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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...
Good News in History, December 2
Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational NFL QB best known for his consistency, accuracy, and completions in the end zone. Playing almost...
Couple Plants 2 Million Trees in 20 Years to Turn Destroyed Forest Back Into a Wildlife Haven
In 2001, the legendary photojournalist Sebastião Salgado had a dream of restoring the forest near his home in the state of Minas Gerais. Now...
Birth of Rare Eastern Black Rhino is Cause for Celebration–Watch the Amazing Birth Caught on Camera, With Only 1,000 in Wild
Keepers at Chester Zoo were left thrilled following the safe arrival of a new eastern black rhino calf when mother Zuri gave birth in...
Good News in History, November 22
58 years ago today Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees, a National Geographic film special, premiered on CBS and brought the young primate ethnologist Jane...
New Oxford Malaria Vaccine is ‘Huge Advance’ to Protect Children From Deadly Killer
A new vaccine from Oxford, called R21, has been shown to be not only effective for the prevention of malaria in children, but also...
This Monkey Was Already Endangered When Discovered in 2003–but is Now on the Up and Up
Discovering a whole new species is an exciting moment for scientists; when they determined it was Critically-Endangered it probably induced the opposite reaction.
The kipunji...
Small Acts of Kindness Are Universal: Global Study Finds People Help Each Other Every 2 Minutes
An international study of people on five continents has found that humans help each other with small things about every 2 minutes, and acquiesce...
Nonprofit is Training Rats to Sniff Out Tuberculosis, More Sensitive Than Microscope Testing
Let's face it, rats aren't the most popular animal. From the Black Death to the Netflix documentary on New York's rodent problem, they may...
‘Fantastic’ Finding Uncovers Silent Frog Species That ‘Doesn’t Croak, Chirp, Sing or Ribbit’
Originally written by Liz Kimbrough. Reprinted from Mongabay on a CC 4.0. License.
Up in Tanzania’s Ukaguru Mountains, researchers have found a new-to-science frog species...
Cheap, Single-Dose Rabies Vaccine Passes Phase 1 Trials–Could Save Thousands of Lives
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial studying the immune response and safety of...
Rare ‘Dinosaur Bird’ Patiently Awaits a Lifelong Mate to Populate the Magnificent Species
An extremely rare 'dinosaur' bird, the only one of its kind in the UK, is patiently awaiting a new mate while the Exmoor Zoo...
Rats Trained to Carry Tiny Backpacks Into Earthquake Zones – So Rescue Teams Can Talk to Survivors
Rats are being trained to be sent into earthquake debris wearing tiny backpacks, so rescue teams can talk to survivors.
The innovative project is being...
Aggressive Breast Cancer Could Be Tamed By Ingredient Found in Cardamom Spice, Say Scientists
The spice cardamon could hold the key to tackling aggressive types of breast cancer, according to new research.
A natural compound called cardamonin found in...
Endangered Baby Rhino Born in a Czech Zoo is Named After Kyiv (PHOTOS)
A baby rhino named "Kyiv" in honor of the Ukrainian defenders was born in a Czech zoo exactly a week after Russia began its...
Siri and Alexa Don’t Support African Languages But This Nonprofit Swooped in to Offer 60 New Voices – Including Welsh
Not Apple's Siri, Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, or any other speech platform can hear or respond to a single African language, but as speech...
A Never-Before-Documented Flower Blooms on One of World’s Rarest Trees – A Hopeful Sign For a Comeback
In a greenhouse in Missouri, a tree listed as critically endangered produced a flower which had never been recorded before by science in the...
Grave of 9,000-Year-old Skilled Huntress Found in the Peruvian Andes, Changing the Stereotype of ‘Man the Hunter’
When a grave containing the remains of a 9,000-year-old human alongside an extensive hunter's tool kit was discovered, archaeologists reckoned they had found a...
New Report Shows Tuberculosis Deaths Have Fallen By 14% in Five Years, Saving 60 Million in the Last Two Decades
In the World Health Organization's annual global tuberculosis report, the UN agency responsible for international public health forecasts hundreds of thousands of people recovering...
This Rat Sniffs For Landmines In Cambodia–And Has Just Won A Gold Medal For His Life-Saving Work
A landmine detection rat, whose work in Cambodia has transformed the lives of the country’s citizens, has been awarded the gold medal from a...