Like a miniature St. Bernard, a Chihuahua is being called a “four-legged hero” after helping to save his owner who had fallen down an icy crevasse in the Swiss Alps. The Air Zermatt helicopter company credited the long-haired pup with leading them to the location of the man who was hiking the Fee Glacier in The post Tiny Chihuahua Helps Rescue Owner Who Fell into Swiss Glacier appeared first on Good News Network.

Lights were out in the mountain village of Siyathi, northern India, but one resident clearly wasn’t interested in going to sleep. Well past midnight on June 26th, Rocky the dog sat on the ground floor of a home in Himachal Pradesh state barking and howling loudly. June being Monsoon season in India, rain was teeming The post Heroic Dog ‘Rocky’ Alerts Indian Village of Oncoming Landslide, Saving Dozens appeared first on Good News Network.

While traveling on an Alaska railroad, familiar noises assailed Portia Duke’s ear: the squeaking, stressed brakes, the whistle sounding off, and the doors opening and closing. But having stopped in Willow on the way from Denali to Whittier, a totally unexpected tune perked the passenger up—a cat, mewling outside the window. Looking down, Duke saw The post Commuter Returns to Rescue Lost Kitten She Saw Trapped Alone Between Train Tracks appeared first on Good News Network.

When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have become permanent if not for the intervention of a very small, very unlikely hero. Lightly tapping on her head, a bird named Jellybean roused its former caregiver enough that she could call her husband, who The post Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window appeared first on Good News Network.

Out of a recent UN conference on the protection of the sea comes the news that Portugal has announced the creation of a new 38,000 square-mile marine protected area. Established around the Gorringe seamount, technically Portugal’s tallest mountain, the decision will take the nation’s total protected territorial waters to 27%, making the small Iberian country The post Portugal Announces New 38,000 Sq. Mile Protected Area Around ‘Stunning’ Underwater Mountains appeared first on Good News Network.

A California photographer recently captured three minutes of high quality camera trap footage of the state’s rarest mammal. Randy Robbins, whom this reporter chose to feature in GNN’s roundup of the 2024 Wildlife Photography Awards, has been on a three-year-long quest to photograph the Sierra Nevada red fox. Unlike its mainland cousin, this subspecies may The post Near-Extinct Red Fox Caught on Trail Cam in National Park After Years of Hoping to Glimpse Elusive Creatures appeared first on Good News Network.

A newborn baby hare survived after a farmer performed an emergency Caesarean section, using his pocket knife. Robert Craig had been collecting his forage crops to turn them into livestock feed when he accidentally struck a hare with his machinery in a Scottish field near Dumfriesshire. He jumped down to inspect the animal and says The post Baby Hare Survives After Farmer Performs Emergency C–Section with Pocket Knife appeared first on Good News Network.

A website has designed an artificial purr-engine that plays customizable cat purring sounds to calm you or your kitty during moments of turmoil. We can’t always have a purring lap cat with us, but Purrli.com is a good, dare we say, purrfect solution. “The internet has a cat” says Purrli.com. Visitors can start a purring The post Website Lets You Listen to Cat Purrs Whenever You’re Stressed–And Can Calm Your Kitty, Too appeared first on Good News Network.

In Australia’s latest survey of whale populations, humpbacks have been seen migrating north along the eastern coastline in record numbers. Over 5,000 confirmed sightings were made by mariners and others in the state of New South Wales so far, as the animals make their way out of the southern oceans with their calves. The Organization The post Whale Sightings Hit Record High During Citizen Science Migration Count appeared first on Good News Network.

Recent wet season rainfall along the east coast of Australia has shattered hundred-year records, but as the floodwaters recede, a feast of epic proportions seems ready to explode among the hills and valleys. Soaking up all that water, New South Wales’ various eucalypt tree species are preparing for a mass blossoming that may all but The post A Mass Blossoming Is Occurring in Wake of Floods to Feed Honeyeater Birds in Australia Where Just 300 Remain appeared first on Good News Network.