Turtles return home after NSW restores wetland flows
Freshwater turtles saved from a dried pool in western New South Wales are now going back to their natural home after officials fixed water levels.
via The Guardian: Wildlife
Good news of 13 October 2026
Nature & animals
Researchers discover rare giant waterlily in Colombia
Scientists identified a new giant waterlily species after spotting it in an Instagram photo taken in eastern Colombia.
via Yale Environment 360
Scientists find rare shark in Samoa
National Geographic scientists captured footage of an endangered leopard shark swimming in Samoan waters during a recent underwater video deployment.
via Good Good Good
First Nation partners replant kelp in Clayoquot Sound
A partnership in Clayoquot Sound is replanting degraded kelp forests to restore the marine habitat.
via Mongabay
Canopy bridges stop roadkill in Brazilian Amazon forests
Canopy bridges installed in a small Amazon town have successfully prevented roadkill for arboreal animals crossing dangerous highways.
via The Guardian: Wildlife
Kindness
Bear receives first prosthetic paw in Wildlife SOS care
A rescued sloth bear named Vasi became the first bear to receive a custom prosthetic limb at Wildlife SOS in India.
via Good Good Good
Students rescue medical supplies from landfill waste
Young people across the United States are rescuing millions of dollars in sterile medical supplies that hospitals planned to throw away.
via Reasons to be Cheerful
Secretary rode subway for 67 years before revealing millions
Sylvia Bloom rode the subway to work for sixty-seven years while quietly accumulating nine million dollars in savings.
via Upworthy
Rescue turns shelter cats into working barn animals
Jennifer Cabral and Deb Mathews founded a Tennessee rescue that rehomes shelter cats as working barn animals instead of euthanizing them.
via Good Good Good
Man freed baby swan tangled in fishing line
Graham Porter rescued a baby swan caught in fishing gear at the Waterfowl Sanctuary in Godmanchester, England, on October 2.
via Good Good Good
Milestones
Nobel winner highlights Antarctic role in space exploration
Francis Halzen received the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics for his work with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located in Antarctica.
via The Conversation US: Environment
High court stops coal mine expansion in Australia
Australia's highest court ruled against expanding a huge coal project in New South Wales this week.
via Positive News
Astronaut Sophie Adenot returns safely from long mission
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot splashed down safely off California after completing her historic eight-month mission to the International Space Station.
via European Space Agency
Forest researcher wins major environmental award
Zuzana Burivalova received the 2026 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award for her work listening to forests.
via Mongabay