Good News for the Environment

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A clip of a rare daytime sighting of a potoo - or 'ghost bird' - is making the rounds online. Here's the scoop behind the bird and why we should protect it.

Feeling guilty about all those blue-and-white plastic Amazon bags piling up around the house? Fear not — they can be recycled! At least, that’s what the packaging says.

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Actresses Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Winslet joined an underwater photoshoot for ocean conservation, supporting The Nature Conservancy.

A new discovery at the Smithsonian has helped identify an ancient amphibian ancestor, and researchers have named their specimen after Kermit the Frog.

Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers and bays, coastal waters and the deep ocean.

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Conscientious web surfers and animal lovers can now search using Karma, a search engine that funds biodiversity efforts.

Community-built time lapses are providing citizen-backed data to scientists so that they can improve wildlife conservation efforts around the world.

A rare, and oddly cute, cave dwelling aquatic salamander has been shocking scientists with surprise visits to the surface.

To encourage Muslims to be more mindful of the impact of Ramadan on the environment, mosques are increasingly dispensing of single-use items, with some banning the use of plastics altogether.