An extremely rare porcupine, a vibrant deep sea coral, a mesmerizing purple flower, a square vampire crab, and a little blue octopus… which is your favorite new species this week?

This award-winning scientist mapped the Wood Wide Web beneath our feet, further revealing a massive underground network of forest cooperation in the soil holding ~25% of species 🤯🍄 Join me (in bio) to urge decision makers to use this knowledge for better farm bills that prioritize soil health!

We build a better future together, so what are you doing today? 🤝

Take 1 minute to learn what’s going right in the world:

What actually went RIGHT in the first and only May 2026?

Coolest new species: a nudibranch (sea slug) covered in sesame seed spots, a flowering plant that looks like a bird’s beak, a tiny clicking frog smaller than a dime, a geometric millipede, and a fish covered in angelic threads. Makes you wonder what else is out there…

The majority of US states are legalizing plug-in solar so that you can buy a panel, put it on your balcony, plug it into an outlet, and generate your own electricity without an electrician or special approval! Where does your state stand? #ClimatePowerPartner

The better future I wanna live in has: Solar power as the world’s main energy source, €1 three-course meals for all students, native pheasants returning to Vietnam’s wilderness after decades, our neighbors clearing invasive plants from their lawns…

5 amazing new species! Which is your favorite?

Today’s progress: Corporations can’t spend massive amounts to sway elections in Hawaii anymore, NYC is testing plug in batteries for air conditioners, a massive data center project is losing to local residents, our community member is growing a fruit hedge… How are you building a better future?

This new koala National Park was 13 years in the making, with people & orgs overcoming attacks to protect these and many more lives 🐨 Which other potential protected areas can we push through?

The world’s a little better thanks to Sidney Woodruff, who helped save Yosemite’s native northwestern pond turtle from invasive bullfrogs through a 7-year study and lots of hard work… 🐢

Meet 3 new species: a very tiny jumping spider, a flowering plant that looks like a face with scary fruit, and a leopard gecko that can blink

Court rules AI can’t replace human workers just to cut costs, 59 countries make plans to phase out fossil fuels, Indigenous community gets a 50% stake in solar farm, our community member is turning waste into beautiful art… How are you making the planet better today?

This woman wanted to make the world better but had no idea where to start, so after two decades of figuring it out, she’s written a guidebook to make it easier for the rest of us… #Partner Order it now, out on May 5th (get in my bio!)

April 2026 is over, so here’s 10 things that actually went right... what’d I miss?

I’ve broken 43 ridiculous world records, but here’s the 5 best…

I found out that video game character Crash Bandicoot is a real animal called an eastern barred bandicoot, and despite being declared extinct in the wild since 1991, 100 were just re-released with many more on the way. Here’s how…

New species worth knowing: a crocodile newt that looks like it can firebend, a flowering herb with a “golden tongue”, and a spiraling soft coral found in the deep ocean… With millions of species yet to be discovered, what else do you think it out there?

Surveillance pricing could be banned in Maryland, the last surviving First Nations language speaker formed a band to preserve it, a new nature library in Colorado to rent gear like night vision goggles, making a unique bag out of old buttons & dresses… How are you making the planet better?

I broke a world record with the cutest animal on Earth, according to science…🦦

So apparently mushrooms can eat pollution… Is this the future of cleaning up toxic areas?? 🍄

Play this game to discover real-life deep sea animals?! This might be the coolest way to improve the world while sitting on your couch… 📲🐙

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” - Helen Keller

Is this the best way we can fight for our home planet? Sometimes it feels like we’re doomed, but I partnered with @earthjustice.org to check out some of the recent court victories that are stopping illegal activities in their tracks…

😔 What’s going wrong in the world today? (HAFD)

March 2026 is over, but here’s what went right... How’d you make the planet better?

This is what happens when your ideas actually make it out of the group chat! #wildlifecrossings #goodnews #education #monkeys #langurs (I originally covered this story last year, enjoy this throwback/reminder of one of my favorites!)

3 folks launched an alien writing contest, “Cockroach Lord” discovered 15 roaches & named them after Lord of the Rings characters, Ramón & his family are venturing into the Amazon jungle to save endangered species, Anna (from our community) is helping raise money to preserve a prairie in Detroit…

7.5 million acres of Indigenous Land Back in California, 38 new deep sea species off the coast of Japan, mandatory rooftop solar in Wales, going back to college at 35… What else is going right in the world?