For the Chinese subspecies of the world’s most trafficked wild animal, the darkest days may be in the rearview mirror. […]

An “astonishing” find has led to a “valuable starting point” to developing a treatment for a disfiguring childhood disease. If […]

  In one of India’s largest-ever legislative reviews, 717 offenses that might have come with a steep fine or even […]

Two runners at the Boston Marathon stopped mid-race to help a fellow competitor who had collapsed due to severe leg […]

5 years ago today, the world’s longest pedestrian footbridge opened for public use in recreation. The Arouca 516 spans the […]

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When Rebekka Grun von Jolk, an economist whose research sits at the intersection of […]

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In most countries, the legal age to buy cigarettes is fixed. In the UK, […]

A wild Sumatran orangutan has been seen crossing a road through the jungle with the help of a canopy rope […]

The under-2-hour marathon mark has been broken officially for the first time—twice—by a pair of African runners at this year’s […]