6,000 digitized portraits of Black history now available and free to the public for the first time
Good Good Goodby Jessica Holdman·12d ago
COLUMBIA — A young boy looks directly into the camera with his arms wrapped around his pet rooster. A boxer crouches in a fighting stance, gloves up in front of his face.
Kayak guide interrupts tour to paddle out to a sea turtle in distress
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·12d ago
On August 8, Allison Calhoun, a tour guide with Florida’s Geiger Key Paddle Hut, was leading a kayak excursion in the Florida Keys when she got a phone call asking if she could help “a little guy”...
Data center proposals keep coming to Pennsylvania. A 41,000-person Facebook group leads the fight against them
Good Good Goodby Ethan Young·12d ago
In January, as her curiosity about data centers grew, longtime Pennsylvania environmental activist Karen Feridun turned to Facebook to create a group she hoped would allow those who felt similar to...
How long is the 'perfect hang' with friends? It's oddly specific
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·13d ago
In 2023, professors from a myriad of colleges published a study on the mental health benefits of reaching out to one’s friend or family at least once a day.
Colombia earthquake: GoFundMe launches hub of verified local fundraisers
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·13d ago
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Cali, Quibdo, Pereira, and numerous other cities and towns in Colombia on Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Researchers use drones with suction cups to tag whales, allowing them to study the species from the sky
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·13d ago
Marine mammal researchers at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology have achieved “new heights” with the invention of a new non-invasive way to tag humpback whales in the wild.
Stranded mountain biker saved by memorial honoring a heat stroke victim who died on the same trail
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·13d ago
On Monday, August 3, Mesa County Search and Rescue officials were alerted to a crisis situation along Palisade Plunge Trail, a challenging, 32-mile mountain bike trail in western Colorado.
With India's tiger population on the rise, wildlife crossings are next
Good Good Goodby Nirmal Ghosh·13d ago
- India has made progress in conserving its Bengal tigers, but now it must accommodate growing numbers as they disperse from protected habitats into human-dominated areas — even as poaching is on...
Rare footage of silver bear cub captured in national park livestream. Is it a pizzly bear?
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·14d ago
Every fall, people from around the world turn their attention to Katmai National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska for Fat Bear Week.
Solar just eclipsed all other electricity sources for the first time ever in Utah
Good Good Goodby Grist·14d ago
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The nation's first 'nature library' just opened. Bird watching kits and snowshoes are available for checkout
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·14d ago
If there was going to be a state in the contiguous United States that was home to a “nature library,” which developers joke is “part REI, part library,” it makes sense that it would be in Colorado.
The first-ever Fat Marmot Week is almost here. See the contenders
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·14d ago
Daniel Blumstein, a UCLA ecology and evolutionary biology professor, has been running the marmot research project at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado for 25 years — and he has...
Over 40 cats rescued from abandoned sailboat: 'It looked like a Studio Ghibli movie'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·14d ago
On August 6, the Tacoma Police Department’s Marine Services Unit responded to reports of an abandoned sailboat anchored off the shores of Tacoma, Washington. But the boat was far from empty.
Trail cameras capture rare photo of an elusive lynx in the Himalayas: 'First confirmed evidence'
Good Good Goodby Manish Chandra Mishra·15d ago
- A camera trap has recorded the Eurasian lynx at over 17,400 feet on Sikkim’s Tso Lhamo plateau, adding to limited evidence of the species in the Eastern Himalayas.
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