In Australian Conservation: A father and daughter team constructed 1,000 bee hotels in a study that showed they can help native pollinators recover from climate-fueled wildfires www.ecowatch.com/bee-hotels-w...

Good News In Conservation: Black rhinos continue to rise! In August 2025, the latest population estimates for all five species were published, showing a welcome increase for black rhinos in Africa. www.savetherhino.org/africa/world...

In Health Advancements: Huntington's Disease has been successfully treated for the first time! (BBC) bbc.com/news/article...

In Disease Prevention: CDC report finds HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer, adding to evidence www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

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9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024: Cape Verde and Egypt became malaria-free. Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). Jordan became the first country to ever be certified as leprosy-free, & more... www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Blast from the Past: Smallpox Eradicated May 8th, 1980 The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone. www.who.int/news/item/08...

In Energy Production: Solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union (EU) for the first time in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by climate think tank Ember. www.dw.com/en/eu-solar-...

Protecting rare cold-water corals: (2024) Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries. www.canada.ca/en/fisheries...

In Conservation (2024): Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year www.fws.gov/press-releas...

Accomplishments and Successes of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States www.epa.gov/transportati...

Lifesaving Medicine: WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines www.who.int/news/item/11...

What's been done can be done again. IFAW: Because of you, 2024 was a life-changing year for animals. youtu.be/9TTa03PSk8Q?...

Feel like doing some good for someone today? Like saving their life? Consider donating live-giving blood, plasma or platelets. Or join the bone marrow donation registry (www.nmdp.org/get-involved...). www.redcrossblood.org

When times get hard and you grow tired, lean on each other. You're probably surrounded by others who are feeling just like you. Let them know you're there, that you hear them, and they're not alone either.

NOAA Satellites Helped Save 350 Lives in 2023 ⚓️ "NOAA’s partnerships with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, NASA and others around the world are the foundation of SARSAT’s long success.” www.noaa.gov/news-release...

Look for the helpers. When Vera and her daughter Tamarah saw the wildfires in Pasadena, they didn't hesitate to lend a hand. “It doesn’t matter if you know the person or not. If there is a fire in Southern California, people come with trucks and trailers,”... www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/u...

The Iberian Lynx, one of world’s rarest cats, is no longer endangered in Spain and Portugal. "The increase is largely thanks to conservation efforts that have focused on increasing the abundance of its main food source - the also endangered wild rabbit..." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Climate News: Juan Guillermo Garcés, once a rancher clearing forests with fire, turned a near-death experience into a lifelong mission to restore Colombia’s jungles, creating a 3,000-hectare nature reserve that now teems with rare species. (www.dailyclimate.org) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good conservation news! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the red-cockaded woodpecker has recovered enough to be downlisted from endangered to threatened. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Good wildlife news: The National Wildlife Federation and a home developer are building permanent butterfly gardens with native plants to bring back monarch butterfly populations. www.9news.com/article/life...

Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/c...

Good news in health & medicine: A new map of the endometrium opens the door to possible treatments for endometriosis english.elpais.com/science-tech...