In the Bay Area of California, home of San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara County, and Silicon Valley a famous Pacific resident is heading home for the holidays—up newly-cleaned creeks to spawn. Who could have thought that the cradle of 21st-century civilization, with its problems and advancements, would have space for wild river ecosystems capable The post California City Sees Explosion in Spawning Salmon Population in San Jose After 10 Years of Habitat Cleanup appeared first on Good News Network.

Every year, the frozen lakes of the North pose challenges for emergency teams called in to rescue people or animals on thin ice. But this is the first time we’ve heard about innovative firefighters using a technique from an Olympic sport. Worried locals in Minnesota called the Prior Lake Fire Department after they spied a The post Firefighters Crawl Across Frozen Lake and Save Stranded Deer Using a Curling Technique–WATCH appeared first on Good News Network.

With December being the most popular month for engagements and gift-giving, a cat-loving company is holding a contest to see which happy couples can come up with the most inventive and heartwarming way to include their cat in a marriage proposal. To the winner goes the cost of the engagement ring up to $4,750, and The post Free Engagement Ring to Couples Who Include Cats in Their Plans for Wedding Proposal in December appeared first on Good News Network.

One of the great dinosaur centers on Earth has produced another marvel, as a complete Stegosaurus skeleton with fossilized skin imprints has been unearthed in China. The animal was discovered in 2017 in the Fengning Manchu Autonomous County in Northern China’s Hebei Province along with a primitive ancestor of Triceratops. Years of painstaking excavations revealed The post Complete Stegosaurus Fossil Found With Skin Still On in Northern China appeared first on Good News Network.

Keepers at Chester Zoo were left thrilled following the safe arrival of a new eastern black rhino calf when mother Zuri gave birth in the daylight, allowing the staff to record the occasion. Rhino experts say it’s unusual for a calf to be born in daylight, which gave keepers the unique opportunity to witness its The post Birth of Rare Eastern Black Rhino is Cause for Celebration–Watch the Amazing Birth Caught on Camera, With Only 600 in Wild appeared first on Good News Network.

The funniest photography competition in the world announced their winners and the grand prize winner was a kangaroo playing air guitar. Up against 5,300 entries from 85 countries, Jason Moore from Australia with his ‘Air Guitar Roo’ prevailed in the closest voting ever. Taken in the outer suburbs of Perth, Jason visited a yellow field The post The Comedy Wildlife Photo Winners Are Here–And They’re Absolutely Adorable appeared first on Good News Network.

Seconds away from being crushed in a garbage truck, a snow-white kitten has found a new home in time for Christmas after being saved by the driver. The two-day-old feline was found weighing just 93 grams, less than a tangerine, when a quick-thinking garbageman heard his tiny mews and fished him out of the trash The post Garbage Man Saves Kitten from Being Crushed, Now Adopted and Healthy in Time for Christmas appeared first on Good News Network.

A video captured a heartwarming rescue after a pair of fishermen happened upon a juvenile dolphin tied up in fishing line. Jose Ramón Pérez and Miguel Rodríguez were boating 10km off the coast of Almería, Spain when they found the animal tangled up, with its mother desperately trying to keep it afloat. The baby’s tail The post Fishermen Rescue Young Dolphin While its Mother Held it Afloat as it was Trapped in Anchor Line-WATCH appeared first on Good News Network.

Sperm whales are the ocean’s greatest nomads, but one island in the Caribbean is creating a permanent home for them. A roughly 300 square mile patch of ocean in the territorial waters of Dominica is the only place known on Earth where sperm whales can be seen regularly throughout the year when they arrive to The post Dominica Creates World’s First Sperm Whale Reserve–for the 200 That Call the Island Home appeared first on Good News Network.

An egg-laying mammal named in honor of Sir David Attenborough has been rediscovered after it was thought extinct for more than 60 years. This extremely strange animal is just one of two extant mammal species on Earth that lays eggs. According to the conservation org Re:wild, it’s one of just five surviving species of monotreme, The post Long-Beaked Creature Is Proven Not Extinct in First Ever Photos: ‘Blows My Mind’ After 60 Years appeared first on Good News Network.