Podcast Transcript April 11, 2026— (Guest Interview) Given Two Weeks, She Lived a Year: The Woman Who Built a Rescue for the Dogs Everyone Overlooks | National Pet Day 2026

People share the '10 second decisions' that meaningfully improved their lives forever

Passionate ‘Tortoise Guardians’ Help Critically-Endangered Giant Tortoise Slowly Return to India

Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research

Over 200 Volunteers Lead Largest-Ever Oyster Reef Restoration Off England’s Portsmouth

Students Work to Fundraise to Save Habitat Where They Watch Bald Eagle Chicks on Livestream

Jogger’s Call for Help Saves Critically-Endangered Penguin Found Face-Down on the Beach

18 Rescue Workers Toil for 6 Hours to Save Dog Trapped Underground (Watch Her Joyful Release)

Good News in History, May 16

Sampling DNA in Seawater Can Reveal the Health of Dolphin Populations, in First for Conservation

Another Trawling Ban, Another Big Recovery for Sea Life

Man's 'robot' dance moves are so smooth that people are convinced he's not real

Like an 'Eight-Ton Chicken,' Tyrannosaurus Rex May Have Run on Its Tiptoes to Catch Speedy Prey

Butterfly That Went Extinct in Britain a Century Ago Set for Return to Famous Rewilded Estate Land

EU Passes Animal Protection Law for Keeping, Breeding, and Selling

Vital Island Home for Endangered Monk Seals Gains Marine Protections from Greece

Conservationists Successfully Tackle Invasive Trees and Fish in Vital South Africa Ecosystems

44 Miles of Major Balkan River Freed from Wartime Concrete Obstruction – LOOK

Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits

An Elephant's Trunk Is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests

Homeless Man Helps Find and Return Stolen Dog’s Ashes, Receives Thousands to Get Back on His Feet

Contrary to Popular Belief, Some Doodle Crossbred Dogs May Have More Behavioral Problems Than Their Purebred Parents

Asiatic Wild Ass Returns to Eastern Mongolia After 65-year Isolation from Landscape Fencing

Humans May Have Transported Live Parrots Over the Andes Mountains Along Sophisticated Trade Routes Before the Rise of the Inca Empire

Elusive Nightjar Populations Doubled in 5 Years, a ‘Remarkable Comeback’ Conservationists Say

Great Lakes Otters Are a Conservation Success Story with Populations Flourishing in US and Ontario

Rare Split-Colored Lobster Caught Near Cape Cod is Donated to Aquarium: A One in 50 Million Catch (LOOK)

In a Thrilling Comeback Victory Cherrie DeVaux Becomes First Female Trainer to Win Kentucky Derby (WATCH)

Africa’s Rarest Antelope Gets Boost as Zoos Send 4 Bongos to Kenya to Help Save the Species From the Brink

Scientists Still Have So Much to Learn About Archaeopteryx, the Dinosaur That May Have Flown Like a Bird

After Soccer Ball Slams into Seagull, Watch a Player Use CPR to Gently Revive it (WATCH)

Diseased Rhino Recovers After Florida Zoo Team Surprise Locals with Pioneering Veterinary Tactics

Good News in History, May 8

‘Exciting’ Fossil Find Reveals That Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago

Orphaned Otter Found on Beach Is Now Surrogate Mom to an Another Orphaned Pup Found on a Beach

Rescued From Kitchen Cabinet, a Hairless Puppy Nicknamed ‘Dobby’ is Now Healthy, Happy and Free

Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’

Tow Truck Driver Tells Customers to Wait Until He Finishes Moose Rescue: ‘Oh, that’s fine…’ (WATCH)

14 Toucans Rescued at US-Mexico Border Found Hidden in the Dashboard of a Vehicle

Heroes Corral 15 Horses in Raging Floodwaters to Rescue Them on Hawaiian Ranch

Hundreds of Flowering Species Bloomed Across Britain and Ireland Last Winter. That's Not a Good Thing

Mysterious ‘Hero’ Dog Leads Police Straight to Missing 3-year-old Officer Says in Body Cam Video

‘Astonishing” New Scimitar-Shaped Crested Dinosaur Discovered in Sahara Desert: ‘You might uncover a lost world’

40 Years of Work Returning 900 Wild Horses to China’s Steppes is Celebrated in Year of the Horse 2026

Record Number of Humpbacks Observed Feeding in ‘Supergroup’ Near South Africa

Treacherous 43-Day Mountain Search Finally Reunites Dog With Owner After it Bolted During Road Trip: ‘It was amazing’

Chance Rediscovery of Fossils Found in the 1960s Retell the Story of Giant, Globetrotting Amphibian

158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years

Chinese Pangolins Growing Steadily in the Wilds of Southern China for the First Time This Century

Success! Sumatran Orangutan Uses Rope Bridge to Cross Road for the First Time Connecting Habitats

Celebrating with a Cake Topped with Fish, World’s Oldest Penguin Turns 38

Vacation Film Forgotten in 70-yo Vintage Camera Was Developed for the First Time: Do You Know These Skiers?

Grandmother Gets Help From Her Dog While Gardening: She Points and He Digs

Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Were Top Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows

Hundreds of Ponds Restored Across Iowa Bring This Endangered Fish Back, Along with 100s of Species

Once Extinct in the Wild, Bandicoot Marsupial to be Released Across Australia After Being Bred For Survival (LOOK)

Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild

‘Extinct’ Snail Found in Alleyway Results in Species Pulled Back From the Brink: A ‘Once in a Career’ Moment

Mystery of the ‘Golden Orb’ Found Two Miles Deep on Ocean Floor is Finally Resolved

Growing Coffee in the World’s Densest City: Hong Kong Roastery Hails Beans That Aren’t Imported

With Each Free Clean, Window Washer Influencer Spotlights Great, Struggling Restaurants in Kansas City

Good News in History, May 21

A Technical Resource for the Agency

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign

Florida Man Spends Days Searching for Owner of Lost $30,000 He Found: ‘it wasn’t mine to take’

India’s New ‘Good Samaritan Laws’ Reward Any Citizen Who Stops to Help with Traffic Injuries

Prince William is Selling 20% of His Duchy Landholdings to Build Affordable Housing and Restore Nature

19 years after writing it, the Bee Gees finally performed ‘Grease’ for the first time ever

How embracing the 'Empty Boat Theory' can help you keep anger and anxiety in check

Free Ice Cream Gift for One Child Prompts Donations to Fund Free Sweets For Kids the Entire Summer

Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

Good News in History, May 20

This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory

NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind

Finance App Analyzes Your Jewelry and Puts it in a Digital Portfolio Where You can Track it Like a Stock

Scientists Discover Microscopic Traces of Leaves, Seeds and Toxic Berries on Pots Used by Stone Age Cooks Thousands of Years Ago

Young people share their petty 'boomer' complaints, proving old folks can be right

Salt Water Restores Native Queensland Ecosystems After Dozens of Tidal Gates Removed

Good News in History, May 19

Young woman surprises 87-year-old neighbor who lives alone by paying off his hearing aid bill

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

Ancient Egyptian Crypt of 22 Singing Priests Unsealed for the First Time in Luxor

Good News in History, May 18

The Spark: Building Community One Meal at a Time

Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere

6 alternatives to saying ‘let me know if you need anything’

Village’s Honored Oak with its Own Stone Wall Wins European Tree of the Year

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights

College Commencement Speaker Announces He’s Paying Off Final Year of Loans For Graduates, in Honor of Father

Woman Crochets More Than 100 Baby Blankets to Thank Hospital That Saved Her Sight

Good News in History, May 17

Humans Might Struggle to Make Babies in Space. Sperm Gets Disoriented in Microgravity, a New Study Suggests

Hero British Cop ‘Saves Life’ of American Officer While on Holiday in Nashville

Celebrating 15 Years of Matching Disabled Youth with College Athletes–Over 4,500 Kids Discover the Power of Belonging

These Space-Faring Mice Are Helping Scientists Figure Out How to Keep Astronauts' Muscles Working Properly

Astronauts’ Perspectives on NESC Contributions to Mission Safety and Success

Weekends on the Space Station

Astronomers Discover a Rare Primitive Star That Provides a Chemical Snapshot of the Early Universe

Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture

Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites

Artsy Types May Age Better: Music and Museums Act as Exercise, Slowing Age By 4% Says Study

About Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP)

3 Teens Win Earth Prize for Asia Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

Polish Influencer Raises $67 Million for Cancer Research During 9-day Livestream

Good News in History, May 15

We Use Many of the Same Brain Cells to See and to Imagine Objects, a Study Suggests. The Findings Provide a New Window Into Memory

Stonebreen’s Beating Heart

Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand

LAPD’s 90-year-old ‘Volunteer of the Year’ just happens to be Bruce Willis’ mom

Transforming girls’ education across the world takes a village.

What nobody mentions in the return-to-office debate: babies

Crew-12 Launches

With Mills Shuttered, Grassroots Effort Hopes to Give Welsh Valley New Purpose with Gorgeous 83-mile Hiking Trail

Iraq Embarks on Preservation Work for the Ziggurat of Ur Using Bricks of Identical Material to 5,000-yo Original

Senior Scholar Fulfills Life-long Dream to Graduate Medical School–a Doctor at 73-Years Young

GVIS Test Facilities Visualizations

Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry

Study Shows Littering Declined 34% Across America Since 2020

Good News in History, May 14

BELLS FINALLY RING OUT! 150-Year Wait Ends in Easter Celebration

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station

The Relaxation of Regularly Listening to Songs or Drawing Pictures May Actually Slow Cellular Aging, New Research Shows

Family of 7 takes in 82-year-old widower neighbor as their new ‘grandpa’

Australia is on track to eliminate a form of cancer entirely

A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants

Shanghai Achieves 98% Industrial Recycling Rates After 2019 Waste Management Plan

Good News in History, May 13

GVIS Conceptual Visual Designs

Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82

Astronomers Witnessed the Birth of a Magnetar for the First Time. It Explains the Mysterious Flickering of an Ultrabright Supernova

NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site