“This is what’s working,” report nine indigenous leaders from around the world on biodiversity and climate solutions in their communities. Mongabay interviewed these diverse leaders to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.
New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has announced statewide housing resources and a coordinated support system that ensure no veteran has to go homeless in the state. Now, more veterans consistently enter housing in New Jersey each month than enter homelessness.
Zero roadkill has been recorded as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 wildlife crossings, and Brazil’s federal transport department officially designates the rope bridge design as the recommended national standard for highways to curb the millions of wildlife deaths recorded on roads annually.
A man dressed as Spider-Man helped a person in a wheelchair cross a busy street in Arkansas. A traffic camera caught it on video and the Jonesboro Police Department posted the footage on social media hours later.
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Home sharing can’t solve the housing crisis, its fans acknowledge. But it could make a dent, potentially unlocking thousands of spare bedrooms across the country without requiring new construction that would change the character of neighborhoods.
Four states — Utah, Virginia, Idaho, and Oregon — just made it easier to build wildlife crossings, and the bipartisan effort is being called a 'blueprint.' Conservationists are celebrating.
Since the Roswell incident of 1947, we have increasingly heard credible testimony that we are not alone in the universe. This evidence has come from reliable military whistleblowers, twelve of whom have now testified under oath to the US Congress about the existence of these beings.
On this historic semiquincentennial birthday, we look back at the brilliant tapestry of innovation, culture, and community flourishing for two and a half centuries and offer 250 reasons to love America on her 250th birthday.
Whether pets are joining summer adventures or staying home with a sitter, preparation and heat awareness can go a long way towards helping pets stay safe and comfortable throughout the season.
Climate.us launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website last week, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption.
Choose the right tool for the task. Not every job needs the most powerful AI model. Sometimes a smaller tool, search engine, calculator, or even your own brain is enough. Ask yourself: is AI adding any value here, or am I using it out of habit?
On the bright afternoon of June 15th, twenty-one people gathered with a shared purpose in Sherborn, MA. Some were strangers, others had known each other for decades, but all stood together for peace.
Given just 8 months to live, a teen graduates cancer-free 4 years later thanks to a doctor’s promise. Watch the CBS video and see the moment at the end of the ceremony.
Japan's Samurai Blue fans cleaned up before they left the stadium in Dallas, using their blue bags to uphold a cleansing World Cup tradition after their team scored a late-tying goal for a draw against the Netherlands.
Dutch kids declared the world's happiest (again) in the latest World Happiness Report. Which begs an obvious question: what are the Dutch doing right?
An area of the Everglades known as the Picayune Strand, that was drained in an attempt to convert it to suburbia in the 50s, has seen huge rewilding success through an ongoing restoration project over the past 20 years. The restored Picayune is expected to help several endangered species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Florida panther.
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. Guinea worm is slated to be the first parasitic disease eradicated in history, and the first without a medicine or vaccine, strictly through behavior change and health education.
A community healthcare worker, the American Public Health Association says, is a “trusted member” of a local community or someone who has “an unusually close understanding” of it, enabling the worker to serve as intermediary between patients and the healthcare system.
The great paradox of the AI age may be this: capitalism, by pushing automation as far as possible, could end up creating the need for the very forms of socialism and collective support it spent generations fighting against.
Marine scientists have discovered a record number of new species living in the depths of the world's oceans over the past year. A total of 1,121 new marine species were discovered in a single year.
In announcing New York City’s executive budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was applauded for closing a $12 billion budget deficit without austerity measures, proving that when city governments “stand with working families, not billionaires, there is nothing they cannot accomplish."
A small Wisconsin city has just notched a big win in its fight against a proposed data center, thanks to grassroots community organizing and support from a growing statewide coalition.
New study finds switching from conventional personal care products to nontoxic alternatives can rapidly reduce exposure to harmful chemicals. Even only a few days can lower body levels of substances linked to hormone disruption, cancer, developmental problems, and reproductive toxicity.
A chance discovery at a cemetery in Ithaca, New York has led scientists to uncover one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever recorded, with an estimated 5.5 million individuals of the species Andrena regularis living beneath the soil.
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