Animals Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/animals/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:44:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Animals Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/animals/ 32 32 120051390 Zero Rhinos Poached in India’s Stronghold for the Second Year on Record https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-rhinos-poached-in-indias-stronghold-for-the-second-year-on-record/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-rhinos-poached-in-indias-stronghold-for-the-second-year-on-record/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:00:55 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227750 India’s rhino stronghold of Assam reported zero deaths due to poaching among its populations of greater one-horned rhinos in 2025. The success replicates that seen in 2023, another year in which poachers claimed no rhinos. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of the state of Assam, akin to a US governor, said it was “a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zero-rhinos-poached-in-indias-stronghold-for-the-second-year-on-record/feed/ 0 227750 The Wild and Wacky Animal Rescues of 2025 Made the RSPCA Staff True Heroes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-wild-and-wacky-animal-rescues-of-2025-made-the-rspca-staff-true-heroes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-wild-and-wacky-animal-rescues-of-2025-made-the-rspca-staff-true-heroes/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:00:58 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227679 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has shared their wackiest animal rescues from 2025, including a fox trapped in a chair and another one stuck inside the engine of an Amazon delivery van. The charity compiled the list with pictures showing hapless animals and pets trapped in bizarre places but they […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-wild-and-wacky-animal-rescues-of-2025-made-the-rspca-staff-true-heroes/feed/ 0 227679 Massive Whale Shocks Divers Watching a Fish-Feeding Frenzy: ‘Did That Just Happened to Us?’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/massive-whale-shocks-divers-watching-a-fish-feeding-frenzy-did-that-just-happened/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/massive-whale-shocks-divers-watching-a-fish-feeding-frenzy-did-that-just-happened/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:00:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227663 A free-diving instructor had a once-in-a-lifetime moment when a massive Bryde’s whale suddenly emerged during a feeding frenzy in Mexico’s Pacific waters. Emily Marzilli of Baja California Sur was diving near a giant sardine bait ball, which is a survival tactic for small fish against predators, when something extraordinary happened. Without warning, a massive whale […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/massive-whale-shocks-divers-watching-a-fish-feeding-frenzy-did-that-just-happened/feed/ 0 227663 Rescue Dog Leading 19 Buddhist Monks on 2,300 Mile Peace Walk Across the US https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescue-dog-leading-19-buddhist-monks-on-2300-mile-peace-walk-across-the-us/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescue-dog-leading-19-buddhist-monks-on-2300-mile-peace-walk-across-the-us/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:00:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227438 An abandoned dog has joined a mission of peace across the world and, despite some mishaps, has stayed with it every paw of the way. During their opening 112-day peace walk in India, a group of Buddhist monks found an abandoned dog—or perhaps the dog found them. The canine, believed to be an Indian Pariah […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescue-dog-leading-19-buddhist-monks-on-2300-mile-peace-walk-across-the-us/feed/ 0 227438 2025 Was ‘Year of the Octopus’ Says UK Wildlife Trust, Amid Record Cephalopod Sightings https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2025-was-year-of-the-octopus-says-uk-wildlife-trust-amid-record-cephalopod-sightings/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2025-was-year-of-the-octopus-says-uk-wildlife-trust-amid-record-cephalopod-sightings/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:30:33 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227605 It was 75 years ago the last time there were as many octopus in British waters as there are now, with the UK’s Wildlife Trusts declaring that 2025 was the ‘Year of the Octopus.’ These eight-legged spineless creatures, one of the most fascinating to inhabit our planet, have been seen in record numbers by divers, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2025-was-year-of-the-octopus-says-uk-wildlife-trust-amid-record-cephalopod-sightings/feed/ 0 227605 Young Atlantic Salmon Seen in Three English Rivers for First Time in a Decade https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-atlantic-salmon-seen-in-three-english-rivers-for-first-time-in-a-decade/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-atlantic-salmon-seen-in-three-english-rivers-for-first-time-in-a-decade/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:20 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227538 Considered critically endangered in Britain, young salmon must nevertheless be finding their way safely back to the island from the Arctic Ocean, as they’ve been found spawning in three different rivers. In the Mersey, Goyt, and Bollin, the fish have been recorded where they’d once been absent, a development described as a “significant environmental turnaround.” […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/young-atlantic-salmon-seen-in-three-english-rivers-for-first-time-in-a-decade/feed/ 0 227538 Missing for 200 Years, the Galapagos Rail Reappears Following Floreana Island Restoration https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-200-years-the-galapagos-rail-reappears-following-floreana-island-restoration/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-200-years-the-galapagos-rail-reappears-following-floreana-island-restoration/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:00:01 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227503 Centuries after they were made famous by Charles Darwin, and a century after they had become plagued by invasive rats and cats, the Galapagos Islands are well on their way to recovery. Few events could better capture that recovery than the recent reappearance of the beautiful blue Galapagos rail, a bird which hadn’t been seen […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/missing-for-200-years-the-galapagos-rail-reappears-following-floreana-island-restoration/feed/ 0 227503 Britain’s Loneliest Sheep is Now Pregnant with Twins Two Years After Cliffside Rescue https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/britains-loneliest-sheep-is-now-pregnant-with-twins-two-years-after-cliffside-rescue/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/britains-loneliest-sheep-is-now-pregnant-with-twins-two-years-after-cliffside-rescue/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:30:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227481 Having been called “Britain’s Loneliest Sheep,” and later the “World’s Most Famous Sheep,” Fiona is now pregnant with twins 2 years after her harrowing rescue. GNN reported in 2023 that rural Scotsmen were planning a daring, cliffside extraction of a sheep that had been seen stranded on an isolated beach two years earlier by a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/britains-loneliest-sheep-is-now-pregnant-with-twins-two-years-after-cliffside-rescue/feed/ 0 227481 Trail Cam Spotted a Rare Fisher Not Seen in the Cleveland Area Since the 1800s https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trail-cam-spotted-a-rare-fisher-not-seen-in-the-cleveland-area-since-the-1800s/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trail-cam-spotted-a-rare-fisher-not-seen-in-the-cleveland-area-since-the-1800s/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227469 A slender North American predator not seen in parts of Ohio for 200 years has started returning to its former habitat. The fisher was extirpated from the state in the 19th century due to fur trapping. Back in 2013, it was spotted again for the first time in northern Ashtabula County, and since then they […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trail-cam-spotted-a-rare-fisher-not-seen-in-the-cleveland-area-since-the-1800s/feed/ 0 227469 Flat-Headed Cats Seen in Thailand for the First Time in 30 Years, Having Been Thought Extinct https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flat-headed-cats-seen-in-thailand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-having-been-though-extinct/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flat-headed-cats-seen-in-thailand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-having-been-though-extinct/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227425 An endangered small wild cat native to Thailand’s wetlands has been sighted for the first time in 30 years, the country’s wildlife authorities have said. The flat-headed cat has long been feared extinct in the tropical kingdom, where it inhabits peatlands, mangrove forests, and marshes that are difficult to access. The last confirmed sighting was […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flat-headed-cats-seen-in-thailand-for-the-first-time-in-30-years-having-been-though-extinct/feed/ 0 227425 Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-seal-pup-rescued-after-being-netted-by-fisherman-20-miles-away/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-seal-pup-rescued-after-being-netted-by-fisherman-20-miles-away/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:22:01 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227396 A surprised fisherman hooked an unlikely catch the day after Christmas when he netted a lost seal 20 miles up river from the coast. The angler was in a row boat on the River Bure in Norfolk when the grey seal went after his day’s catch of fish. The hungry seal looked up at the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-seal-pup-rescued-after-being-netted-by-fisherman-20-miles-away/feed/ 0 227396 Veteran Inspired Drone Company Finds Lost Dog in Frigid Cold in Just 41 Minutes–Leading to ‘Cinematic’ Reunion https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veteran-inspired-drone-company-finds-lost-dog-in-frigid-cold-in-just-41-minutes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veteran-inspired-drone-company-finds-lost-dog-in-frigid-cold-in-just-41-minutes/#respond Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227316 More than twenty-four hours had already passed with frigid temperatures outside. Gina Manfredi’s five-month old puppy was lost. The American Bully mix named Shade was headed out for a walk with Gina when a sound startled the pooch and he took off into the cold New Jersey night. Neighbors went looking for Shade but no […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veteran-inspired-drone-company-finds-lost-dog-in-frigid-cold-in-just-41-minutes/feed/ 0 227316 Thought Extinct, Snail Scientists Embark on Largest Snail Breeding and Reintroduction Effort in History https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/#respond Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:00:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227278 A group of Australian biologists have discovered that a giant snail species considered extinct hasn’t gone the way of the dodo. They undertook one of the largest captive snail breeding and reintroduction efforts in Australian, and perhaps world history. Campbell’s keeled glass snail was listed as Extinct by the IUCN in 1996 after several surveys […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thought-extinct-snail-scientists-embark-on-largest-snail-breeding-and-reintroduction-effort-in-history/feed/ 0 227278 New Species Being Discovered Faster Than Ever – At a Rate of Over 16,000 a Year https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-species-being-discovered-faster-than-ever-at-a-rate-of-over-16000-a-year/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-species-being-discovered-faster-than-ever-at-a-rate-of-over-16000-a-year/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:58:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227241 New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever, suggests a new study—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of slowing. Scientists are predicting that the biodiversity among some groups, such as plants, fungi, arachnids, fish, and amphibians, is richer than previously believed. Around 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-species-being-discovered-faster-than-ever-at-a-rate-of-over-16000-a-year/feed/ 0 227241 Endangered Chick Appears in ‘Christmas Miracle’ Hatching to Parents Thought Infertile https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-chick-appears-in-christmas-miracle-hatching-to-parents-thought-infertile/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-chick-appears-in-christmas-miracle-hatching-to-parents-thought-infertile/#respond Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227219 Described by park officials as a Christmas miracle, a breeding pair of endangered takahē birds in New Zealand were found to be rearing a chick, having previously been thought of as infertile. With around 500 of these flightless birds left in the country, every chick counts. The miracle happened in Zealandia, a fenced-in ecosanctuary 10 […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-chick-appears-in-christmas-miracle-hatching-to-parents-thought-infertile/feed/ 0 227219 Oklahoma Man’s Cat Returns Home After 5 Months Lost in Northern Canada Thanks to Kind Strangers https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oklahoma-mans-cat-returns-home-after-5-months-lost-in-northern-canada-thanks-to-kind-strangers/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oklahoma-mans-cat-returns-home-after-5-months-lost-in-northern-canada-thanks-to-kind-strangers/#respond Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227208 Was it bad luck to name a black cat Shadow? The family cat, owned by Jeremy Barton, his wife, and their two sons, went missing while Barton was heading home from the far north of British Columbia, vanishing into the forest just like his namesake. In a provincial park called Liard River Hot Springs, Shadow […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oklahoma-mans-cat-returns-home-after-5-months-lost-in-northern-canada-thanks-to-kind-strangers/feed/ 0 227208 Endangered Iguanas Make a Romantic Getaway Out of Protected Caribbean Island–Populations Explode https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-iguanas-make-a-romantic-getaway-out-of-protected-caribbean-island-populations-explode/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-iguanas-make-a-romantic-getaway-out-of-protected-caribbean-island-populations-explode/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227158 The small and uninhabited islet of Prickly Pear East is not what you might describe as a romantic holiday destination, but for the Lesser Antillean iguana, it has proved to be just that. Thanks to an ambitious program of cross-Caribbean matchmaking, a new population has been successfully established on the island, with numbers now rapidly […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-iguanas-make-a-romantic-getaway-out-of-protected-caribbean-island-populations-explode/feed/ 0 227158 Aging Mother-and-Son Jaguars Arrive at Special ‘Retirement’ Home for Big Cats to Live Out Their Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aging-mother-and-son-jaguars-arrive-at-special-retirement-home-for-big-cats/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aging-mother-and-son-jaguars-arrive-at-special-retirement-home-for-big-cats/#respond Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:49:30 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227029 A very old jaguar and her senior son are being welcomed to a specially-made retirement home in a UK zoo. Wild jaguars typically live for around 12 years, but Bonita is already 16 and her son Remi is 11, having already survived cancer. The two have lived side-by-side in a safari park since Remi’s birth […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aging-mother-and-son-jaguars-arrive-at-special-retirement-home-for-big-cats/feed/ 0 227029 Lost Dog Found Chained to Pole 2,000 Miles Away Reunited with Family in Time for Christmas https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-dog-found-chained-to-pole-2000-miles-away-reunited-with-family-in-time-for-christmas/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-dog-found-chained-to-pole-2000-miles-away-reunited-with-family-in-time-for-christmas/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226998 A sweet little lost pooch has come home in time for Christmas—to a bigger family than the one he left. That’s because little Choco was gone for 5 years. But his hominid mama Patricia never gave up hope of finding him again. It was 2022 when Choco disappeared from his Antelope, California home, and though […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-dog-found-chained-to-pole-2000-miles-away-reunited-with-family-in-time-for-christmas/feed/ 0 226998 Polar Bear Adopts a Cub That Isn’t her Own – Extraordinary Behavior Caught on Camera https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bear-adopts-a-cub-that-isnt-her-own-extraordinary-behavior-caught-on-camera/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bear-adopts-a-cub-that-isnt-her-own-extraordinary-behavior-caught-on-camera/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:30:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226957 A wild female polar bear was recently filmed with a cub that’s not her own: a notably rare behavior that’s been determined to be an adoption. It was filmed during the annual polar bear migration along Canada’s Western Hudson Bay in Manitoba. There’s a reason why “red in tooth and claw” has been used to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bear-adopts-a-cub-that-isnt-her-own-extraordinary-behavior-caught-on-camera/feed/ 0 226957 Ambitious Rewilding Project for Koala and Platypus Undertaken by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226947 An Australian zoo credited with saving 7 native species from extinction aims to continue its vital work by rewilding a 3,050-acre tract of farmland. The aim of planting a Box-Gum tree fores across the cleared land that would act as a corridor to help connect existing wildlife habitats. The Taronga Zoo Conservation Society (TZCS) then […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambitious-rewilding-project-for-koala-and-platypus-undertaken-by-sydneys-taronga-zoo/feed/ 0 226947 ‘Trashed Panda’ Story Raises $180,000 for Animal Shelter That Discovered it Drunk in the Bathroom https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trashed-panda-story-raises-180000-for-animal-shelter-that-discovered-it-drunk-in-the-bathroom/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trashed-panda-story-raises-180000-for-animal-shelter-that-discovered-it-drunk-in-the-bathroom/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:00:58 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226922 In early December, US social media airwaves got drunk off the hilarity of a Virginia raccoon that was discovered unconscious in a bathroom after breaking into a Richmond liquor store on what can only be described as a class A bender. Hanover County Animal Protection revealed the story on Facebook after one of their officers […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/trashed-panda-story-raises-180000-for-animal-shelter-that-discovered-it-drunk-in-the-bathroom/feed/ 1 226922 Footage of River Otter Scurrying Through Lincoln–a Delightful Reward for Decades of Conservation Work https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/footage-of-river-otter-scurrying-through-lincoln-a-delightful-reward-for-decades-of-conservation-work/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/footage-of-river-otter-scurrying-through-lincoln-a-delightful-reward-for-decades-of-conservation-work/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:30:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226888 In the dreamy old city center of Lincoln, where Tudor and Victorian buildings stand bedecked in Christmas gaiety, CCTV footage revealed a wild sight one evening in November. A red fox and a river otter were galivanting through the town—as near to a scene in a children’s books or a Disney film as could be […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/footage-of-river-otter-scurrying-through-lincoln-a-delightful-reward-for-decades-of-conservation-work/feed/ 0 226888 30,000 Animals Rescued from Illegal Captivity in the Largest Wildlife Trafficking Raid in History https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/30000-animals-rescued-from-illegal-captivity-in-the-largest-wildlife-trafficking-raid-in-history/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/30000-animals-rescued-from-illegal-captivity-in-the-largest-wildlife-trafficking-raid-in-history/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:28 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226841 INTERPOL recently executed the largest-ever edition of its annual series of coordinated of raids to dismantle criminal shipments and networks of trafficked and poached wildlife. Called Operation Thunder, some 30,000 live animals were seized in 4,620 raids across 134 countries, 30% more than last year. INTERPOL identified 1,100 suspects and issued 69 notices of criminal […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/30000-animals-rescued-from-illegal-captivity-in-the-largest-wildlife-trafficking-raid-in-history/feed/ 0 226841 2 Bears Figure out How to Make a ‘See-Saw’ in Playful Moment Caught on Video (WATCH) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2-bears-figure-out-how-to-make-a-see-saw-in-playful-moment-caught-on-video-watch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2-bears-figure-out-how-to-make-a-see-saw-in-playful-moment-caught-on-video-watch/#respond Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:42:27 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226794 The Queens Zoo released a short, heart-warming video this week featuring two young Andean bears having fun with a tree branch. The video captured by a guest at the zoo shows the moment the bears found a limb and discovered how to turn it into a playful see-saw. The pair includes Coya a female bear […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/2-bears-figure-out-how-to-make-a-see-saw-in-playful-moment-caught-on-video-watch/feed/ 0 226794 ‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:30:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226648 Even as the final scimitar-horned oryx was felled for meat and leather on the Saharan dunes, a network of zoos, hunting reserves, and even a royal menagerie, guaranteed they would live on in captivity. Now, 9 years after these graceful antelope were first introduced back into the lands they once roamed, they have become one […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/feed/ 0 226648 Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-whale-that-turned-up-in-ireland-shocking-scientists-migrates-to-us-stunning-more/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-whale-that-turned-up-in-ireland-shocking-scientists-migrates-to-us-stunning-more/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226605 “But where else would one expect to find a right whale with Irish connections if not off Boston?” They were the words of Padraig Whooley with the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, spoken in reference to a never-before-seen migratory pattern in the Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whale, as he noticed how it mirrored in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-whale-that-turned-up-in-ireland-shocking-scientists-migrates-to-us-stunning-more/feed/ 0 226605 Scientists Document Over 16,000 Footprints in the World’s Most Extensive Dinosaur Tracksite https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226596 In Bolivia, the largest number of dinosaur footprints ever recorded in a single spot is yielding fascinating insight on how these prehistoric animals moved in a way that bones just can’t. 16,600 footprints, forming dozens of “trackways,” have been so far documented on what would have been the muddy floor of a waterway along what […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/feed/ 0 226596 Nearly 3x More Encounters With Endangered Sumatran Tigers in Camera Trap Photos Than in Past Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-camera-trap-survey-sees-nearly-3x-more-images-of-endangered-sumatran-tigers-than-years-prior/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-camera-trap-survey-sees-nearly-3x-more-images-of-endangered-sumatran-tigers-than-years-prior/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:58:51 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226569 Tigers don’t roam across Asia as they used to, but on one island in Indonesia a population of Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers may have found a habitat that supplies them with enough space, intact forests, and prey to thrive and raise their young. To examine tiger population densities, researchers working alongside local rangers installed infrared […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-camera-trap-survey-sees-nearly-3x-more-images-of-endangered-sumatran-tigers-than-years-prior/feed/ 0 226569 New Underwater Tool Lets Ecologists ID Fish From Their Sounds–46 Species So Far (LISTEN to 5 of Them) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226481 Underwater coral reefs are filled with thumps, pops, and snaps from shrimp and fish, and ecologists often use underwater microphones to monitor the health of marine environments. But until now, ecologists have largely been unable to interpret these sounds because reefs are crowded with hundreds of different species—very few of which have had sounds accurately […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/feed/ 0 226481 Tiny Disabled Puppy Found in Dumpster Gets New Home in Time for Christmas https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-disabled-puppy-found-in-dumpster-gets-new-home-in-time-for-christmas/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-disabled-puppy-found-in-dumpster-gets-new-home-in-time-for-christmas/#respond Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:00:05 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226410 An adorable disabled pup that was left in a dumpster has been rehomed in time for Christmas after being rescued and nursed back to health. After being discovered abandoned in South Oxfordshire, England, the tiny six-week-old, which is deaf and half-blind, was rushed to a veterinarian. The terrier named Dennis weighed just 1.75 kg (under […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-disabled-puppy-found-in-dumpster-gets-new-home-in-time-for-christmas/feed/ 0 226410 Having a Pet Dog Boosts Teenage Mental Health by ‘Changing Microbes in Their Bodies’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/having-a-pet-dog-boosts-teenage-mental-health-by-changing-microbes-in-their-bodies/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/having-a-pet-dog-boosts-teenage-mental-health-by-changing-microbes-in-their-bodies/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:00:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226396 Family dogs boost kids’ mental health by changing microbes that live in their bodies, according to a new study. Researchers found that the pets prompt changes in the human microbiome, the collection of all microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi and viruses, that inhabit the human body. Hundreds of studies have shown directly and circumstantially that this […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/having-a-pet-dog-boosts-teenage-mental-health-by-changing-microbes-in-their-bodies/feed/ 0 226396 100 Years After Vultures Disappeared from These Mts, Their Return Completes ‘Europe’s Yellowstone’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-years-after-vultures-disappeared-from-these-mts-their-return-completes-europes-yellowstone/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-years-after-vultures-disappeared-from-these-mts-their-return-completes-europes-yellowstone/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:52:56 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226370 Young griffon vultures are set to be reintroduced to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, around 100 years after they went extinct there. The reintroduction is part of a grand vision for “Europe’s Yellowstone,” a national park based in the Carpathians that would boast robust populations of wildlife unrivalled by any ecosystem on the continent. It […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-years-after-vultures-disappeared-from-these-mts-their-return-completes-europes-yellowstone/feed/ 0 226370 Wildlife Poachers to Be Targeted Using State of the Art AI Listening Technology https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wildlife-poachers-to-be-targeted-using-state-of-the-art-ai-listening-technology/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wildlife-poachers-to-be-targeted-using-state-of-the-art-ai-listening-technology/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:30:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226322 Wildlife poachers can now be located and arrested across the central African forests thanks to state-of-the-art AI listening technology. A network of microphones has been deployed across the rainforests to detect gunshots from illegal poaching of elephants and other animals, and American scientists are using AI to ensure the network can distinguish gunshots over the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wildlife-poachers-to-be-targeted-using-state-of-the-art-ai-listening-technology/feed/ 2 226322 A Pile of Puppies Treatment Cheers Up Seriously Ill Kids with Bundles of Cozy Joy https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-pile-of-puppies-treatment-cheers-up-seriously-ill-kids-with-bundles-of-cozy-joy/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-pile-of-puppies-treatment-cheers-up-seriously-ill-kids-with-bundles-of-cozy-joy/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226279 Even if cancer can survive chemotherapy, it’s no match, at least for a moment, for the smile that shines from underneath a pile of puppies. Pile of Puppies is a Portland-based nonprofit that brings large litters of puppies to the homes of chronically or terminally-ill children. It was founded by Jennifer Trepanier, a woman who […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-pile-of-puppies-treatment-cheers-up-seriously-ill-kids-with-bundles-of-cozy-joy/feed/ 0 226279 Sanctuary Offers to Care for Pet Pig Adopted by Deceased Wife Until Man Recovers From Homelessness https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sanctuary-takes-in-homeless-mans-pet-pig-adopted-by-deceased-wife-until-he-recovers/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sanctuary-takes-in-homeless-mans-pet-pig-adopted-by-deceased-wife-until-he-recovers/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226123 A Portland man found himself homeless at 44 years of age, along with his dog and a 250-lbs. pet pig. But the fire department’s special homeless assistance team got the man and arranged for a trip home to his family in Chicago, and for the Roscoe the pig, a spot in the state’s largest farm […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sanctuary-takes-in-homeless-mans-pet-pig-adopted-by-deceased-wife-until-he-recovers/feed/ 0 226123 46,000 Knitted Mice Donated to Rescue Cats Setting Guinness World Record for Crafting Community https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/46000-knitted-mice-donated-to-rescue-cats-sets-guinness-record/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/46000-knitted-mice-donated-to-rescue-cats-sets-guinness-record/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:39:50 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226148 The readers of Woman’s Weekly magazine have a long tradition of coming together through knitting and crocheting—always to provide comfort and joy for others. This year’s crafty compassion project was their biggest ever, officially breaking a Guinness World Record. Earlier this year, the magazine invited readers to create woolen mice for rescue cats living in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/46000-knitted-mice-donated-to-rescue-cats-sets-guinness-record/feed/ 0 226148 Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-he-rescued-jumps-into-his-boat-every-time-she-sees-him-after-he-returned-her-to-the-wild/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-he-rescued-jumps-into-his-boat-every-time-she-sees-him-after-he-returned-her-to-the-wild/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:07:55 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225725 A wild animal is acting like she’s his ‘significant otter,’ after he saved her life, and returned her back to her lake habitat. Their relationship began when Mats Janzon was on a walk in the woods near his home in Sweden. He heard a soft peeping sound and carefully moved closer to investigate. He soon […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-he-rescued-jumps-into-his-boat-every-time-she-sees-him-after-he-returned-her-to-the-wild/feed/ 0 225725 AI-Guided Robot Plants ‘Baby Corals’ Across the Great Barrier Reef https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:30:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226101 At the Australian Institute of Marine Science, artificial intelligence is being leveraged to help restore coral reefs after recent bleaching events. Following the autumn spawning season on the Great Barrier Reef, AIMS scientists are looking to give the corals a helping hand by dropping coral larvae down onto degraded reef segments. But in an effort […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/feed/ 0 226101 Couple Converts Their Home into ‘Hedgehog Haven’ to Rehabilitate Over 500 Spiky Critters https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-converts-their-home-into-hedgehog-haven-to-rehabilitate-over-500-spiky-critters/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-converts-their-home-into-hedgehog-haven-to-rehabilitate-over-500-spiky-critters/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:30:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226092 From Scotland comes the story of a couple who have dedicated their hearts and homes to an often helpless critter. Andy and Sharon Longhurst have helped heal and rehabilitate over 500 European hedgehogs over nearly 3 years, and though they aren’t veterinarians, they can’t help but help when someone brings them a hedgehog. Called the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-converts-their-home-into-hedgehog-haven-to-rehabilitate-over-500-spiky-critters/feed/ 0 226092 Scorpion Venom May Provide the Next Breast Cancer Breakthrough https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:30:42 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226056 Scientists in Brazil are currently testing to see if the venom of an Amazonian scorpion could be used to poison breast cancer tumors. Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Preto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCFRP-USP) have long worked to clone and express proteins from rattlesnake and scorpion venom with hopes of transforming these powerful […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/feed/ 0 226056 Tribe Releases Native Elk Back onto 17,000 Sacred Sierra Nevada Acres https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/calif-tribe-celebrates-land-return-by-releasing-native-elk-back-onto-17000-sierra-nevada-acres/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/calif-tribe-celebrates-land-return-by-releasing-native-elk-back-onto-17000-sierra-nevada-acres/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:35 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226001 A California Indian nation celebrated the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral lands by releasing several of the region’s native Tule elk to roam the hills again for the first time in decades. The Tule River Indian Tribe elders and community members gathered around the large steel transport containers and watched the animals scurry off […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/birds-start-to-show-signs-of-recovery-after-bee-harming-pesticide-ban-in-the-eu/feed/ 0 225952 These Rare Whales Had Never Been Seen Alive, Then Scientists Saw Two Near California https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-rare-whales-had-never-been-seen-alive-then-scientists-saw-two-near-california/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-rare-whales-had-never-been-seen-alive-then-scientists-saw-two-near-california/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:01 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225935 A lifelong whale researcher recently encountered a living pair of gingko-toothed beaked whales for the first time ever in the wild. The encounter advances the science of beaked whales enormously, for in addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song that can now […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-rare-whales-had-never-been-seen-alive-then-scientists-saw-two-near-california/feed/ 0 225935 Stray Pooch Just Won 2025 Hero Dog Award for Soothing Families After School Shooting https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stray-mutt-just-won-2025-hero-dog-award-for-soothing-families-after-school-shooting/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stray-mutt-just-won-2025-hero-dog-award-for-soothing-families-after-school-shooting/#respond Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:00:21 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225865 A stray mutt that turned into a service dog soothing kids after a school shooting has just been crowned the 2025 Hero Dog Award by the American Humane Society—and now he’s winning hearts nationwide as a symbol of comfort and courage. Sgt. Bo, the mixed breed from Nashville, Tennessee, may have started as a stray, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stray-mutt-just-won-2025-hero-dog-award-for-soothing-families-after-school-shooting/feed/ 0 225865 Seal Flops onto Photographer’s Boat to Escape Hunting Orca Pod–She Captured it All on Camera https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seal-flops-onto-photographers-boat-to-escape-hunting-orca-pod-she-captured-it-all-on-camera/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seal-flops-onto-photographers-boat-to-escape-hunting-orca-pod-she-captured-it-all-on-camera/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:00:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225712 An experienced wildlife photographer with a penchant for marine mammals like whales recently bore witness to a lone seal miraculously surviving a hunt by 8 killer whales. Far more than just bearing witness, it was more or less the photographer’s presence that allowed for it to happen, as the seal escaped the jaws of the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-sea-otter-named-caterpillar-rescued-off-central-california-coast/feed/ 0 225635 Western South Africa Sees Leopards Returning to Ancestral Habitat After 170 Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/western-south-africa-sees-leopards-returning-to-ancestral-habitat-after-170-years/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/western-south-africa-sees-leopards-returning-to-ancestral-habitat-after-170-years/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:30:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225630 For an astonishing 170 years, there hasn’t been a leopard sighting on the western coast of South Africa. That recently changed when South Africa National Parks (SANparks) published a camera trap photograph of a leopard in West Coast NP, showing how the elusive predator has recolonized an area where it has long been absent. Conservationists […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/western-south-africa-sees-leopards-returning-to-ancestral-habitat-after-170-years/feed/ 0 225630 Dog ‘Remarkably Unscathed’ After Plunging 100ft Down Cliff Face After a Team Rescue https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-remarkably-unscathed-after-plunging-100ft-down-cliff-face-after-a-team-rescue/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-remarkably-unscathed-after-plunging-100ft-down-cliff-face-after-a-team-rescue/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2025 23:33:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225559 A pet dog was left “remarkably unscathed” after plunging 100ft down a rocky cliff face in Scotland. The two-year-old Collie named Whisp fell down the cliffs of the Northmavine peninsula in Shetland on Thursday morning. Unfortunately, Whisp landed half way down the rocky ledge so that his owner was unable to reach him safely. At […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dog-remarkably-unscathed-after-plunging-100ft-down-cliff-face-after-a-team-rescue/feed/ 0 225559 Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:24:30 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225470 A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of visual cues. In Morse code, a short duration flash or “dot” denotes a letter “E” and a long duration flash— or “dash”—means letter “T”. Until now, the ability to discriminate between “dot” and “dash” has been seen only […]

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