This is Luca Arpin, better known to his neighbors as “Poopa Scoopa Luca.“ His moniker is well-earned, as the 6-year-old styled himself the neighborhood’s #1 number to call for cleaning up after dogs and cats. “People hate picking up dog poop,” said the first-grader from Warwick, Mass. Speaking with WJAR, Arpin said he has an The post Torn Between Volunteering and Dream of Adopting a Cat, 6-year-old Starts Poop Scooping Business appeared first on Good News Network.

During an annual half-marathon in Newfoundland, a strange individual was seen among the runners during the final few miles. A goat, seemingly excited by all the motion, was happily trotting along between the sneaker-shod bipedals on the road through Conception Bay South. The occasion was the annual T’Railroad Trek Half Marathon on Newfoundland’s east coast. The post Goat Named Mr. Joshua Runs Last 4k of Local Marathon Winning Medal and Local Adoration appeared first on Good News Network.

Since 2016, poaching of one-horned rhinoceroses in India’s Assam state has fallen 86% after a change in government brought determined action to protect them By expanding protected areas and bolstering ranger patrols, the steady growth in the number of rhinos, seen since the late 60s, has now accelerated to the point where 3,000 horns grace The post India’s Rhino Stronghold Sees 86% Drop in Poaching and Five-Fold Increase in Rhinos appeared first on Good News Network.

A black bear born without front legs has been sighted more or less thriving in the mountains of West Virginia. Though not unheard of, it’s wild to be able to see the animal’s natural movement, having been transformed, by consequence of his birth, from a quadrupedal animal to a bipedal animal like us. “The area The post Trail Camera Shows ‘Truly Amazing’ Bear – Born with 2-Legs and Walking Tall in West Virginia (WATCH) appeared first on Good News Network.

When an Australian nurse working at a hospital with outdated incubators happened upon a kangaroo rescue center, she realized she could help save lives. Once used to help save premature human babies, the incubators are now mimicking the conditions of a mother kangaroo’s pouch, where her joey will live for the first 8 months of The post Old Incubators Help Save Orphaned Kangaroos by Imitating Their Mother’s Pouch appeared first on Good News Network.

Four years ago, someone came across an extraordinary find—a juvenile rhino from the Pleistocene ‘mummified’ in the Siberian permafrost. Alerting the relevant authorities, the discovery turned out to be a 4-year-old woolly rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis) with its fur, skin, and organs intact, offering paleontologists a rare glimpse into the biology of this Ice Age behemoth. The post Frozen in Time: 32,000-Year-old Woolly Rhino Found with Skin, Fur, and Organs Intact appeared first on Good News Network.

In Australia, wild deer that were destroying sea turtle habitat on an island near the Great Barrier Reef have been eradicated. The result is that Australia’s largest flatback turtle rookery is now a safe haven for these ocean-goers once again. It’s just the latest in a string of high-profile success stories from islands all over The post To Save Sea Turtle Population Invasive Deer Successfully Eradicated from Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef appeared first on Good News Network.

It’s being called India’s first private biosphere—a 32-acre forest haven bursting with life and inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar.  Environmentalist and clean air activist Jai Dhar Gupta dreamt of a place like Pandora, the fictional planet in the film—a luscious Darwinian playground of evolution vibrant with sound and color. For the entrepreneur’s 50th birthday, he teamed The post Inspired by Avatar and His Asthma, Indian Man Creates ‘Biosphere’ to Connect Adjacent Land to National Park appeared first on Good News Network.

From the east coast of Malaysia comes an extraordinary account of saintly fishermen who sacrifice their catch of the day to save a gentle giant. In a viral video published in August, night fishermen around Kaula Terengganu are seen hauling in a net filled with fish, but the shouts heard are not ones of joy. The post Fishermen Sacrifice Daily Catch to Rescue Huge Whale Shark Found in Their Net (WATCH) appeared first on Good News Network.

A 2-year-old female rhino known for her “boisterous” nature has just undergone surgery on her ulna in a world-first procedure. Using equine surgeons’ knowledge of similar procedures done on horses as a template, the team of specialist veterinarians successfully healed the rhino’s leg, and even got her up and about wearing a cast. Amara is The post In a World First, Surgeons Operate on Rhino’s Broken Leg and Fix Her Limp appeared first on Good News Network.