Park rangers risk everything to save a baby elephant trapped in a watering hole
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·20d ago
Since 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has been a pioneering conservation organization for wildlife and habitat protection in East Africa.
Exclusive: Portland coffee shop announces plans to build cafe in Gaza: 'It will feed people every day for free'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·20d ago
On October 27, 2025, the United States Department of Agriculture announced that 42 million Americans would lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
A new Toronto neighborhood will be home to Canada's longest car-free stretch: 'A linear park'
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·20d ago
Toronto’s new neighborhood, Ookwemin Minising, is turning traditional urban design on its head. With a goal to make space for more housing without sacrificing green space, planners of the new...
High-speed trains keep striking elephants across South Asia. New sensors will halt them in their tracks
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·20d ago
A deer can appear in the road before a driver has time to brake. For a high-speed train, the stakes are even higher: imagine an elephant stepping onto the tracks with only seconds to spare.
Freakishly small homes built to match what 25-year-olds can actually afford. Most are smaller than a standard closet
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·20d ago
Swedish housing developer Riksbyggen and creative agency BBDO Nordics have just built the country’s smallest houses.
First-of-its-kind shipping container housing village opens for homeless seniors. It's also entirely off-grid
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·21d ago
Although retiring to the warm climate of Phoenix, Arizona might sound like a dream, the state’s seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations experiencing homelessness.
Scientists discovered a cat with a 'scrunched-up face' in Bolivia. It’s a new species
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·21d ago
Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, a biologist and National Geographic Explorer, was doing field work in Bolivia in 2016 when she got a call from a local wildlife sanctuary.
These new 3D-printed homes are built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·21d ago
Four years ago, researchers at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled the world’s first fully bio-based 3D-printed house, the BioHome3D.
Baby elephants are getting 'jobs' as their own medical assistants
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·22d ago
On February 2, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute welcomed their newest addition: the first elephant calf born at the zoo in nearly 25 years.
More goats, sheep, and cattle are being used as wildfire prevention heroes: 'A tried-and-true strategy'
Good Good Goodby Briana Swette·22d ago
In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control.
Scientists build a 'tunnel of love' for rare hamster-sized marsupials
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·23d ago
The burramy, or mountain pygmy-possum, supports fragile Australian environments by dispersing seeds from mountain plum-pines across rocky alpine landscapes.
Indigenous 'turtle women' help save endangered freshwater turtles in the Amazon
Good Good Goodby Astrid Arellano·23d ago
On the banks of the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a group of Indigenous Siekopai women are combining traditional knowledge and modern technology to help a threatened native turtle...
The surprising way to get people to recycle more? Collect their garbage less often
Good Good Goodby Jonathan Wilansky·24d ago
Canada produces an enormous amount of waste. In 2020, total solid waste across the country hit nearly 40 million tons (or 36 million tonnes).
A Gen-Zer needed cheaper housing in Vermont. She found it by moving in with a 77-year-old
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·24d ago
Every weeknight at 7 p.m., 31-year-old Kayla Mazza sits down to watch “Jeopardy” with her roommate Honey Donegan. Donegan is 46 years Mazza’s senior, and they have lived together since 2023.
Scientists figured out a way to map the planet's melting permafrost in real time
Good Good Goodby Anna Liljedahl·24d ago
Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska’s.
Indigenous community trades shark-fishing for conservation in Colombia: 'From hunter to protector'
Good Good Goodby Euan Wallace·25d ago
- In the Colombian department of La Guajira, at South America’s northernmost tip, Indigenous Wayuu fishers from the community of Punta Gallinas are working with marine biologists to conserve and...
Good News This Week: September 12, 2026 - Turtles, Trees, & Exoskeletons
Good Good Goodby Megan Burns·26d ago
Every day the Good Good Good team collects the best good news in the world and shares it with our community. Here are the highlights for this week!
Kansas inmates raised over $4,000 for kids' school lunches. Congress couldn't
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·27d ago
Reaching Out from Within is a nonprofit that operates in correctional facilities across Kansas, North Carolina, and Missouri.
Farmers pivot to planting crops under solar panels: 'It's growing well for the first time'
Good Good Goodby Matt Simon·27d ago
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in the scorching desert thanks to the Nile River, which delivered...
In response to Trump admin, New Mexico bans uranium mining on 13 million acres of state land
Good Good Goodby Patrick Lohmann·28d ago
New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard on Friday signed an executive order that bans all new uranium mining projects on the more than 13 million acres of state trust lands...
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