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Good EarthFive Endangered Secretarybird Chicks Hatch in Major Conservation FirstGood News Network · 3 min readEngland’s Chester Zoo reported last week they successfully bred the stunning secretarybird for the first time in its 95-year history—producing five chicks. The endangered African birds are part of an international conservation breeding program—and the latest success was described by the Zoo as “a landmark breeding breakthrough that we hope will help secure the futureGood EarthTribe Just a Signature Away from Recovering 1,100 Ancestral Acres Along Undammed Elwha RiverGood News Network · 3 min read20 years after a Washington state dam was slated for demolition, 1,100 acres of ecosystem along the Lower Elwha River is recovering, having lain muddy and dormant under the dam’s engorged reservoir for more than a century. And now, 171 years after the land left their hands, and 114 years after it was flooded, theCreative JoySuzanne Jongmans Recycles Everyday Materials for Elegant Renaissance-Style PortraitsColossal · 3 min readJongmans' works look to the past but are exquisitely contemporary, prompting us to consider the meaning of value. From materials we normally discard like padded packaging or the mesh sleeves that protect fruit from bruising, Suzanne Jongmans summons elegant and dreamlike Renaissance portraits .Community WinsOne Teacher’s Idea for Daily Positivity Practice Sweeps Through His Elementary SchoolGood News Network · 3 min readA Kansas Elementary School teacher is earning the praise of his community for sending children home full of positive affirmations. ” The cherubic chorus of voices coming out of Tyler Richards’ first-grade classroom seems nice—quaint, even. Yet the simplicity belies the change this daily practice has brought toCreative JoyThe Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Showcase Nature’s Power and VulnerabilityColossal · 3 min read"This year's winning photographs demonstrate the extraordinary power of wildlife photography to help us see nature differently," says Dr. Doug Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum. Federico Veronesi received the top honor of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his poignant black-and-white image of a female elephant carrying her deceased calf.Creative JoyWelcome to the ‘Uncanny Valley,’ the Haas Brothers’ Fantastic and Cheeky UniverseColossal · 3 min readNow on view in Austin, the Haas Brothers' mid-career retrospective plunges visitors into their fantasy world. The imaginative, strange childhood dreams of twins Nikolai and Simon Haas materialize in a large-scale exhibition at Blanton Museum of Art .Creative JoyAmok Island’s Geometric Murals Teem with Vibrant Local Flora and FaunaColossal · 3 min readThe Fremantle-based artist shines a light on the continued importance of conservation. This year, an international team of scientists announced the discovery of a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, and research initiatives like Ocean Census continue to document hundreds of new marine species annually.Creative JoyDark Emotions Evoke Growth in Alejandro Aguliar Canela’s Graphite DrawingsColossal · 3 min read"It’s more about not discarding what might be considered unwanted, but instead finding some use for it," says the artist. Alejandro Aguilar Canela finds profound value in what may be seen as some of our bleakest emotions.Creative JoyGlowing Paintings by Francesco Pirazzi Meditate on the Enigmas of AbsenceColossal · 3 min read“For me, paintings represent an attempt (sometimes more successful, sometimes less so) to grasp a ‘something’ that for some reason deeply moves me, agitates me,” says Turin-based artist Francesco Pirazzi . In atmospheric, dreamlike paintings, deceptively simple architecture, trees, walkways, and other features of the landscape glow amid uncanny lighting.Community WinsThe Library Is Closed. Feel Free to Come In.Reasons to be Cheerful · 3 min readThis story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. com. For Michael Sayen, visiting the local library after hours is a great way to get work done, or seek respite from the weather, regardless of what day it is. “We just had Labor.Science and HealthNASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight ResearchNASA News · 3 min readMany of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the sky. For decades, experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted flight tests — piloting aircraft into targeted environments such as icing clouds and carefully defined atmospheric routes. This approach allowed them to collect measurements directly in flight, providing critical dataGood EarthFirst Puffin Chick in 30 Years Spotted Emerging From Cliffs Along England’s South CoastGood News Network · 3 min readConservationists were holding their breaths this Spring as the last remaining colony of puffins was in danger of being lost altogether, but relief turned to joy as, not only did the adult puffins return, a baby was born. For the first time in 30 years, a newborn bird—called a PUFFLING—was spotted emerging from its cliffsideScience and HealthNew Treatment Shows Remarkable Motor Improvements in Boys With Muscular Dystrophy—in Just 12 WeeksGood News Network · 3 min readScientists studying one of the world’s most serious inherited muscle diseases have found encouraging evidence that treating children much earlier—potentially before obvious symptoms develop—could make a significant difference. Researchers at Binghamton University in New York are studying the drug Vamorolone in very young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive genetic disorder that causesGood EarthLeo DiCaprio Launches $200M Project to Bring 100 Most Threatened Species Back From the BrinkGood News Network · 3 min readIn 2021, Leonardo DiCaprio, the Bezos Earth Fund, and nine other conservation philanthropies launched the Protecting Our Planet Challenge, focused on protecting at least 30% of the most important land, freshwater, and marine area on the planet. In the years since, the Hollywood actor/director continued discussions about an even more ambitious challenge to protect theScience and HealthRobotic elephant-trunk gripper uses internal camera for a sense of touchNew Atlas · 3 min readEvolution has already found solutions to lots of problems, so engineers more often borrow ideas from nature instead of reinventing the wheel. We’ve previously seen robots that can curl up like armadillos to protect themselves, and now researchers have developed yet another soft robotic gripper that mimics the tip of an elephant’s trunk. It’s called EleTac and, according to its creators, can actually “feel” the objects it touches.Good EarthRoman ‘Genius’ Spirit Statue Buried 1,600 Years Ago Found by Hadrian’s WallGood News Network · 3 min readA perfectly preserved Roman statue which was deliberately buried 1,600 years ago has been unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall. 5 ft-high figure carved from sandstone is a ‘protective spirit’, also known as a ‘genius’, which is displayed like a shrine to invoke security and wealth. The statue was discovered at Vindolanda Fort in Northumberland, England,Science and HealthAllergic asthma stopped in its tracks by blocking newly discovered culpritNew Atlas · 3 min readScientists have found what may be a critical trigger in allergic asthma, estimated to affect 60% of the 28 million Americans with the chronic respiratory condition. The discovery opens the door to new ways to protect airways from the pathway that leads to inflammation and its symptoms.Good EarthQuiet, please: Hatchery salmon raised amid noise are less likely to return to spawnPhys.org Biology · 3 min readFish hatcheries are a critical part of the effort to restore salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. But hatchery fish are less likely than wild ones to return from the ocean to spawn—and one reason may be hatchery noise.Good EarthSatellite record reveals US tidal wetland productivity rose 6% in 20 yearsPhys.org Earth · 3 min readCarbon sequestration, climate regulation, biodiversity support and shoreline protection: These are all benefits provided by tidal wetlands. As the climate changes, the amount of carbon captured by these vital ecosystems may be changing as well.Creative Joy€12 Million Portrait of Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Recovered from Thieves After Paris TheftGood News Network · 3 min readA police raid on suspected drug dealers turned up a stolen painting by Pablo Picasso worth tens of millions of dollars. That’s because it is reported to depict Picasso’s “golden muse” Marie-Therese Walter, a French model and lover of the famous painter whom he credited with one of the most productive periods in his career.