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Soldiers Team Up With Shelter Dogs in Operation Heroes & Hounds
Operation Heroes & Hounds gives injured or traumatized members of the U.S. armed forces the chance to work with shelter dogs. Using a positive,...
Pets Improve a French Prison
The daily relationship between prisoners and their small pets is having a profound effect on a prison in Strasbourg, France. The Animal Affinity...
Historic Shark Fin Ban Passes In Hawaii
Hawaii is standing up for sharks, and in a big way. Despite pressure from a vocal Asian community that insists on eating shark fin...
Dog Leads Police to Burning Building
A german shepherd was told to go get help after a fire started in a remote area of snowy Alaska. "Buddy" then found...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
Foster Cat Awarded for Saving Family From Gas Leak
Trudy and Greg's 6-month old feline smelled a dangerous gas leak in the middle of the night and alerted the family by jumping on...
It’s National Cell Phone Recycling Week!
Last year, Americans turned in 11.7 million used cell phones, because recycling phones, PDAs, chargers, and batteries is so simple -- easier than buying...
Wild Horses Mesmerized by Native American Drumming
Jill Starr works to save American mustangs and domestic horses from abuse. Her organization now includes Red Horse Nation, which helps Native American youths...
Using the Worldwide Web to Engage With Your Next-Door Neighbors
When a Washington, D.C., couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, they were having trouble getting to know the neighbors. So, they cooked up a plan...
Mine-Littered Desert Springs to Life, Thanks to Humanitarian Efforts
Sheikh Misri was once known as a dreary and rough desert of barren land littered with landmines and unexploded ordinances. Now, after four...
Top Dog: UK Honors Heroic Bomb-Sniffing Pup (Video)
Treo, a black lab trained by the British Army has earned top military honors for his bomb-sniffing duty in Afghanistan. For 8 years,...
Mosquito ‘Nose Transplant’ a Breakthrough in Wiping out Malaria
Five years of exhaustive research has yielded the key to thwarting “the most dangerous animal on the planet:” disarming its nose. Scientists at...
Mushroom Man Hunts for Clue to Fungai Cure-All
More than 60 percent of all medicinal drugs are derived from the natural world. Mycologist Paul Stamets is on a...
U.S. Unveils Plan to Help Afghan Women Build Better Lives
Empowering women is critical to improving life in Afghanistan and key to a brighter future there. Last week the Obama administration unveiled a plan...
Cold Critters Get Help in Normally Tropic Southern States
With the frigid cold weather gripping the usually-warm South, animals are finding themselves in need of help. Here is how some of our...
Good News in Race to Save Tasmanian Devils
Fierce as they are, Tasmanian devils cannot beat a contagious cancer that threatens to wipe them out. Now scientists think they've found the disease's...
Half Empty Jail to House Rescued Dogs
With a sharp decline in inmate population over the past month, Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway plans to devote a portion of the...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Faith the Dog Inspires With Two Legs (Video)
Spend some time with Faith the Dog, who was born with only two legs but still walks with dignity, and you will see...
US Dairy Producers Sign Agreement to Cut Greenhouse Gases From Cows
At the U.N. climate talks yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate adoption of innovative manure-to-energy projects...