Ula Chrobak)
Though studies are still mixed, and products inconsistent, many scientists have hope that cannabidiol can...
Experimental Type 1 Diabetes Drug Shields Pancreas Cells from the Usual Crippling Immune System Attack
Scientists at Johns Hopkins say that an experimental antibody drug appears to prevent and reverse the onset of type 1 diabetes in mice—and often...
Good News in History, March 7
175 years ago today, the renowned American botanist and horticultural pioneer, Luther Burbank, who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, was...
‘It’s Scratching, Dude’– US Coast Guard Inspectors Rescue Stowaway Dog from Shipping Container
It was amid a mountain of shipping containers that US Coast Guard inspectors managed to locate this sweetheart, who was trapped inside for as...