• Texas
• Colorado – correct answer
• Washington
• Minnesota

Happy Good News Friday! The Greenland Wildlife Overpass in Colorado is officially North America’s largest! Opened in December 2025, this 200-by-209-foot leafy bridge connects 39,000 acres of habitat, giving animals a safe “skyway” to roam and designed to cut vehicle-wildlife collisions by up to 90% in one of the region’s most dangerous zones.

• Grows spikes
• Sneeze attack
• Produces toxins
• All of these! – correct answer

They do it all! Sponges stay rooted in place, but they have clever defenses. Many produce chemicals that taste bad or are toxic to predators. Their bodies can contain tiny, needle-like structures called spicules that make them quite uncomfortable to eat. Some species even use a “sneezing” response, forcefully expelling water to blast away potential threats. Our sustainably sourced plant cellulose sponges are free of chemicals, spikes, and ah-ah-choos, but still tough on your messes!

• Jellyfish
• Squid – correct answer
• Octopus
• Starfish

Squids have eight shorter arms and two long tentacles for snatching prey. They’re precision hunters of the deep. Keep playing trivia to support the planet today!

• Cuvier’s beaked whale – correct answer
• Blue whale
• Elephant seal
• Orca

The Cuvier’s beaked whale can dive for over two hours without surfacing. It’s a deep-sea champion of breath-holding. Want to keep playing? A new crossword puzzle is ready to go!

• Reusable food storage
• Avoiding single-use cutlery
• Using reusable bags
• All of these – correct answer

All of these actions make a difference. By using reusable bottles, bags, and wraps, you reduce plastic pollution and prevent it from reaching rivers and oceans, protecting marine animals and keeping ecosystems healthy. Click to see one of our favorite reusable food savers!

• It attracts dolphins
• It releases nutrients plants can absorb – correct answer
• It makes bubbles that smell like popcorn
• It turns seawater pink

That’s right! When this supramolecular plastic dissolves, it leaves behind nitrogen and phosphorus—nutrients that plants and microbes can actually use. It's like nature’s version of a cleanup crew and a vitamin boost. Who knew trash could give back?

• Harlequin filefish – correct answer
• Clownfish
• Parrotfish
• Lionfish

The harlequin filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) feeds almost exclusively on Acropora corals, by doing so, it takes on their chemical scent to blend in and avoid predators. Unrelated, but also handy: free U.S. standard shipping today on orders $35+ with code MayShip26.

• shrunk – correct answer
• grown
• doubled in size
• disappeared

Happy Good News Friday! The recent shrinking of the ozone hole is an encouraging sign that it’s slowly healing after decades of damage. This recovery is largely due to the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement that phased out many ozone-depleting chemicals. While natural conditions can affect the ozone hole from year to year, the long-term trend shows that coordinated environmental efforts can lead to real, measurable progress.

• A new species of bioluminescent shark
• The deepest-living fish ever recorded
• A completely new evolutionary superfamily – correct answer
• A previously unknown ocean trench

In March 2026, researchers announced the discovery of an entirely new superfamily of amphipod crustaceans, named Mirabestioidea. Finding a new superfamily is like discovering a whole new branch on life’s family tree. It means scientists uncovered organisms so different that they reshape how we understand the deep ocean. A few new discoveries have arrived at the shop, too. Check it out.