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Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels
Several luxury hotels and popular restaurants have decided to take shark fin soup - a traditional delicacy on banquet tables - off the menu...
Good News for Sharks as Congress Passes Bill Banning Fin Trade in US Waters
Congress on Tuesday passed legislation to better protect sharks, which are killed by the millions for their fins, a delicacy used in a traditional...
Hero Snorkeler Grabbed Great White Shark’s Tail to Stop Attack
A snorkeler has been hailed a hero after he pulled on the tail of a great white shark while it was attacking a young...
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...
Shark Victims Unite to Save Their Attackers
Last month a group of unlikely lobbyists came to Washington, DC, survivors of shark attacks -- many with missing limbs and legs --...
Dolphins Save Surfer from Becoming Shark Bait
A surfer in California was under attack from a great white shark when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, pushing the shark away and...
Shark-Smuggling Bust Nets $1 Million for Habitat Protection
"Leopard sharks in San Francisco Bay will benefit from fines totaling nearly a million U.S. dollars — money resulting from the bust of a...
The Azores Protects Whales and Corals with Marine Preserve as Big as Virginia and Georgia Combined
A massive new marine protected area (MPA) has been established in the eastern Atlantic off the coast of the Azores.
Covering 287,000 square kilometers of...
Life Savings of an Entire Small Town Recovered from the Depths of Cryto-Scam, Thanks to FBI
A Wichita courtroom rang out with sobs and cheers when over two dozen people learned that their life savings had been recovered after being...
AI Safety System Stops Train After Detecting Elephants Crossing the Tracks Ahead
In India's wildlife capital of Assam State, the driver of a train was alerted to the presence of a herd of elephants crossing the...
Good News in History, October 17
21 years ago, the pinnacle was secured in place on the Taipei 101 making it the highest building on Earth, surpassing the Petronas Twins...
He Raced Against Great-Grandson During his 85th Birthday Event for Viral Community Running Club
A pioneering Welsh running athlete has helped organize hundreds of community running events around the country, and recently celebrated his 85th birthday by racing...
After 9 Years of Work, Chumash Tribe Finally Seals Protection of CA Marine Reserve Bigger Than Yosemite
A California tribe has become the first indigenous group in the Lower 48 to be named co-stewards over a National Marine Sanctuary.
Extending out into...
Build Zigzag Patterns On Exterior Walls to Keep Buildings Cooler During Heat Waves
Structural engineers have discovered that if you build an apartment building with angled, shark-fin-shaped protrusions on the side where the Sun's heat is the...
‘Give Nature Space and it Will Come Back’: Rewilding Returns Endangered Species to UK Coast
A broad coalition of natural trusts, farmers and businessmen, and conservationists are looking to turn the southern English coastline and the lands beyond into...
Good News in History, June 20
29 years years ago today, Greenpeace activists bolstered by international pressure forced Shell Oil of the UK into a dramatic reversal of its decision...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Fish Swim in Schools for Stealth–as 100 Fish Make Less Noise Than an Individual Swimming Alone
Watching a school of fish move can be hypnotic. The way they turn in near-perfect synchronicity is equal parts beauty and evolutionary brilliance.
While scientists...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
Charlotte the Stingray, Single for 8 Years, Celebrated V-day with ‘Impossible’ Litter of Non-Fertilized Eggs
It's hard being alone on Valentine's Day—something that Charlotte the round stingray had experienced for eight years in a row.
But this year she decided...