Good News Notes: “Frank and Joan Randall of Newport Beach have donated $50 million to the Nature Conservancy for the creation of its largest nature preserve in California, a beautiful 72,000-acre area in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains. According to the Nature Conservancy, the preserve is just over 100 miles north of downtown…
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Rare Giant Owl Species Spotted and Photographed in the Wild for the First Time in 150 Years
Good News Notes: “A giant owl at risk of extinction was spotted in an African rainforest for the first time in more than 150 years. The rare Shelley’s eagle owl, observed by British researchers working in Ghana, hasn’t been seen in the wild since the 1870s, with the only other existing photograph a blurry image…
Critically Endangered Fern Rediscovered On Kauai
Good News Notes: “A rare, critically endangered fern that grows on ohia and a few other native trees was recently rediscovered on Kauai by a team of botanists. The plant is called pendant kihi fern, or adenophorus periens. It is threatened by climate change, which is exacerbating periods of drought, as well as competition for…
‘Living Fossil’ Thought Extinct For 273 Million Years Found Thriving on Ocean Floor
Good News Notes: “A symbiotic relationship between two marine lifeforms has just been discovered thriving at the bottom of the ocean, after disappearing from the fossil record for hundreds of millions of years. Scientists have found non-skeletal corals growing from the stalks of marine animals known as crinoids, or sea lilies, on the floor of the…
Chinese county brings rare birds back to the wild, farmers out of poverty
Good News Notes: “Efforts to bring a rare bird back from the verge of extinction in northwest China has unintentionally given a rural community a new lease for life. No hunting, no logging, no quarrying and no pesticide using – these might seem like stifling requirements for farmers trying to claw their way out of…
Cobb woman with PSC finds liver donor — her brother
Good News Notes: “Deontae and Di’Jon Thomas were always close growing up in Acworth. While the siblings, who are two years apart, shared many things, they now share something even more important — a lifesaving liver. Di’Jon Thomas told Channel 2 Action News that she nearly passed out when she was 16 years old, leading to…
Rare Texas blind salamanders are ‘doing well’ after hatching at zoo for first time
Good News Notes: “Three Texas blind salamanders have hatched at San Antonio Zoo, marking the first time ever that the zoo has been able to breed the endangered species. The San Marcos pool of the Edwards Aquifer is the only place where Texas blind salamanders live in the wild. They are blind amphibians that rely…
WR Juwan Johnson using NFL combine to raise money for charity
Good News Notes: “One former Oregon wide receiver is using the NFL Combine to give back to a charity that means a lot to him. Wideout Juwan Johnson announced this week that he’ll be using the NFL Combine Bench press to help pledge donations to Uplifting Athletes, a charity that assists the rare diseases community. Johnson…
Saving Oliver: Helping babies born with rare diseases
Good News Notes: “Every eight seconds a baby is born in the U.S. That means almost four million little boys or girls will be born in 2020. For most, the delivery will be textbook. But what if it isn’t? We met a little boy who came into this world with something quite unexpected, and things…
Two rare lambs born at Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse
Good News Notes: “Introducing, two new baby lambs! Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced the birth of two Black Welsh Mountain lambs at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Black Welsh Mountain ewe Belle gave birth to the two lambs, a boy, and a girl, on Monday, January 20.” View the whole story here: http://cnycentral.com/news/local/two-rare-lambs-born-at-rosamond-gifford-zoo-in-syracuse