Climate

Rescued Cheetah Cub Tiny Tim Recovers After Illegal Wildlife Trade Ordeal

Tiny Tim got a rough start, and now a new Instagram post is showing how much has changed for the young cheetah. In the post, the Cheetah Conservation Fund said...

Loggerhead Sea Turtles Set Georgia Nesting Record With Highest Total in 37 Years

A slow comeback has turned into a record year for loggerhead sea turtles in Georgia. Loggerhead nests along the...

Good News This Week August 8, 2026: Egg Prices Ease, Firefighters Save Lives, and Rhino Numbers Rise

Start your week with the world's happiest news, from forests and housing to water, wildlife and clean energy. China’s...

53-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Solves Long-Lost Mystery With a Bittersweet Ending

A child’s joke from a New Jersey beach sat out in the wild for 53 years, then came...

Japanese Team Creates Eco-Fireworks With Water-Soluble Shells to Reduce Debris

A fireworks maker and a university professor have teamed up in Japan to make what may be the...

Toronto Zoo Welcomes Pygmy Hippo Calf, Giving Endangered Species a New Boost

Toronto has its own baby pygmy hippo, but the public will have to wait to see her. The Toronto Zoo says a female pygmy hippo calf was born Sunday morning to 20-year-old mother Kindia. The zoo...

Rescued Donkeys Help Spain’s Wildfire Fighters by Eating Brush That Fuels Deadly Flames

Some of Spain’s newest wildfire responders don’t carry hoses or heavy gear. They eat. Spain is deploying rescued donkeys to clear vegetation in a wildfire-prevention effort, according to Moneycontrol. The animals graze on dry brush...

NYC Basketball Courts Designed As Giant Sponges Help Reduce Flooding

A basketball court in Queens is doing two jobs at once. Beside New York City Housing Authority’s South Jamaica Houses, two “sunken” basketball courts called Water Square were built as part of a flood mitigation...

Chester Zoo Welcomes First-Ever Secretarybird Chicks as Five Hatch Successfully

Five endangered secretarybird chicks have hatched at Chester Zoo, the first time the species has bred there in the zoo's 95-year history. The long-legged birds of prey live in African grasslands. Unlike eagles and hawks,...

Wyoming’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Will Cut Deer-Vehicle Collisions by 90% Ahead of Schedule

In Wyoming, one highway project is trying to make a common crash a lot less common. The Kemmerer Wildlife Crossing on U.S. Highway 189 is now set to be finished on Oct. 31, 2027, about...

Kazakhstan Releases First Tiger to Restore an Extinct Species to Its Wild Habitat

Kazakhstan released a female tiger into the wild on July 31, marking a historic attempt to bring back the big cats, which disappeared from the country in 1948. Footage released by the Kazakhstan Ministry of...