Australian dairies are breeding heat-tolerant cows and seeing big returns on hot days that are making the global industry stand up and take notice. Ever feel like wolfing down a big meal when it’s 85°F out with 80% humidity? If you recoil at the thought, that’s one thing you have in common with a dairy The post World-First Genetic Index Helps Aussie Farmers Breed Heat Tolerant Cows to Maintain Their Welfare–and Milk Supply appeared first on Good News Network.

If you happen to be on a ramble in southern Britain next year, you may see a solitary orangish bee flitting between rising flowers as early as late February. Such days used to be too cold for Osmia cornuta, known as the European orchard bee, a regular pollinator in orchards on the mainland. However, rising global temperatures The post European Orchard Bee is Now a Valuable Pollinator in UK–Since the Weather Got Warmer appeared first on Good News Network.

CCTV footage captured the hilarious scene as a shop owner struggled to wrangle kittens into their cage—scooping up each one while another was escaping every time. Shared by a pet store in Chongqing, China, on April 30, 2025, the video shows the worker battling to transfer five tiny kittens from their carriers into the cage. The post Shopkeeper’s Chaotic Attempt to Wrangle Kittens into Their Cage is Hilarious Surveillance Video appeared first on Good News Network.

Like any good foster parent, Alan Toyne shared everything with the babies he was responsible for rearing—his bed, his dining table, his life. And if you paid him a visit in his Bristol home during a seven-month period in 2016, you’d be impressed with his dedication to ensuring those babies learned how to climb, swing, The post Zookeeper Becomes Surrogate Parent to Two Baby Gorillas Rejected by Mothers After Pregnancy Complications appeared first on Good News Network.

As other endangered Australian wildlife, the mountain pygmy possum has recovered to its pre-wildfire population in the Snowy Mountains. While conservationists are to be applauded for the turn around, they maybe aren’t the experts you’d expect to be managing such a delicate species, but rather groups of students from the local schools. Home for this The post School Kids Help Ensure Mountain Pygmy Possum Population Bounces Back in Australian Alps appeared first on Good News Network.

A harpy eagle, Latin America’s largest eagle, and one of the largest in the world, has been sighted in a rainforest in southern Mexico, where it was believed to be locally extinct. Named for the crone-bird hybrid of Greek mythology, the appearance of this large and majestic raptor is worthy of the association. Adult females The post Giant Mystical Eagle Thought to Be ‘Extinct in Mexico’ Reappears, Marking Landmark Moment for Conservationists appeared first on Good News Network.

The National Institutes of Health recently announced that in order to improve the quality of science used in drug development, the agency would favor grant proposals that move away from animal testing. The FDA, which had previously announced a similar change, described the decision as one that would move research towards using “a range of The post NIH Funding Now Will Prioritize Research That Eschews Animal Testing to Push Innovation appeared first on Good News Network.

From Australia comes the story of a shark attack victim surviving to thank the man who saved her, face to face. Blake Donaldson was enjoying Gunyah Beach in Bundeena, Australia, with his partner when he heard a shriek from 30 feet beyond the water’s edge. Standing stock still in a pocket of red was 57-year-old The post Bystander Becomes ‘Lifesaver’ Leaping into Ocean When Bull Shark Bites Swimmer Off Deserted Beach appeared first on Good News Network.

In Mexico, a captive-breeding program for one of the world’s most endangered amphibians has successfully released 18 individuals into a suitable habitat. The scientists behind the project found that all 18 survived after being recaptured, and even gained weight and made friends with each other, offering hope that if enough habitat can be found, this The post Perpetually-Smiling Endangered Amphibian Now Thrives in Artificial Wetlands in Mexico City appeared first on Good News Network.

While driving through rural Iowa at dusk, Kurt Massimilla and his family experienced a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounter—spotting not one, but two rare albino deer. The Dubuque-area residents witnessed a rare incident— with some estimates placing the odds of seeing two together at 1 in 400 million, said Kurt. The sighting (see the video below) occurred The post Two Rare Albino Deer Spotted Together in Iowa–Like a Pair of Unicorns (Watch the Video) appeared first on Good News Network.