Leopard Population Has Nearly Tripled in the World’s Largest Conservation Area
nnIn parts of Zambia’s Kafue National Park, a conservation organization specializing in wildcats has reported that the number of leopards there has nearly tripled.nnWith an increase of 2.9, there are now 4.4 leopards per 100 square kilometers of terrain, which is much more than it sounds when you consider just how big Kafue is.nnAt 22,700 […]
Dick Van Dyke Dances in New Coldplay Video Premiering on His 99th Birthday (WATCH)
nnIn a rather unexpected collaboration for a single off the new Coldplay album, Chris Martin teamed up with Dick Van Dyke for a music video just before one of the danciest stars in Hollywood turns 99 years old.nn’All My Love’ is a single from the LP Moon Music released in October, and in a 7-minute […]
Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral Archaeologists Discover More than 1,000 Artifacts and Statues
nnNotre Dame Cathedral of Paris has reopened, and all the West rejoices with her.nnHowever, during the extensive restoration, a team of archaeologists was allowed to dig under the foundations as far as the anchor points of the scaffolding, under a French law that allows archaeological digs to occur for preservation of what may lie underfoot.nnScientists […]
China Announces Completion of a 1,800-Mile Green Belt Around the World’s Most-Hostile Desert
nnIt has taken 46 years and reportedly suffered many setbacks, but on Thursday, the People’s Daily wrote that Chinese workers have succeeded in ringing the entire Taklamakan Desert in trees.nnLast week, the final 100 trees were planted around the southern edge of the world’s most hostile desert, completing an epic endeavor sometimes called the ‘Green’ […]
“Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
Quote of the Day: “Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo BuscagliannPhoto by: Yogendra SinghnnWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quote of the Day page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?nn
Good News in History, December 10
200 years ago today, the Reverend Minister George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire. A pious and valued member of his community, MacDonald achieved a state of prominence for his fantasy fiction writing and fairy tales which inspired some of the most well-known writers of the 189th and 20th centuries, including Lewis Carrol, Charles Dickens, Aldous […]
Dogs Were Already ‘Man’s Best Friend’ at Least 12,000 Years Ago in the Americas
nnDogs first became “man’s best friend” at least 12,000 years ago, suggests new research.nnIndigenous people in the Americas began forming close relationships with the ancestors of today’s dogs around 2,000 years earlier than previously recorded on the continent, based on remains found in Alaska.nnResearchers unearthed a tibia, or lower-leg bone, of an adult canine in […]