Good Animal News

Celebrating positive news about animals making a difference for people — and people making a difference for animals

A photo collage of a grey wolf, a wind-powered cargo ship, an aerial view of a shoreline, a water pump, and an arm being injected with a vaccine

Good News This Week: September 14, 2024 - Wolves, Pinecones, & Cargo Ships

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

Four park rangers guide a rhino through a field

Saving rhinos: Rewilding mission planned for entire herd from breeding farm

African Parks, which manages national parks in several countries across the continent, plans to rewild all 2,000 southern white rhinos from Platinum Rhino, winding up John Hume’s controversial intensive rhino breeding project.

An atlantic puffin perches on a cliff edge.

Iceland locals are saving baby puffins by tossing them out to sea

Some drop, some flop, but they all end up flying out in the right direction.

Three shirtless male firefighters stand in front of a red firetruck, each holding a small puppy

Firefighters raise nearly $1 million for shelter dogs by modeling in charity calendars

This year's Fire Rescue Dog Calendar has arrived.

An aerial view of the Torres Strait Islands.

A new ‘beaky’ headed species discovered in Australia

It was barely bigger than a AA battery in size.

The Santa Cruz River in Arizona prior to being filled with effluent water

Scientists bring Arizona river, biodiversity back from the brink — by adding sewage water

Strategically adding effluent to the waterway has reintroduced an estimated 200 species to the local ecosystem, new research finds.

Orange September Awareness Month Calendar

Your guide to September's major awareness months, weeks, and days

The ultimate calendar of September’s awareness days, national months, and more...

A photo collage of an elephant, a shelf at a grocery store, Chappell Roan singing on stage, a view of a field and mountains in the background, and a man getting a vaccine shot

Good News This Week: August 31, 2024 - Elephants, Parks, & Vaccines

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

As whale populations rebound, researchers say it's time to close protection agency: 'You have done your job'

With virtually all whale populations on the rise, researchers insist it’s time to disband and consolidate the International Whaling Commission.

A landscape shot of Big Prairie in Glacier National Park, showing yellow prairie grasses, colorful trees, and a mountain vista

Here's what the record-breaking $100 million national parks grant will fund

Lilly Endowment Inc. just gave the National Parks Foundation $100 million in historic grant funding.

A red 'i'iwi bird sits on a twig of Hawaiian sandalwood.

To save Maui's native birds, experts release 'Keurig pods' full of mosquitoes into national park

Using an unconventional method that reduces mosquito populations, the critically endangered birds may have a fighting chance.

Indigenous tribe revives beaver population to boost Sierra Nevada's wildfire resilience

Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could have serious climate benefits.