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New finds and firsts.

  1. Good Good Good

    Wildlife researchers attempted to trap mice with peanut butter and burnt coconut. They discovered a new species instead

  2. Eos

    Chariklo’s Rings Are Evolving

  3. Good News Network

    Researchers Unearth a Clay Tablet Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treaty

  4. Good News Network

    Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms

  5. npr.org

    Researchers identified two previously unknown species of sea spiders along the Canadian coastline.

  6. NBC News

    Researchers have identified a new species of wild cat for the first time in a century.

  7. Mongabay

    How new is the first ‘new-to-science’ cat discovered in more than 100 years?

  8. NASA

    Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy

  9. The Revelator

    Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident.

  10. SWI swissinfo.ch

    A study found that LSD can improve motor skills, adding to research on possible therapeutic uses of psychedelics.

  11. Anthropocene Magazine

    A 100-year-old freezer rule has a hidden climate cost

  12. High Country News

    The crows in our midst

  13. Undark

    In Italy, What Earth Can Tell Us About Extraterrestrial Life

  14. Undark

    The Evolving Quest to Build Life in a Lab

  15. Good News Digest

    Researchers found dogs process word patterns and speech structure in ways similar to human language processing.

  16. NASA

    APOD: 2026 September 25 – Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri

  17. Good Good Good

    This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'

  18. Mongabay

    A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

  19. NASA

    US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

  20. Mongabay

    ‘Lost’ bird reappears in West Africa’s forests after more than a decade

  21. Eos

    In Alaska, Wildfires Help Prevent Future Burns. Will That Feedback Loop Hold?

  22. Mongabay

    Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

  23. Eos

    Squid Were on the Move Before the Chicxulub Impact

  24. Anthropocene Magazine

    What’s the better bargain, protecting a rainforest or regrowing it?

  25. Mongabay

    A ‘devil-like’ flower from Thailand is new to science — and critically endangered

  26. Eos

    Briny “Death Pools” Hold Clues to Early Life

  27. Good Good Good

    Tiny wallaby spotted on Australia trail cameras for the first time in 50 years: 'Great news for the species'

  28. Eos

    Of Cosmic Rains and Delayed Trains

  29. Good News Network

    Cavemen Used Mammoth Tusk Patterns to Create Unique Art, Reveals New Research

  30. Good News Network

    Unsealed for the First Time, This 600-yo Tomb in Peru Was Just Declared the ‘Discovery of the Decade’

  31. Eos

    Venusian Sulfur Clouds Might Not Be So Inhospitable After All

  32. Anthropocene Magazine

    What happens to the world’s farms if everyone eats less meat?

  33. Good Good Good

    A new cat species was just discovered for the first time in 100 years

  34. Good News Network

    Scientists Solve Mystery Behind Snowfall That Dropped 695 Billion Tons of Ice on Antarctica

  35. Good News Network

    Scientists Determine Australia’s Vast Red Deserts Could Fuel a Hydrogen-Powered Energy Revolution

  36. Anthropocene Magazine

    The humble tree hole turns out to be a remarkable climate refuge

  37. Good News Network

    10 Pounds of Viking Silver Found in Finland Extend Incredible Year for Scandinavian Treasure Hunts

  38. Good Good Good

    Researchers find collecting garbage less often could actually help people recycle more

  39. Good Good Good

    Scientists are studying how caterpillars hear without ears. It could change how humans make hearing aids

  40. Good Good Good

    A researcher and 'lifelong Swiftie,' discovered a new species of insect — and named it after Taylor Swift