This baby elephant fell into a well just a few days after she was born: 'Now she has her entire life ahead of her'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·8d ago
In southwestern Kenya, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust houses a menagerie of rescued giraffes, hippos, rhinos, and zebras.
This dog is trained to sniff out invasive 'sea vomit' and protect oyster reefs
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·8d ago
Labrador retrievers have seemingly endless energy, a massive capacity for obedience and training, and noses that can find just about any morsel of food in their vicinity.
Political media outlet The Bulwark raises over $400K for Haitians targeted by ICE
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·8d ago
Springfield, Ohio isn’t usually a must-visit place for most podcast tours. But for Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, Sam Stein, and Bill Kristol of The Bulwark, it was a non-negotiable.
A male elephant 'adopted' a calf and kept her alive long enough for rangers to rescue her
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·8d ago
In 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was formed in memory of conservationist David Sheldrick, founder and warden of Kenya’s largest protected wildlife sanctuary, Tsavo National Park.
Decades ago, this species vanished from Yosemite. Now, 10,000 of them are back
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·9d ago
About 50 years ago, red-legged frogs completely disappeared from Yosemite National Park. Native to the Sierra Nevada, conservationists believe the frogs were subject to a number of threats back in...
New California law targets expensive 'ghost tickets' to concerts and sporting events
Good Good Goodby Lynn La·9d ago
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are cracking down on expensive concert experiences by targeting “ghost tickets” — so called...
Herd of rescue elephants 'adopts' orphaned calf: 'He will never be alone again'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·9d ago
On September 30, 2025, rangers from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service were running a training exercise with their canine unit north of the Galana River when they found an...
This national park is home to the quietest spot in the continental US: 'Listen to a concert by the natural world'
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·9d ago
Gordon Hempton is an acoustic ecologist, someone who records sounds in the natural world — sometimes to be listened to on your streaming platform of choice, sometimes to help experts learn more...
Trail cameras catch 529 elephants using Tanzania's first protected wildlife corridor
Good Good Goodby Mongabay·9d ago
- African savanna elephants are using a narrow strip of land across the densely populated Kilombero Valley in southern Tanzania to migrate.
Days-old hippo 'Bumpy' rescued after losing his mom: 'He sleeps most soundly when cuddled'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·10d ago
On May 2, 2026, the Kenya Wildlife Service vet and capture team received reports of an orphaned hippo in Naivasha, which is situated squarely in the Great Rift Valley.
Wildlife researchers attempted to trap mice with peanut butter and burnt coconut. They discovered a new species instead
Good Good Goodby Malaka Rodrigo·10d ago
- Scientists have formally described Mus dumbara, a new species of spiny mouse from Sri Lanka’s Dumbara or Knuckles Mountain Range after years of waiting.
California to build wildlife crossing for mountain lions in Joshua Tree National Park. The first phase is now underway
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·10d ago
Investments in wildlife crossings continue to increase nationwide, and states continue to see success reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions through these projects.
Rooftop sprinklers could be the answer to cooling our warming cities
Good Good Goodby Nick Ruggia·10d ago
- Researchers have designed a model to simulate how widely distributed rooftop rainwater collection tanks combined with smart rooftop sprinkler systems could help moderate urban heat island...
Good News This Week: September 26, 2026 - Bricks, Elephants, & Tip Lines
Good Good Goodby Megan Burns·12d 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!
'Lost' bird reappears in West Africa's forests after more than a decade
Good Good Goodby Mongabay·12d ago
- In June, a team of researchers working in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park spotted a Ghana cuckooshrike, a bird that hadn’t been seen in 13 years.
A poacher's snare nearly cost this baby elephant her life: 'One of the most dramatic orphan rescues in recent history'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·12d ago
On January 4, rangers and wildlife caretakers at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust woke up to devastating news: Their coworker, Kirsty van Zeller — who had helped care for orphaned elephants for over a...
A baby rhino and baby zebra were rescued just one week apart: 'They've been inseparable ever since'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·13d ago
Since 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has led one of the biggest rescue and rehabilitation wildlife operations in East Africa.
After 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, this man found freedom. Now, he's helping others like him
Good Good Goodby Laura Guido·13d ago
Charles Fain says his three favorite letters in the alphabet are D-N-A. In 2001, Fain was exonerated and released from an Idaho prison after nearly 20 years on death row for a rape and murder he...
This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·13d ago
Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park is the largest in the country, home to species like wood bison, whooping cranes, and wolves. It spans an area the size of Switzerland.
After a local elephant was killed, Kenyan rangers launched a 3-week rescue mission to save her baby
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·14d ago
On July 5, 2023, the body of a female elephant was found in the Pardamat Conservation Area, a protected savannah in southwestern Kenya.
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