Not every story about endangered species is horrible. Sometimes there's some good news mixed in with the bad. Although none of these stories is worth dancing in the streets over, each nonetheless merits at least a little bit of celebration.

Tasmanian devil DNA
Scientist from Penn State University and other institutions have completed sequencing the genome of two Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii), research, which they hope could help lead to the development of a method to protect the species from the deadly, contagious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD).