How do you cheer up a lonely fish? Trick question, fish don’t get lonely. Or do they? It’s difficult to know for sure, but one aquarium in Japan seems to think, in fact, they just might. The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan closed on December 1st, 2024 for renovations. Within a few weeks, their The post Japanese Aquarium Cheers up Lonely Sunfish with Cardboard Cutouts of People appeared first on Good News Network.

From Massachusetts comes a double rescue from under the ice of a frozen lake after a man and his dog found themselves trapped. Walking beside Lake Waban in Wellesley, Ed Berger was enjoying a nippy afternoon with his dogs Tommy and Oscar, when Tommy saw some birds alighting on the lake’s frozen surface and ran The post Firefighters Heroically Save Man Trying to Rescue His Dog from Icy Boston Lake in Dramatic Video appeared first on Good News Network.

Dozens of stories and videos have come out showing heroic actions taken across Los Angeles County where 5 separate wildfires recently broke out in a single short period and burned thousands of homes down. With the fires originating in the canyon systems north of the city, Kalyna Fedorowycz, a 16-year-old equestrian, was faced with a The post Teen Rescuer Bravely Rides Scared Horse 14 Miles Out of Burning Canyon – WATCH appeared first on Good News Network.

A fish was finally rescued from a backyard pond after it grew to be nearly six-feet long from its original size—when it could fit in the owners’ hand. The sturgeon, nicknamed Stanley, was placed into an 11×10 foot garden pond by the Parker family when he was just six inches in length. 25 years later, The post Fish Rescued From Garden Pond After it Grew to be 6-feet Long–From Just Six Inches (LOOK) appeared first on Good News Network.

From Alaska comes the story of a wildlife rehab center that got its hooves on a few bucks to help out their deer following a recent storm. On January 6th, 2025, a storm with winds exceeding 80 mph swept through the Portage Valley and destroyed the Sitka black-tailed deer shelter at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center The post 33,000 Bucks Raised to Rebuild Deer Shelter for Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center appeared first on Good News Network.

Reprinted with permission from World at Large News An endangered bird famous for its elaborate leaping courtship displays is being reared in a special facility where the animals are able to develop their wild instincts. With less than 600 individuals left in the wilds of Cambodia, conservationists have shown that the Bengal florican can successfully The post Asia’s Extraordinary Jumping Bird Now Thriving in Captivity–a Hopeful Halt to Population Slide appeared first on Good News Network.

A zoo in England is asking residents to donate their used Christmas trees to help enrich the lives of their residents, be they bear, elephant, or meerkat. Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol is now in its 5th year of asking for Christmas trees, which are often tossed in landfills following the conclusion of the The post Donated Christmas Trees Enrich Zoo Animal Habitats While Reducing Landfill Waste appeared first on Good News Network.

In a story which reminds us that heroes never really hang up their capes, a retired police dog in the UK saved a missing person on a walk. The 12-year-old German Shepherd named Bear received the lifesaver award from the Thin Blue Paw Foundation, a charity that helps police dogs and which had previously partially The post Old Retired Police Dog Snaps Back into Service and Rescues Lost Hiker appeared first on Good News Network.

(Originally published by Knowable Magazine—Written by Bob Holmes) Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, hummingbirds offer much more than an entertaining spectacle. Their small size and blazing metabolism mean they live life on The post Hummingbirds Live an Extreme Lifestyle Thriving on All-Sugar Diet That Would Put Us in a Coma appeared first on Good News Network.

All his 14-year-old daughter Keisha wanted for Christmas was a cat. So in 2014 her dad Glenn Stupar adopted a beautiful calico from a local animal rescue in Edmonton, Canada. The family renamed her Sophie and she lived happily in the their apartment for three years, until the fluffy feline escaped from the balcony. It The post Cat Missing for 7 Years is Reunited with Family in a ‘Christmas Miracle’ appeared first on Good News Network.