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Scientists ‘Elated’ After Finding Massive Coral Reef—The First Reef to Be Discovered in 120 Years
Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef that stands taller than the Empire State Building—and it is the first reef to be discovered...
Family Sells Their London Home to Move to the Smallest African Country and Save Its Coral Reefs
The Seath family plans to repopulate coral reefs across the Seychelles using a farming technique called “micro-fragmentation” with their new nonprofit, Coral Reef Conservation UK.
Scientists Make History With Discovery That Will Help Save America’s Great Coral Reef
The discovery is just one of several scientific milestones accomplished by The Florida Aquarium in their quest to preserve regional coral reefs.
Scientists Are Using Speakers to Revive Damaged Coral Reefs By Luring Fish Back With Healthy Reef Sounds
By projecting the sounds of a healthy coral ecosystem, scientists found that more and more fish returned to help revive the reef.
After Decades of Federal Protection, Hawaiian Coral Reefs Are Returning to Their Former Glory
After being devastated by overfishing and trawling, these Pacific coral reefs are recovering and raising hopes for the future.
Dozens of Countries Are Working Together to Plant ‘Great Green Wall’ Across Africa – and It is Holding Back Poverty
The wall is only 15% complete and it’s already brought a renewed source of food, water, income, and resources into arid rural areas.
Largest Coral Reef Preserved
Australia will end commercial coral harvesting on the Great Barrier Reef in order to protect the world's largest living reef formation. While it is...
World’s Oldest Narrative Cave Painting Is at Least 51,200 Years Old, Scientists Say
In 2021, GNN reported that a painting of a Sulawesi warty pig on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia had become the oldest cave...
Washed up Hi-Tech Tracker Buoys Brilliantly Redeployed to Protect Turtles from ‘Ghost Nets’
Hi-tech GPS-tracking buoys washing up on Australian beaches were a strange find during a litter clean-up for the non-profit Tangaroa Blue.
On a normal day...
Good News in History, June 11
105 years ago today, Sir Barton became the first racehorse in history to win the Triple Crown. A chestnut colt bred in 1916 on...
Good News in History, February 22
195 years ago today, Spain sold Florida to the United States as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty. It settled a standing border dispute between...
Volunteers ‘De-seaweeding’ Results in Dramatic 600% Improvement of Coral Regrowth
Any good gardener knows what a good de-weeding can do for a vegetable garden. As it turns out, it's much the same for coral...
Scientists Discover Butterflies Originated in America 100 Million Years Ago When Upstart Moths Wanted to Bask in the Sun
Scientists completed a vast evolutionary jigsaw puzzle in 4D—and they discovered that butterflies originated in America around 100 million years ago.
They determined that it...
8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts
International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans....
Australia Sets Aside 30% of Land Mass to Protect its Unique Species
Joining the United States and a number of other countries, Australian officials have committed to preserve 30% of the continent's landmass in a natural...
Long-Lost Brothers to Be Reunited After 77 Years and 10,000 Miles, ‘I still can’t believe it’ (WATCH)
A pair of long-lost brothers who were separated as children in 1945 are to be reunited for the first time after 77 years apart.
Ted...
Bigger than Texas: Huge New Marine Park Will Protect ‘Australia’s Galapagos’
Massive new marine parks will now protect and preserve the Australian oceans surrounding Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands—home to life found nowhere else...
Queensland Continues to Transfer Millions of Acres of Wilderness Back to Aboriginals in Australia
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news website of nature, science, health, politics, and travel.
Two former cattle ‘stations’ in the north Australian state...
Tiny Marine Microbe ‘Could Turn Out to be Secret Weapon in Battle Against Climate Change’
A tiny marine microbe which could turn out to be a 'secret weapon' in the battle against climate change has been discovered.
The single-celled microbe...
The Most Stunning Moments For Animals in 2021 Will Make You Cheer – and Love Them Even More
While media outlets talk about the "Age of Extinction" for species, they never seem to include the multitude of good news—and there was a...