According to National Coalition for the Homeless, 40% of the country’s homeless youth population is comprised of LGTBQ+ teens. When New York native Austin Rivers took up knitting during the COVID-19 ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 2.2 billion people worldwide are blind or visually impaired. That’s 28% of the global population. Emerging apps — and walking canes — can ...

Christmastime is especially magical for Alex Morgan, creator of Good Boy Ollie, a social media account dedicated to the shenanigans of her two labrador retrievers. On Christmas in 2022, Morgan’s ...

The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance just announced the birth of a new fluffy member of its flock: A baby African penguin. According to a statement from the zoo, the chick was hatched to parents Guja ...

In a recent poll from the American Psychiatric Association, at least one-third of Americans said they feel lonely every week. Experts have called loneliness a public health epidemic. And between ...

Tiago da Mota e Silva is a journalist and doctor in Communication and Semiotics, currently a researcher at the National Institute of Research in the Amazon. He is dedicated both professionally and ...

Dr Fathiya Mbarak Khamis is a senior scientist in ICIPE’s Plant Health Theme. She holds BSc and MSc degrees in biochemistry from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a PhD in ...

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the first six employees of world-renowned outdoor gear company Patagonia. Under the leadership of Yvon Chouinard, she helped build an iconic, ethical brand which ...

For many, spreading the “holiday spirit” means more than simply stringing up twinkling lights, baking cookies, and meeting mall Santas — it’s also a time for generosity. In 2023, 75.7 million people — ...

Just a day before Santa makes his way around the globe, over 300 dentists have their own whirlwind day of giving. Every year on December 23, Comfort Dental’s 180 locations offer free dental care to ...

Dylan Mulvaney is many things: Broadway star, TikTok creator, trans rights advocate — and now — the leader of a virtual book club. Launched in partnership with Allstora, RuPaul’s book marketplace, the ...

After Charlotte the green sea turtle was struck by a boat in 2008, Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium quickly became home sweet home. The incident caused Charlotte to have what marine biologists call ...