BHP wins award for 30 years of aftercare at Island Copper Mine
In British Columbia, the BC Technical Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR) has awarded its annual Reclamation Award …
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Wind turbines on Ross Island save 122,000 gallons of diesel
Three wind turbines on Antarctica's Ross Island have saved approximately 122,000 gallons of diesel consumption over 15 y…
Retired FBI agent saves 100-year-old apple trees from extinction
Since his retirement in 2012, former FBI agent Dave Benscoter from Washington has been searching for nearly extinct appl…
Sycamore Gap tree shows new shoots over a meter tall three years after felling
Three years after the illegal felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, new aerial ph…
New life, old routes and a hefty bear: this week's nature news
This week shows that nature is being given space to recover, grow and be celebrated in many places around the world. Fro…
Bear Backpack wins Fat Bear Week, Google celebrates with animation
Bear Backpack has won Fat Bear Week, the annual online tournament of Katmai National Park and Reserve in Alaska that has…
Blue-painted turtle Pickett regains her natural color
In Campbellsville, Kentucky, resident Venitia discovered an Eastern box turtle with a thick layer of bright blue paint o…
Orphaned rhino Chamboi grows up in Kenyan oasis
On September 6, 2023, rangers from Tsavo Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service found a newborn rhino calf alone in Tsavo West…
Solar train revives ancient Andes route in Argentina
In the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage valley in Argentina's Jujuy province, the Tren Solar de la Quebrad…
Snow leopard cub Sarka born at Bronx Zoo
A female snow leopard cub has been born at the Bronx Zoo in New York on May 31, as the daughter of parents Dariga and Mo…
Recovery in the wild: frogs, elephants and turtles get a second chance
Over the past few days, environmental news has shown one thing above all: animals are getting second chances, and people…
Red-legged frog returns to Yosemite after 50-year absence
About fifty years ago, the red-legged frog disappeared from Yosemite National Park, due in part to habitat loss, invasiv…
Baby elephant Korbessa rescued from well becomes queen of Kaluku
In Meru National Park in Kenya, rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service heard trumpeting elephants near an old well in t…
Olive ridley sea turtles nest for first time on US West Coast
For the first time, olive ridley sea turtles have been spotted nesting on the American West Coast. A female laid eggs at…
Sandilands golf course becomes wetland for rare seabirds
On the English coast, National Trust golf course Sandilands in Lincolnshire, purchased in 2020, has been transformed int…
Orphaned elephant Daba adopted by herd in Kenya
On September 30, 2025, rangers from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the Kenya Wildlife Service found an 8-month-old ele…
Bull elephant 'adopts' orphan calf Talek until rescue came
In June 2023, a seven-month-old orphaned elephant calf was spotted at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. When ra…
People and animals find each other: good news about nature conservation
This week highlights how often people and nature actually get along together rather than stand opposed to each other. Fr…
Tanzanian farmers return land to elephants
In the Kilombero Valley in Tanzania, 368 farmers have ceded land to provide elephants with safe passage between the Udzu…
Norway protects Andfjorden: whales and coral safe
Norway established a new marine protected area on September 18: the Andfjorden Marine Protected Area, covering approxima…
Paid photos turn Borneo hunters into orangutan protectors
On the Indonesian island of Borneo, in West Kalimantan province, residents of 9 villages can earn money by taking photos…
Asháninka community prevents forest fires in Peru
Forest fires have plagued Peru in recent years, with thousands of hectares of forest lost. Yet some indigenous communiti…
Cradle to Cradle: reuse everything instead of recycling
The Cradle to Cradle NGO, founded by Nora Griefahn and Tim Janßen in 2012, demonstrates how products and buildings can b…
A baby hippo, a cool park and tropical fruit: the environmental news of these days
These days, nature is showing us how animals, plants and people adapt to a changing world. From a vulnerable young anima…
Orphaned hippo Bumpy gets second chance at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
On May 2, 2026, the Kenya Wildlife Service received a report of an orphaned hippo in Naivasha, in the Great Rift Valley.…
Ellinikon Park becomes Europe's largest coastal park
On the grounds of Athens' former airport in the southern suburbs, The Ellinikon Park is rising: two million square meter…
Vietnam protects last habitat of Delacour's langur
Vietnam has established a specially protected nature reserve for the Delacour's langur, one of the world's most endanger…
French farmers grow papayas and bananas thanks to warming
In the Var department in southern France, near Toulon, farmers are capitalizing on the warming climate to cultivate trop…
Friendship between orphaned animals, a missing bird returns and green steps worldwide
These days show that caring for animals and nature leads somewhere, from the savanna to the city. There is a common thre…
Orphaned rhino Tytan and zebra Notty inseparable after losing their mothers
At the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, which has been caring for injured and orphaned animals in East Africa since …
Ghana cuckoo-shrike resurfaces in Ivory Coast after 13 years
Researchers Paulo Ditzel and Stephanie Bartlett of the International Bird Conservation Partnership (IBCP) have spotted t…
Trees, beavers and bales of waste: the environment scores small victories
Recent days show that good news about nature and the environment comes from everywhere, from Ethiopian fields to Canadia…
Yellowstone rangers rescue 280 hats from hot springs and donate them
Rangers at Yellowstone National Park have removed more than 20,100 pieces of trash, 5,000 stones and branches, and 280 v…
World record: largest beaver dam hidden in Wood Buffalo National Park
In Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park, an area as large as Switzerland, lies the world's largest beaver dam. The dam wa…
Ethiopians plant millions of trees via Green Legacy Initiative
Ethiopia lost around 560,000 hectares of forest between 2000 and 2025 to agriculture, logging and charcoal production. I…
Livestream captures wildlife at remote waterhole in Watarrka
At Australia's Watarrka National Park, a camouflaged camera livestreams a remote desert waterhole to the world. Position…
South Korea recycles 97 percent of all food waste
In Seoul, Seunghwan Hong tosses his food scraps into a smart waste bin: he taps his card, the bin weighs the waste and h…
Portuguese cork firm insulates spacecraft
Portuguese company Corticeira Amorim, which has existed for 150 years, processes cork oak into sustainable high-tech mat…
Teens break world record recycling 22,000 sports balls
A group of teenage environmental activists from California, united under the name Another Bounce and working with the or…
From printed harness to restored savanna: good news for animals and nature
Sometimes the difference between drowning and survival is a few hours, or someone with a 3D printer. The past few days s…
Sea turtle Cebu receives custom 3D-printed harness after boat collision
At the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, young green sea turtle Cebu is being cared for following a boat colli…
Fishermen rescue baby elephant from flooded Teesta River
On September 21, two fishermen spotted a trunk above the water of the swollen Teesta River in West Bengal, India. It tur…
Orphaned elephant Kipekee rescued after days alone in Kenya
On June 17, 2025, a four-week-old elephant calf was found among a farmer's livestock near the Maasai Mara National Reser…
Bicycles beat cars during rush hour on Leith Walk in Edinburgh
For the first time in history, there were more cyclists than cars on Leith Walk, one of Edinburgh's longest streets, bet…
Reefvive builds coral reef from oyster shells
Students from National Taiwan Normal University have developed Reefvive: an artificial reef made from ground oyster shel…
Araticum Initiative restores 4.4 million acres of Cerrado savanna in Brazil
The Araticum Initiative in Brazil has been recognized by the UN as one of the three most ambitious and impactful restora…
A wallaby emerges, two baby elephants find a new home
These days, good news comes from unexpected places: an animal that seemed to have vanished fifty years ago, and two youn…
Nabarlek wallaby spotted again in Australia after 50 years
Researchers from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy have confirmed the nabarlek on mainland Australia for the first tim…
Orphaned elephant calf Kaikai gets three rangers as 'parents'
On May 26, 2025, Mara North Conservancy found a newborn elephant calf next to her deceased mother. No other female eleph…
Young elephant Bungalu survived lion attack and found new family
The African elephant calf Bungalu survived a month alone after being attacked by a lion. In February 2026, Kenya Wildlif…
From sinkhole to mushroom barn: nature's recovery this week
These days show how people are giving animals and land a second chance, from the savanna in Kenya to a barn in Iowa. Tim…
Iowa pig farm now grows mushrooms
A pig farm in central Iowa that bred thousands of pigs for slaughter for decades has switched to growing specialty mushr…
Rangers free elephant from dangerous sinkhole in Kenya
On February 25, the Kenya Wildlife Service received reports of a bull elephant trapped shoulder-deep in a sinkhole near …
Orphaned elephant calf Wangalla rescued from zebra herd in Tsavo East
On November 4, 2025, the Kenya Wildlife Service received a report of a lone orphaned elephant in Tsavo East National Par…
Wild Przewalski horses born in Kazakhstan after 200 years
Two foals of the Przewalski horse have been born in Kazakhstan, the first wild horses on Kazakhstani soil in more than 2…
U.S. states help monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico
Eastern monarch butterflies fly more than 3,200 kilometers through the central United States to overwinter in Mexico. Se…
Recovery and growth: from injured fox to greener cities
These days show just how resilient nature can be, and how cities are lending a hand. From a fox learning to swim so it c…
Blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay make strong comeback
Conservationists are seeing good news in the Chesapeake Bay: Maryland DNR and the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences'…
Hit-and-run fox Chance recovers thanks to swimming lessons
A fox named Chance, who was hit by a car in Nottinghamshire last June and lost the use of his hind legs, is making a rec…
New York gives Park Avenue back its green park and bike lane
New York City has unveiled a new plan to restore Park Avenue to its original green character. Mayor Mamdani and the NYC …