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In Tanzania's Kilombero Valley, 368 farmers voluntarily surrendered portions of their land to create the country's first officially protected wildlife corridor. Trail cameras along its 14-kilometer length have already logged 529 elephants and more than 900 other mammals.
The Saint Simeon church complex in Aleppo, Syria, has reopened to visitors following a restoration effort that included clearing landmines and repairing damage from war and an earthquake. Syria's Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums held a ceremony on October 2 to mark the occasion.
Jayden and Kimberly planned a small wedding on Hatteras Island in North Carolina with about 45 family members and friends. When a storm cut off highway access to the island, a friend's social media invitation brought more than 400 people instead.
A UCLA sleep scientist's research on the Tsimane, San, and Hadza reveals that hunter-gatherers rarely experience trouble sleeping, and their habits around light, temperature, and socializing may hold lessons for sleep-deprived modern societies.
After months of talks between UK ministries, the tourism sector, and London's museums, the government has decided that the country's 14 national museums will remain free to international visitors. The institutions include the National Gallery, the British Museum, and the Natural History Museum.
More than five decades after her birth, Amy Fabrikant learned she had died and been revived in the delivery room. Her account of what followed — fragments of memory, a Paris church, and a bird at the window — forms a story about forgiveness, parenting, and being glad to be alive.
New aerial photographs show the felled Sycamore Gap tree is regrowing vigorously, with a ring of basal shoots reaching two to three feet tall. The National Trust credits reduced soil compaction and limited human disturbance for the recovery, while 49 saplings grown from the tree's seeds have been distributed across the UK.
Cambridge researchers used LiDAR and AI to map 569 square kilometres of Cairngorms National Park, counting six million trees — including more than 2.65 million young ones. The findings offer a new window into a 200-year restoration effort.
Social innovator Ken Banks argues that listening, not decisiveness alone, drives lasting change. In a piece for Positive News, he reflects on three decades of work in conservation, international development and technology, and on the platform FrontlineSMS that grew out of it.
A Hollywood actor's spotlight on two inseparable shelter dogs at the Animal Rescue League of Boston led to an immediate adoption. Greg and Carley, a bonded chihuahua and golden retriever pair, now have a forever home.
A mother traveling alone with four children under seven on a 24-hour journey woke from a doze to see a stranger tucking a blanket around her sleeping five-year-old. Two decades later, the unguarded moment still stays with her.
A Lincolnshire golf course purchased by the National Trust in 2020 has been converted into a wetland nature reserve spanning the equivalent of 45 football fields, already hosting breeding avocets, oystercatchers, and little ringed plovers. The project highlights a growing push to make golf's vast land holdings work for wildlife.
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