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Prisoners Given Rare Assignment to Save Endangered Butterfly
At the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, inmates are helping to save the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Under the supervision...
Butterfly Boon as Mexico Stops Logging in Monarch Reserve
Illegal logging has practically been eliminated in the western Mexico wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly, according to a report released in August.
The government,...
Logging Plummets in Monarch Butterfly Mexico Reserve
Good news for the Monarch butterflies and their wintering grounds in central Mexico: The clearing of forests used by the butterflies has dropped to...
California Man to Reforest Butterfly Reserve in Mexico
An Escondido man with a passion for the bright orange-and-black monarch butterfly will play a key role in the restoration of the butterfly's winter...
Butterfly Species Reborn 30 Years After Extinction
Thirty years ago it was officially declared extinct in Britain. But the beautiful large blue butterfly has made an astonishing...
Broken Butterfly Gets Wing Mended for Ride South
A monarch butterfly with injured wing has been mended by a New York couple in time to complete its famed migration south, "thanks to...
Record Year for Blue Butterfly in UK
Efforts begun in 1983 to re-introduce the large blue butterfly in England have paid off. A new survey within a key breeding area revealed...
Scientists Celebrate Return of Rare Butterfly
Thanks to conservationists who replanted native buckwheat along the California coast, the endangered El Segundo blue butterflies have returned after decades to Redondo Beach...
Taiwan Shuts Down Freeway for Butterfly Migration
Taiwan agreed to protect millions of butterflies during peak hours of their migration by temporarily shutting down a busy road April 3-5. Many...
Blue Butterfly Back From the Brink
The Smithsonian published a feature article in 2005 called Back From the Brink that asserted: "Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough laws,...
Man Labeled ‘Brain Dead’ May Be First to Recover from Extreme Locked-in Syndrome
A man labeled "brain dead" has become the first ever to recover from an extreme form of locked-in syndrome, which paralyzed him so completely...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will’ Astrology From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Good News in History, August 13
60 years ago today, The Beatles’ first film A Hard Day's Night, opened in theaters across America, earning rave reviews and box office success....
Good News in History, August 2
5 years ago today, the women of Saudi Arabia were given the right to travel abroad without a male guardian, a major advance in...
Drones Find Dozens of Landmines Littering Ukraine So They Can Be Defused
When drones appeared on the scene en masse, many people saw the potential immediately—for military purposes, for breathtaking photography, even wildlife conservation, but for...
A Mom’s Love Helps Woman Wake From Coma After Five Years
From Grand Rapids comes a story too magical to believe—of a mother's love creating a medical miracle, and a woman who cared for a...
Good News in History, February 17
161 years ago today, the businessman and activist Henry Dunant, a Swiss public health society commissioner Théodore Maunoir, lawyer and civic leader Gustave Moynier, field...
Scores of Endangered Butterflies Slated to Be Released Along California Coast Using $1.5 Million Private Grant
In California, a joint effort will oversee a multi-stage, four-year plan to help Behren's silverspot butterfly return in numbers to the coastline of Northern...
Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup Boosts Vermont Forest Diversity and Resilience
Reprinted from Mongabay on a CC 4.0. License. Original writing by Nina Foster.
As the sun rises, the ethereal song of a wood thrush echoes...
Good News in History, December 22
163 years ago today, Giacomo Puccini was born. Considered as the greatest composer of Italian opera in history alongside or perhaps just behind Verdi,...