The Dodo
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Animal rescue stories, told with the ending you want
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Newborn zoo animals, announced as they arrive
zooborns.com
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A running feed of births at zoos and aquariums worldwide, with photographs, the species, the institution and usually a note on conservation status. Because it draws on official announcements, the pictures are the ones the keepers took rather than reposts of reposts.
Rare-species births arrive with an explanation of why that particular calf matters to a breeding programme, so the cuteness comes with context attached.
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Picked for a shared category and overlapping vibe, not for popularity.
thedodo.com
Animal rescue stories, told with the ending you want
postcrossing.com
Post a card to a stranger, get one back from elsewhere
allaboutbirds.org
Watch one nest from first egg to first flight
fixthenews.com
A briefing of progress you almost certainly missed
freerice.com
Answer a question, fund ten grains of rice
goodnewsnetwork.org
Twenty-five years of only the good half of the news