The world seems dark and grim. These 5 links aim to bring a little light. 💡

  1. Via: ArnoldHoogerwerf — The world’s first Fish Doorbell is live again in Utrecht 🙂 🐟🐟

    Every spring, thousands of fish swim through the Oudegracht in Utrecht, searching for a place upstream to lay their eggs. But the Weerdsluis is often closed. You can help the fish continue their journey! If you see a fish, press the doorbell. This alerts the lock operator to open the lock.

  2. The flightless takahē, an "extinct" bird found wild in a hidden valley:

    Believed extinct … the flightless takahē [was] rediscovered … in 1948.

    Since then, the Takahē Recovery Programme on New Zealand’s South Island has helped grow its population from just 130 birds found surviving in the wild to around 500 protected birds in 2023.

  3. New kākāriki karaka population helping to bring bird back from extinction | RNZ News

    A new wild kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet population is being established on Pukenui/Anchor Island, with 34 of the critically endangered birds being released. …

    Critically endangered means less than 1000 birds self-sustaining. Currently there are around 400 kākāriki karaka in the wild, and the population on Anchor Island is helping to move the bird off the critically endangered list.

  4. Air Pollution Is Falling Worldwide:

    Global emissions of several harmful pollutants are falling — meaning, according to a story shared by RTBC Contributing Editor Michaela Haas from Our World in Data, that the planet as a whole has likely passed “peak air pollution.” Of course, that doesn’t mean emissions have peaked in every part of the world, but it’s an encouraging overall trend.

  5. Rare white weka spotted at West Coast campground | RNZ News.