# Hooray News > Real, sourced good news from around the world. Every story is about a real event, cites its sources and is checked against them before it publishes. Editor: Frankie Ragan. Founded October 2026, based in Northwest Arkansas. No topic is off limits as long as the news is genuinely good. Hooray News leaves out partisan spin, gossip, and tragedies with a happy footnote, and never makes up quotes. 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A Survey Found Them Already There](https://hooraynews.com/story/fernbirds-return-parangarehu-lakes-wellington): Mātātā had gone unrecorded at Parangarehu Lakes for about 70 years, and iwi and the council credit predator control and wetland care for the return. (October 23, 2026) - [The Opposite of Breaking News: 6 Finnish Puppies Asleep on Camera, 24/7](https://hooraynews.com/story/finland-yle-pentulive-puppy-livestream-sixth-season): Yle's Pentulive, now in its sixth season, follows Hilkka and her six newborn puppies around the clock and is racking up more views than Finland has people. (October 23, 2026) - [Bat Mothers’ Hearts Raced for Their Own Pups. Whether It’s Love or Alarm Is Unclear](https://hooraynews.com/story/mother-bats-heart-rate-own-pups-calls): In colonies of up to 200 bats, heart monitors showed four Japanese house bat mothers reacting to their own pups' calls but not to other pups'. (October 23, 2026) - [A Waikato Mountain Now Has 5 Kākāpō and an Extremely Small Dating Pool](https://hooraynews.com/story/kakapo-weta-released-maungatautari-sanctuary): A sanctuary marking 25 years of restoration adds two young male kākāpō to a trial testing whether fenced mainland forest can house a growing population. (October 22, 2026) - [13 Egrets From a Species Victorian Couture Nearly Erased Were Moonlighting as Vole Hunters](https://hooraynews.com/story/great-egrets-ouse-fen-quarry-wetland): A nature writer's count of 13 great egrets at Cambridgeshire's Ouse Fen shows how far the species has come, and how a gravel quarry is becoming wetland. (October 22, 2026) - [Can’t Keep a Tiny Habit Going? A Berkeley Trial Tried Skip Days and Phone Alerts](https://hooraynews.com/story/habit-tools-self-compassionate-touch-berkeley-trial): In a Berkeley trial of 497 adults, people taught habit tools practiced more and reported more self-compassion over six months, though the effects were small. (October 22, 2026) - [The Orca Who Carried Her Lost Calf 1,000 Miles Is Nursing a New Son](https://hooraynews.com/story/tahlequah-j35-orca-new-calf-j65): The days-old male, J65, shows no signs of health issues so far and brings the endangered Southern Resident orcas to 77, though the first year is hard. (October 22, 2026) - [Small Blues Were Never Recorded on This Sussex Farm. 2 Years Off Wheat, 85 Were Counted](https://hooraynews.com/story/halnaker-hill-farm-butterflies-wheat-fields-restored): Halnaker Hill Farm swapped four decades of wheat for wildflowers. Surveyors have now logged 28 butterfly species, including two nationally important newcomers. (October 22, 2026) - [If Your Credit Card Is Covering Groceries, a Planner Calls It a Band-Aid](https://hooraynews.com/story/jacksonville-woman-pays-off-credit-card-debt): A Jacksonville woman's steady 18-month climb out of credit card debt, plus one planner's three-step plan for anyone using plastic to cover the basics. (October 22, 2026) - [Sea Lions May Be Rounding Up Anchovies for Humpback Whales, Then Taking the Strays](https://hooraynews.com/story/humpback-whales-sea-lions-monterey-bay-feeding): Tagged humpbacks in Monterey Bay lunged more often with sea lions nearby, and the sea lions seem to collect the fish that slip through. (October 22, 2026) - [This Baby Waterbuck Wears His Heart on His Nose. So Does Nearly Every Waterbuck](https://hooraynews.com/story/waterbuck-calf-heart-nose-ramat-gan-safari): A young male waterbuck has come through his vulnerable early months at an Israeli safari park. The heart on his nose is a little everyday miracle his whole species shares. (October 22, 2026) - [A Cassowary Egg This Green Shouldn’t Be Camouflage. In a Rainforest, It Is](https://hooraynews.com/story/adelaide-zoo-first-cassowary-egg-34-years): Keepers played careful matchmaker for Martina and Jeffrey, and now there's a bright green egg, though the zoo doesn't yet know if it's fertile. (October 22, 2026) - [A Venomous Loris Feared Extinct Was an Hour’s Flight From Jakarta All Along](https://hooraynews.com/story/bangka-slow-loris-still-alive-indonesia): A decade of rescue records shows the Bangka slow loris never left its island, though scientists say it remains critically endangered and needs protection. (October 22, 2026) - [A Galapagos Diver’s First-Ever Kangaroo Was Swimming About 3km Out at Sea](https://hooraynews.com/story/fishing-crew-rescues-kangaroo-boston-bay-port-lincoln): A crew in South Australia lifted a waterlogged kangaroo through the boat's sea door, and one diver from the Galapagos met his first-ever roo. (October 21, 2026) - [Arizona’s Rock Spires Took 27 Million Years. Congress Took About 5](https://hooraynews.com/story/chiricahua-becomes-64th-national-park-arizona): Chiricahua, a field of volcanic rock spires in southeastern Arizona, is the first new national park since 2020 and the state's fourth. (October 21, 2026) - [A 67-Year-Old Swam to France, Bumped Into a Floating Pallet and Kept Going](https://hooraynews.com/story/salima-bouayad-agha-swims-english-channel-at-67): Salima Bouayad Agha trained for three years, outlasted three cancellations and a floating pallet, and raised money for Parkinson's research along the way. (October 21, 2026) - [First He Put the Rolling School Bus in Reverse. Then He Found Neutral](https://hooraynews.com/story/st-paul-man-stops-rolling-school-bus): Ebro Ahmed ran onto a moving bus after its driver had a medical emergency and brought it to a stop. None of the middle schoolers aboard were hurt. (October 21, 2026) - [Match Every Dollar Your Kid Saves With a Quarter, the CFPB Suggests](https://hooraynews.com/story/cfpb-money-as-you-grow-kids-saving-tips): The CFPB's free Money as You Grow guide for ages 6 to 12 suggests ideas from a 10 percent saving habit to a 25-cent match for every dollar saved. (October 21, 2026) - [Once Thought Extinct, a New Zealand Weevil Went From 6 to 260 in a Lab](https://hooraynews.com/story/canterbury-knobbled-weevils-released-new-zealand): New Zealand's Canterbury knobbled weevil, once thought extinct, bred so well in a lab that its keepers were surprised. Now a batch is back outdoors. (October 21, 2026) - [A 10-Foot Shark Drew 1.6 Million Visitors to a Busan Canal. On Try 3, She Swam Out](https://hooraynews.com/story/bukangi-dusky-shark-leaves-busan-canal): A net on pontoons nudged the endangered dusky shark out of a downtown Busan canal on the third try, and officials are watching to see if it reaches open sea. (October 21, 2026) - [Russia’s Alleged ‘Mercenary’ Was a 74-Year-Old Retired Teacher From Michigan](https://hooraynews.com/story/russia-frees-american-stephen-hubbard): The retired teacher, held on mercenary charges his family and US officials call false, was the last American in Russia the US designated as wrongfully detained. (October 21, 2026) - [Gambia’s Exiled Ex-Ruler Lost His Maryland Mansion. His Victims’ Fund Got About $2.5M](https://hooraynews.com/story/gambia-jammeh-mansion-sale-victims-reparations-fund): The US seized and sold Yahya Jammeh's Potomac house, and about $2.5 million has now reached a fund that can only pay victims of his 22-year rule. (October 20, 2026) - [Jersey’s Red Squirrels Are Thriving Thanks to a Squirrel the Island Doesn’t Have](https://hooraynews.com/story/jersey-red-squirrels-thrive-without-greys): With no grey squirrels on the island, Jersey has become a refuge for a species endangered in the UK, helped by feeders, nature reserves and slow roads. (October 20, 2026) - [The Mental Health Version of Five-a-Day Has No Vegetables. It Does Have Dinner](https://hooraynews.com/story/nhs-five-steps-mental-wellbeing-guide): The NHS's free guide, built on a 2008 evidence review, suggests connecting, moving, learning, giving and noticing. No hours at the gym or exams required. (October 20, 2026) - [An AI Beat 3 Former Drone Racing Champions Flying a Drone It Didn’t Even Build](https://hooraynews.com/story/tu-delft-monorace-ai-drone-one-camera): TU Delft's MonoRace flies at about 100 km/h on a tiny onboard chip, a sign that smart robots may not need big, power-hungry computers. (October 20, 2026) - [A Third of Americans Say They’re Not Sure Where Some of Their Retirement Money Is](https://hooraynews.com/story/lost-track-old-401k-empower-survey): An Empower survey finds the uncertainty is common, especially among younger workers, and there are concrete places to look for an old account. (October 20, 2026) - [PFAS Filters Are Basically Storage Units. A Lab Membrane Is More of a Shredder](https://hooraynews.com/story/palladium-membrane-breaks-down-pfas-forever-chemicals): Arizona State researchers used palladium and hydrogen to break down six PFAS in a 58-day lab test, though the pricey metal and engineering remain hurdles. (October 20, 2026) - [The Amazon Conservation Pilot That Paid People Without Asking Them to Save a Single Tree](https://hooraynews.com/story/peru-amazon-basic-income-pilot-indigenous-conservation): A small Peruvian pilot paid 211 Indigenous people a modest basic income, and hunger eased and replanting grew, though the forest itself wasn't measured. (October 20, 2026) - [She Swam From Oregon to Mexico. Sewage Was Waiting Near the Finish Line](https://hooraynews.com/story/catherine-breed-swims-california-coast-900-miles): Catherine Breed swam from Oregon to Mexico in boat-supported stages, raising money to get women and girls into the ocean and dodging sewage near the finish. (October 20, 2026) - [Wildlife Crashes on Colorado’s I-25 Fell 91% Before the Big Overpass Even Opened](https://hooraynews.com/story/colorado-i-25-wildlife-crossings-cut-crashes): A state study found crashes with wildlife plunged after crossings went in along I-25, and the new Greenland overpass is already drawing elk, bears and pronghorn. (October 19, 2026) - [Japan Sent a 5-Ton Spacecraft to Fetch One-Third of an Ounce of Mars’ Moon Phobos](https://hooraynews.com/story/japan-mmx-launch-mars-moon-phobos): The MMX spacecraft is on its way to Mars. If the hard parts go to plan, it would make the first sample return from Mars or its moons, in 2031. (October 19, 2026) - [Couples Who Exercise Together Say They Argue Better. It’s Hard to Storm Off Mid-Walk](https://hooraynews.com/story/byu-study-couples-exercise-together-communication): A BYU study of nearly 1,700 young married couples links exercising together, most often walking, to small but consistent gains in how they talk and argue. (October 19, 2026) - [Trade Me Banned Raw Greenstone Because a River Cobble Has No Receipt](https://hooraynews.com/story/trade-me-bans-raw-pounamu-sales): New Zealand's largest online marketplace is pulling all uncarved greenstone listings, a step Ngāi Tahu calls a breakthrough, though carved pieces can still be sold. (October 19, 2026) - [1,000-Plus Rare Tower Mustard Plants Grew Up in London Homes. Now They’ve Moved Out](https://hooraynews.com/story/volunteers-grow-rare-tower-mustard-london): Volunteers raised tower mustard from the city's last local seed and planted it across London. Whether the new patches take hold is the next chapter. (October 19, 2026) - [‘Costco Hot Dogs’ Was Her Code Name for Paying Off Debt Behind Her Husband’s Back](https://hooraynews.com/story/utah-mom-secretly-pays-off-58k-debt): Becca Christiansen made tiny daily payments tied to her follower count, and an online crowd she calls the Debt Destroyers chipped in more than $40,000. (October 19, 2026) - [An Archaeologist Went for a Bike Ride in Wales and Came Home With a Roman Fort](https://hooraynews.com/story/roman-fort-pembrokeshire-macsen-wledig-legend): Digs confirmed a Roman fort about 3 km from the peak where a medieval Welsh tale camps Emperor Magnus Maximus, though the finds don't prove he was there. (October 19, 2026) - [Sussex Terns Now Nest in a Gated Community With 24/7 Cameras. 756 Pairs Moved In.](https://hooraynews.com/story/pagham-harbour-sandwich-tern-colony-record): At RSPB Pagham Harbour, fenced islands, weeding and round-the-clock watching helped Sandwich terns return, though bird flu still threatens UK seabirds. (October 19, 2026) - [Roman Space Telescope Got an Eye Exam in Orbit and Came Out Sharper Than Required](https://hooraynews.com/story/nasa-roman-telescope-focus-image-quality-target): After in-orbit tweaks, including a mirror nudge one-sixteenth the width of a human hair, Roman's main camera shows less optical error than required. (October 18, 2026) - [Fruit and Veg Too Wonky for Your Supermarket Has Become £1m of Free Food in Cornwall](https://hooraynews.com/story/gleaning-cornwall-1m-produce-food-banks): Gleaning Cornwall says its free produce now helps about 11,000 people a week, but the vehicles and trailers that carry it are getting harder to pay for. (October 18, 2026) - [Your ‘Too Old to Start’ Excuse Just Met a Man Who Took Up Guitar at 80](https://hooraynews.com/story/don-learns-guitar-at-80-raffle): His family thought it was a joke. Weekly lessons, daily practice and years of fighting the strings later, he's singing for them instead. (October 18, 2026) - [Asked for the Secret to Good Credit, a Federal Agency Admitted There Isn’t One](https://hooraynews.com/story/how-to-build-good-credit-score-cfpb-guidelines): A federal consumer agency's plain checklist, from paying on time to checking reports for errors, plus what FICO says about that famous 30 percent rule. (October 18, 2026) - [Hidden Cameras in the Spinifex Caught Dingoes Eating Feral Cats](https://hooraynews.com/story/dingoes-eating-feral-cats-great-sandy-desert): Hidden cameras and dingo droppings in WA's Great Sandy Desert show dingoes eating feral cats, which could help bilbies if it means fewer cats. (October 18, 2026) - [Google’s Quantum ‘Magic States’ Have a 92% Rejection Rate. That’s the Point](https://hooraynews.com/story/google-willow-magic-state-cultivation-quantum): A method called cultivation cut errors about 40-fold on Google's Willow chip, an early, small-scale step toward error-corrected quantum computers. (October 18, 2026) - [Waves Are Digging Up a Lost Forest Floor Off Mozambique, and Reef Fish Moved In](https://hooraynews.com/story/drowned-forest-peat-reefs-mozambique): Peat from coastal swamps and forests up to about 5,000 years old now gives young fish and lobsters rare solid ground on a sandy coast, a small study finds. (October 18, 2026) - [Headphones May Ease Post-Surgery Nausea, Even for Patients Who Can’t Hear a Thing](https://hooraynews.com/story/noise-canceling-headphones-surgery-nausea-trial): In an early trial of 192 surgery patients, noise-canceling headphones cut post-op nausea from 52% to 35%, though nobody was awake to enjoy the quiet. (October 18, 2026) - [Your Phone, Late Dinner and Afternoon Coffee All Made the CDC’s Sleep Hit List](https://hooraynews.com/story/cdc-sleep-habits-checklist-better-rest): Six everyday habits from the CDC, echoed by Harvard Health, cost nothing and can start tonight, plus a clear signal for when it's time to see a doctor. (October 17, 2026) - [The Brewers Pulled Off a Baseball First: Sweeping the Team That Swept Them](https://hooraynews.com/story/brewers-sweep-dodgers-nlcs-world-series-1982): Milwaukee rallied from 4-0 down to win Game 4, 6-4, clinching its first NL pennant and its first World Series trip since 1982. (October 17, 2026) - [Her Free Networking Meetups Started at 300 People. That Was the Small One.](https://hooraynews.com/story/hive-networking-nwa-free-business-group-growth): Becky Luther built Hive Networking NWA around introducing yourself instead of selling yourself, and sponsors now fund meetups that draw hundreds. (October 17, 2026) - [A Labrador Won Animal of the Year for Professionally Staring at ‘Sea Vomit’](https://hooraynews.com/story/labrador-sea-squirt-sniffer-dog-animal-of-year): Sgiath, a former mountain rescue dog from the Scottish Highlands, now hunts an invasive sea squirt that can smother native marine life, and it won her a top award. (October 17, 2026) - [Aunty Ruth Simms Planned Her Honorary Doctorate Ceremony, Down to Who Would Accept It](https://hooraynews.com/story/aunty-ruth-simms-honorary-doctorate-nowra): The Yuin elder spent about 50 years as an Aboriginal Education Officer in NSW, and after she died in September, her daughter accepted the UNSW honor. (October 17, 2026) ## Optional - [Full text of recent stories](https://hooraynews.com/llms-full.txt) - [RSS feed](https://hooraynews.com/feed.xml) - [Sitemap](https://hooraynews.com/sitemap.xml)