Scientists & Traditional Owners working on the #PalmCockatooProject have celebrated the first ever fledging of an endangered palm cockatoo chick from an artificial nest box they installed.
#ConservationOptimism #EarthOptimism

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World-first as Rathlin Island is declared ferret free More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called Woody.

An introduction gone wrong is righted - my news to me good news for April 3 #earthOptimism www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bison are released in Romania, with results that surprise even zoologists, as the plant biomass in the area increases by 30% Bison released in Romania are helping vegetation rebound, with plant biomass in some rewilded areas rising by 30%.

A bit of bison good news that's not about the bison #EarthOptimism www.ecoticias.com/en/bison-are...

How wild cattle recovery is transforming local livelihoods near key Thai reserve HUAI KHA KHAENG, Thailand — “Five years ago, we’d never have been able to see this,” says Boonlert Tianchang, raising a pair of binoculars to his beaming eyes. “To see just one banteng, we would have ...

A beautiful complicated story about how eventually nature and people both thrived together - my news to me good news for April 2 #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/2026/04/how-...

These Koalas Bounced Back From the Brink of Local Extinction Extremely Fast. Surprisingly, So Did Their Genetic Resilience Conservationists saved the fuzzy creatures in Victoria, Australia. Now, the animals are showing remarkable signs of genetic recovery

Conservation Victory in Victoria - Koala comeback from 500 to 500,000. My news to me good news for April 1. #EarthOptimism www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Recent surveys have confirmed that eastern quolls reintroduced to mainland Australia have successfully bred! 12 male and 7 female quolls captured during a recent survey were born in the wild.
#ConservationOptimism #EarthOptimism

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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh just turned PET plastic into L-DOPA—the "gold standard" drug for Parkinson’s—using genetically engineered bacteria.

#ConservationStories #EarthOptimism #Parkinsons #PlasticPollution #BiologyEngineering #PelecanusNews

Graph showing solar and wind produced more power than fossil fuels in 2025

Happy #AprilFoolsDay but this chart is no joke (and it is good news as well) #EarthOptimism

Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

They're back! A butterfly's return to the UK is my news to me good news for Mar 31 #EarthOptimism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

HUGE fan of Our World in Data - Great news for the planet #EarthOptimism

Uganda reintroduces rhinos into a protected area where they have been extinct since 1983 Ugandan wildlife authorities reintroduced rhinos into a remote protected area where the large mammals once were poached into extinction

Rhino return in #Uganda after 40+ years is my news to me good news for Mar 30. #earthOptimism www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

‘In Romania now, you don’t see a bottle anywhere’ A deposit return scheme for used drinks bottles and cans in Romania has ‘made the impossible possible’

The impossible made possible - a beautiful phrase and my news to me good news for Mar 28 #EarthOptimism www.positive.news/economics/ro...

Schools Are Saving Big By Going Green By cutting their carbon emissions, schools across the U.S. are freeing up money for teachers, books and other needs.

More books and teachers - fewer GHG emissions. My news to me good news for Mar 27 #EarthOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/schools-goin...

hand holding tiny hermit crabs

That some people REALLY care about (and for) hermit crabs is my news to me good news fir Mar 26 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/m...

New Study Highlights Success in Open-Coast Seagrass Restoration New research led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is shining a spotlight on one of the ocean’s most overlooked habitats: seagrass.

A restoration success in the more challenging open coast is my news to me good news for Mar 25 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism today.ucsd.edu/story/new-st...

Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides

Definitely!! my news to me good new for Mar 24 - #monarchs doing better in #Mexico. Hope to see some of their grandchildren relatively soon in my garden in Maine. #EarthOptimism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Conservation win as first palm cockatoo chick fledges from artificial hollow in Australia A palm cockatoo chick fledged from an artificial log hollow installed on a tree as part of People For Wildlife’s Breeding Habitat Restoration Project.

One small step for the absolutely spectacular palm cockatoo... my news to me good news for Mar 23 #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback In North America’s Great Lakes region, river otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.

I've known about the recovery of sea otters for years, but not the recovery of their fresh water cousins - it's my news to me good news for Mar 21 #EarthOptimism www.rewildingmag.com/the-river-ot...

Maine’s first turtle tunnel is working An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot has led to “a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities."

A bright spot for #turtles where I call home is my news to me good news for Mar 20 #EarthOptimism themainemonitor.org/turtle-tunne...

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination

The first and only #Indigenous clean-up of a Superfund site, my news to me good news for Mar 19 #EarthOptimism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seattle’s Only River Comes Alive Again - Magic Canoe How one of the largest cities in Salmon Nation has restored the Duwamish River over the past three decades — community-first and one mucky step at a time.

From superfund site to a river and its people on the mend. My news to me good news for Mar 17 #EarthOptimism magiccanoe.org/seattles-onl...

Oregon lawmakers propose deal to acquire Abiqua Falls in Santiam State Forest • Oregon Capital Chronicle A popular waterfall located an hour east of Salem could soon become public property under a bill up in the Oregon Legislature.

Nice way to start the day - not just the waterfall but also political agreement instead of acrimony #EarthOptimism oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/05/o...

Pharmaceutical companies move away from horseshoe crab biomedical testing Amgen and Abbott are ditching horseshoe crab blood for synthetic alternatives — a win for a 450-million-year-old species edging toward extinction.

These lovely creatures adorned the beaches of my childhood but are now rare. I have been waiting for this announcement for years! My news to me good news for Mar 16 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways - High Country News The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

#Indigenous People leading the way, again...My news to me good news for Mar 15 #EarthOptimism www.hcn.org/issues/58-3/...

The Spiritual Movement Saving a Gentle Giant In India, whale shark worshippers are cultivating a form of conservation as powerful and sublime as the species itself.

Whale sharks revered in #India is my news to me good news for Mar. 12 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/whale-sharks...

Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

I'll never forget visiting Kewalo Marine Lab decades ago to give a seminar, after which Prof. Mike Hadfield showed me a room full of fridges full of endangered land snails-for some species I think the only ones left were in that room. So I loved this #EarthOptimism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...

The German City That Defied McDonald's and Dumped 'To-Go' Waste Tübingen's hard-won crusade is a lesson in how to deflect single-use packaging from landfills — and life itself.

plastics are a hard problem so successes are welcome. My news to me good news for Mar 11 #EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/tubingen-ger...

Bishop Museum and Australian Museum Scientists Describe Two Species Previously Thought to Be Extinct - Bishop Museum The discovery of the live animals in New Guinea, originally known only from fossils, is a story of hope for biodiversity and the importance of conservation across the Pacific.

Thanking Kristofer Helgen and Tim Flannery (can't find you on Bluesky 🙁) for my lost then found news to me good news for Mar 10 #EarthOptimism www.bishopmuseum.org/newsroom/bis...

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results. Their engineering feats are pretty dam incredible.

Bring in the beavers - my news to me good news for Mar 9 #EarthOptimism www.upworthy.com/beavers-brou...

EV Vegetable Vending in Chennai City Empowers Women and Reduces Plastic Waste | Happy Eco News EV vegetable vending in Chennai City combines women‑led electric autorickshaws selling fresh produce with a revival of traditional cloth bags to reduce plastic waste and boost sustainable urban liveli...

Ok, I know things are broadly grim, but here's my news to me good news for Mar 8 - women making a difference #EarthOptimism happyeconews.com/ev-vegetable...