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Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr & Maria Slough/The Pawtraits ExhibitionQueen guitarist Brian May's nature reserve is a wildlife sanctuary.

Conservation, Nature

Queen’s Brian May turned 157 acres of private land into a 100,000-tree reserve and animal rescue

Emily Shiffer

10/5/2026
Cindy and Michael featured in the “Don’t Wait. Reach Out.” campaign.

In Partnership With Ad Council →

Health, Mental Health

Veterans are trained to put everyone else first. What happens when they prioritize themselves?

Kylee Van Dillen

9/23/2026
Checking in on California's beaver project.

Conservation, Nature

California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

Kat Hong

10/2/2026
Photo credit: British Ecological Society – Spreading coffee pulp over barren land lead to rapid forest growth.

Conservation, Nature

Researchers dumped coffee waste into a forest and couldn’t believe what it looked like 2 years later

Tod Perry

9/30/2026
Photo credit: “https://glasshalffull.co/our-story”>Glass Half Full press kit & Haprer Sunday/pexels.comFranziska Trautmann and Max Steitz of Glass Half Full in Louisiana and bottles waiting to be recycled.

Conservation, Nature

New Orleans was tossing bottles into landfills, so students upcycled 14 million lbs of glass into coastal sand

Patrick Hamilton

9/29/2026
Photo credit: U.S. Geological Survey – The Yellowstone National Park Geology Team captured photos from their annual cleanup.

Conservation, Nature

Yellowstone cleaned out its geysers, and they’re chuckling over some of the 20,000 ‘funky’ finds

Emily Shiffer

9/19/2026
Photo credit: Image via Dan Jansen – A before and after view of the experiment

Conservation, Nature

A juice company dumped orange peels in a national park. This is what it looks like today.

Upworthy Staff

9/16/2026
Photo credit: Andrew Millison/YouTube – Rainwater harvesting has transformed a Tucson neighborhood into a thriving ecosystem.

Conservation, Nature

In 1998, a man illegally cut holes in a Tucson street curb. The result changed the law.

Annie Reneau

9/13/2026
Photo credit: Canva – A pile of oyster shells, left, and a reef in the Florida Keys.

Conservation, Nature

Florida dumped half a million oyster shells into the Gulf of Mexico. No one expected the results to be this good.

Heather Wake

9/13/2026
Photo credit: Paramount Pictures & <a href="https://www.canva.com/photos/MAELsXMSkzY-green-sea-turtle-hatchlings/ – Actor Marlon Brando's private Polynesian island is a sanctuary for green sea turtles.

Conservation, Nature

Marlon Brando bought a Polynesian island in 1966. Over 15,600 green sea turtles just hatched there.

Emily Shiffer

9/2/2026
Linh Mai's First Time Outdoors In The Calf Paddock (Smithsonian)

In Partnership With Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Insitute →

Animals, Conservation

Look Back At Linh Mai’s Most Memorable Moments As She Turns 7 Months Old

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

8/31/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Representative photo of an older couple, left, and a person picking up litter, right.

Conservation, Nature

Couple in their 80s share the ‘plogging’ routine they’ve followed for 21 years

Heather Wake

8/21/2026
Photo credit: Canva & Canva – A grassy backyard turns into a beautiful garden.

Conservation, Nature

See how a gardener turned a boring patch of grass into a lush English garden over 5 years

Kat Hong

8/13/2026
Photo credit: Canva – Hair getting cut (left) Deer in forest (right)

Conservation, Nature

Hair salons in Europe are dumping their clippings into forests and it’s miraculous

Heather Wake

8/13/2026
Photo credit: Canva – A senior woman ready to swim.

Conservation, Nature

‘Old Ladies’ are free-diving on Cape Cod. They’ve excavated 6,000 pounds of trash.

Kat Hong

7/31/2026
Photo credit: Natural Parks Gallery & Canva Photos – Scientists are turning simple concrete into the building blocks for a healthier ocean.

Conservation, Nature

Scientists left cinderblocks in a barren part of the sea. 3 months later they were ecstatic.

Evan Porter

7/30/2026

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