Indigenous community trades shark-fishing for conservation in Colombia: 'From hunter to protector'
Good Good Goodby Euan Wallace·28d 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·12 Sept 2026
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·11 Sept 2026
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·11 Sept 2026
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·10 Sept 2026
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...
WATCH: Trail camera captures bears, elk, cubs — 'Every animal in the woods uses this one spring'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·10 Sept 2026
Peek Outdoors is an outdoor gear company based in Boise, Idaho that specializes in selling trail cameras.
Scientists are studying how caterpillars hear without ears. It could change how humans make hearing aids
Good Good Goodby Aishwarya Sriram·10 Sept 2026
In a quiet summer garden, a caterpillar perches on a branch, munching serenely on leaves. A moment later it freezes. It senses danger — and just in time.
Secret tunnels in Maine help wildlife cross the road safely. Now, they're expanding for bears and moose to fit, too
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·9 Sept 2026
Every year, more than 500 moose and 3,000 deer are hit by vehicles in Maine, according to the state’s Department of Transportation.
Taylor Swift inspired the name of a new type of insect — and each subspecies is its own 'Easter egg'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·9 Sept 2026
Sarah Schroeder, a doctoral student in entomology at the University of California, Riverside, wants to shine a spotlight on understudied insects.
25 years later: 3,000 new trees planted across the country to honor each life lost on 9/11
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·9 Sept 2026
Ever since 2002, nonprofit 9/11 Day has led an annual effort to honor the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks through acts of public service.
Rare cave bat rescued from office building, hundreds of miles from its natural habitat
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·9 Sept 2026
In early September, the Nebraska Humane Society Animal Control responded to an unusual call: Employees were clocking in to work at an office building in Omaha when they saw a small bat crouched on...
Beaver dams store millions of gallons of water. Could the rodents help prevent droughts?
Good Good Goodby Christian Dunn·9 Sept 2026
Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green.
These tiny pups may look like badgers — until you see their hoof-like feet: 'They're so closely related to elephants'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook·8 Sept 2026
The Chester Zoo, which has been operating as a nonprofit since 1934, is world-renowned for its breeding programs and conservation efforts.
Why Hispanic Heritage Month starts in mid-September and spans two months
Good Good Goodby Amanda Martinez Laurel·8 Sept 2026
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) is an annual celebration in the United States that honors the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestry can be traced to 20...
Couple that won $155M lottery prize gives half to charity. They were inspired by Dolly Parton
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·8 Sept 2026
When Frances Connolly, who hails from the North East region of England, won the National Lottery in 2019, her first instinct was to use the £115 million jackpot — roughly $155 million — to take...
Researchers give warblers tiny backpacks to learn more about bird migration
Good Good Goodby Stephanie Szarmach·8 Sept 2026
Squinting through my binoculars, I scanned the dense branches of a black spruce, trying my best to catch a glimpse of the thin legs of a small black, white, and yellow songbird.
Coast Guard rescues 100-pound sea turtle with a tear in her lung: 'Every life, every call, we're here for them all'
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·8 Sept 2026
The United States Coast Guard is at it again. First responders from the Coast Guard have supported sea turtle rescues off the coast of Florida multiple times this summer.
When 9/11 happened 25 years ago, half of Americans responded by giving to charity. What does that say about us?
Good Good Goodby Tonya Cross Hansel·8 Sept 2026
Many Americans will pause on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed that day.
An Olivia Rodrigo-backed nonprofit gives sexual assault survivors $1.5K with no strings attached. Here's how it helps
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·7 Sept 2026
Sonya Passi founded her nonprofit, FreeFrom, in 2016, with a mission to “end gender-based violence by building economic freedom and safety with survivors.” One of the main efforts of the...
Labor Day is Monday. It emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in the US
Good Good Goodby Jeffrey Sklansky·6 Sept 2026
Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1, or the first Monday in May each year — but not the United States and Canada.
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