Good News
April 28, 2022

Elderly Man Thanks Neighbor in Heartfelt Letter for Asking Him to Watch Their Pets

Pets can change people's lives at any age. A person on Reddit posted a heartfelt typed letter they received from a neighbor who watched their pets for a short period of time. It describes how the three animals—Smokey, Oreo, and Jennifer–helped cure his loneliness and isolation from living alone. “As you know, I'm an old man,” the man, named Robert, says in the letter.

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Birds
April 27, 2022

Camera Hidden in a Nest Captures Intimate Footage of Two Kestrels Raising a Family

Wildlife artist Robert E. Fuller has dedicated his life to studying how animals, especially birds, live in their natural habitats. Visitors to his gallery on the Yorkshire Wolds get to share in one of the ways he studies: by watching birds go about their daily lives through over 100 live-feed surveillance cameras trained on the nest sites of different species.

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Environment
April 26, 2022

Sir David Attenborough Wins Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award

At 95 years old, Sir David Attenborough is still actively advocating for the environment. The British naturalist has spent his life studying nature and combining this knowledge with his unique perspective as a broadcaster. In recent years, his message has increased in urgency as precious ecosystems and species vanish. In 2021, a research vessel named RRS Sir David Attenborough in his honor launched.

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