December 2015

• Prediction: True Effects of This Year’s El Niño Just Starting (Al Jezeera, 12/31/15).

• Mosquito-Borne Virus Suspected Cause of Almost 3,000 Microcephaly Birth Defects This Year in Brazil — See Photo (The New York Times, 12/31/15). Read about the first case in Puerto Rico here.

• Look for Comet Catalina after Ringing in New Year — See Diagrams (EarthSky, 12/31/15). Read more here.

• Storms that Brought Flooding to MidWest Bring Freaky High Temps to North Pole (The Hamilton Spectator, 12/30/15).

• Cancer Spread through Bites Suspected of Killing Off Tasmanian Devils (UPI, 12/30/15). Read more, see graphic photo here.

• North of England Slammed by Hurricane-Strength Storm — See Photos & Storm Images (Express, 12/30/15). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Winter Floods Take Lives in Missouri, Illinois — See Photos & Video (Chicago Tribune, 12/29/15). Read more, see more video here.

• Record Snow Hits New Mexico — See Photo (The Washington Post, 12/29/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• What We Lose as We Lose Dark Night Skies — See Photos (EarthSky, 12/28/15)

• Spelunkers Find Ancient Ice Formations, Cave Drawings, Glowing Algae in California’s Lava Beds National Monument — See Photos & Videos (Mother Nature News, 12/28/15).

• 6 Pair of Near-Extinct Javan Green Magpies Shipped to Breeding Program at English Zoo  — See Photos (Mirror Online, 12/28/15).

• Arborists Climb 2,000-Year-Old, 90-Foot Florida Cypress to Take Tissue for Cloning — See Video Report (Orlando Sentinel, 12/28/15).

• Giant Squid Visits Japanese Harbor — See Amazing Video Footage (CNN, 12/28/15). Read more and see more footage here.

• Why Did the Elephant Seal Insist on Crossing the Road? — See Video (KTVU, YouTube, 12/28/15). Read more, see photos here.

• Man Loses Wedding Band Off Side of Fishing Boat, Finds It on Sea Floor 4 Days Later (People, 12/27/15). See news report here.

• Nature Demands Full Attention: Man Watches Electronic Device instead of Cliff Edge, Falls to Death ( CBS News, 12/27/15).

• Sky-Watchers Get Pics of Comet Catalina — See Photos (EarthSky, 12/26/15).

• Full Moon on Christmas for First Time in 38 Years — See Diagrams (EarthSky, 12/25/15). See news report here.

• One Green Planet Picks 6 Top Netflix Animal Documentaries (OneGreenPlanet.org, 12/25/15).

• Warm Weather Has Plants, Flowers Thinking It’s Spring — See Photos (The New York Times, 12/24/15).

• Black Ninja Laternfish Appropriately Named — See Photos (Smithsonian.com, 12/24/15)

• Large Christmas Asteroid will Pass Earth on 12/25 — See Images (EarthSky, 12/24/15)

• East Coast Christmas 2015 Warmest Ever Recorded — See Photos & Charts (The Washington Post, 12/24/15).

• Vicious Storms Sweep through Midwest — See News Report (CNN, 12/24/15). Read more, see more photos here. See video report on extreme weather in Mississippi here, in Texas here.

• South Pacific New Caledonian Crows Caught Making Tools on Camera — See Photos & Video (Christian Science Monitor, 12/23/15).

• What was the Star of Bethlehem? Some Possibilities (EarthSky, 12/23/15).

• 2015 Comedy Wildlife Photo Award-Winners Selected — See Photos (Gizmodo, 12/23/15).

• Watch Out for Comets! (Discovery News, 12/22/15). Read more here.

• Study: Pollinating Bees Most in Decline where Crops Need Them Most (Vocative.com, 12/22/15). Read more here.

• Winter Solstice Marks Start of Short Run to Equinox — See Diagram (EarthSky.org, 12/21/15)

• Australian Approves Expansion of Coal Port Environmentalists See as Threat to Great Barrier Reef — See Photo & Diagram (The Maritime Executive, 12/21/15).

• Why Don’t Birds Go Gray? (Discovery News, 12/21/15).

• U.S. to Restrict Lion-Hunting Imports after Trophy-Killing of Cecil in Zimbabwe (PBS.org, 12/21/15)

• Meet 10 Extremely Strange Deep-Sea Creatures — Watch Video Report (Huffington Post, 12/21/15).

• Warming Waters Mean More Algae Blooms in Lakes, Too — See Photo (The Washington Post, 12/21/15). Read more here.

• NASA Releases New Images of Earth — See Photos (Chron, 12/21/15).

• Researchers Spot 2 Species of Sea Snakes Thought Extinct, Not Sighted in 15 Years — See Photo (The Washington Post, 12/21/15).

• Space Junk since 1957: More Debris Circles Our Planet Every Year — See Time-Lapse Video (Dr. Stuart Grey, UCL / YouTube, 12/20/15). See extremely cool, more detailed version here.

• Hannibal, MO Plans Nature Preserve to Protect Endangered Bats (StarTribune, 12/20/15).

• Which 5 Animals Live Longest? Find Out — See Photos (Oceana, 12/18/15).

• Study: Fossil Bone Analysis Suggests Mysterious Ancient Humans were Still Around during Early Modern Human Times  — See Photos (Phys.org, 12/18/15). Read more here and here.

• Member of Disappearing Giant Salamander Species, Thought to be 200 Years Old, Found in Chinese Cave — See Video  (The Washington Post, 12/16/15).

• Endangered Monkey-Eating Eagle Hatched in Captivity in Philippines — See Photos (Discovery News, 12/10). Read more, see more photos here.

• Endangered Forest Elephants Sighted for First Time in South Sudan — See Photos (Quartz, 12/10/15).

• Official Predicts Climate-Change Triggered, Worst-Ever Coral Bleaching will Hit Great Barrier Reef by Christmas (Brisbane Times, 12/10/15).

• Climate Change Summit Report: Countries Finally Seem to Take Problem Seriously (Slate, 12/9/15).

• Toxin from Warm Water-Driven Algae Blooms Threatens Sea Lions, Other Marine Life Off West Coast (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/15).

• Study of Penguin Huddling Behavior Reveals Complex Dynamics (Phys.org, 12/9/15).

• Alligator Kills, Eats Burglar Hiding in Lake in Barefoot Bay, FL (Newsweek, 12/8/15).

• Artist Completes Exquisite Wall Mural of Bird Families at Cornell Ornithology Lab — See Photos (The New York Times, 12/8/15).

• Chinese Authorities Issue First Air-Pollution Red Alert — See Video Report (Bloomberg Business, 12/8/15).

• NASA’s New Horizons Captures Closeups of Pluto’s Icy Surface — See Images (EarthSky, 12/7/15).

• Study: Greenhouse Gases Make Poison Ivy More Poisonous (The New York Times, 12/7/15).

• Wisdom, the Albatross, Returns to Midway to Hatch Next Chick at Age 64 — See Photo (EarthSky, 12/6/15).

• Banana-Tree-Killing Fungus Spreads to Australia (The Age, 12/6/15)

• Photographers Snap Pics of 9 Special Species — See Slide Show (The Weather Channel, 12/4/15).

• Volcanoes Erupt in Sicily, Nicaragua in Same Week — See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 12/4/15). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Sir David Attenborough to Lead  Discussion on Great Barrier Reef at Climate Change Summit — See Photos & Video (Mother Nature Network, 12/3/15).

• Meet Mr. K, the Cambodian Seahorse, and Save the Kep Sea — See Photos (National Geographic, 12/3/15).

• Study: Vast Majority of Migrating Bird Species Not Getting Adequate Protection — See Photos (Los Angeles Times, 12/4/15).

• Happy 2nd Birthday to a New Pacific Island — See Photos (EarthSky, 12/3/15).

• Rising Seas Swallowing Marshall Islands — See Photos & Videos (The New York Times, 12/3/15).

• Scientists Learn New Details about Mysterious Cosmic Radio Bursts — See Illustration (Phys.org, 12/2/15). Read more here.

• New Louis Psihoyos Documentary Racing Extinction Airs Tonight — See Trailer (Vanity Fair, 12/2/15).

• Adult Elephants Lift Skinny Little Baby Up Slippery Bank — See Video (One Green Planet, 12/2/15).

• Learn More about the Amazing, Ancient Horseshoe Crab — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 12/1/15).

November 2015

• Army Ants Build Living Bridges — See Photo, Videos (EarthSky.org., 11/30/15).

• Study: Arctic Ice Melt Allowing Species Travel between Atlantic, Pacific (The Washington Post, 11/30/15).

• President Obama Addresses Climate Conference — See Video (The Washington Post, 11/30/15).

• Scientist Detects Evidence of Early Collision with Parallel Universe — See Images (EarthSky.org, 11/30/15).

• Global Climate Change Conference Convenes in Paris Tomorrow, How Earth Has Changed since Last Conference in Kyoto in ’97 (The New York Times, 11/29/15). Read more about events leading up to the conference opening here and here.

• Pennsylvania Enlists Citizens in Photo Survey of State’s Mammals (Lancasteronline.com, 11/29/15).

• The Cove Director Louis Psihoyos Documents How Humans are Destroying Planet in Racing Extinction on Discovery Channel on 12/2 — See Photos, Trailer (Wired, 11/29/15). Read more here. Learn more about the film here.

• Rise in CO2 in Ocean Tied to Explosion of Specific Algae, Consequences Unknown — See Photos (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/28/15). Read more here.

• Question: Does Jupiter Fling Comets Away from Earth or Toward Us? Answer: Yes (EarthSky.org, 11/25/15).

• The Celebrity Life of the Presidentially-Pardoned Thanksgiving Turkey — See Photos (The Atlantic, 11/25/15).

• Zebra Finch Couples “Talk It Out” when Male Disrupts Parenting Routine — See Video (Science, 11/24/15).

• Short Review of Findings on Bird Smarts (Science News, 11/23/15).

• Rare, Beautiful, Venomous Blue Dragon Nudibranch Washes Up on Australian Beach — See Photo & Video (Discovery News, 11/23/15). See more photos here.

• Spider Webs Blanket North Memphis — See Photos (The Washington Post, 11/23/15). See news report here.

• Comet Catalina Makes First Appearance — See Images (EarthSky.org, 11/23/15).

• One of Last 4 Northern White Rhinos in World Euthanized at Age 41 at San Diego Zoo — See Photos (NBC San Diego, 11/22/15).

• First Major Winter Storm Hits Midwest — See Photos (USA Today, 11/21/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Navy Wants to Understand, Mimic How Some Fish Become Invisible in Reflected Light — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 11/19/15).

• FDA Approves Genetically Modified Salmon for Sale, Consumption — See Photos & Video Report (The New York Times, 11/19/15).

• Taurid Meteor Shower Produces Beautiful Fireballs — See Photos & Video (EarthSky.org, 11/19/15).

• Researchers Track Surface-Feeding, Deep-Diving Habits of Whale Sharks in Gulf of Mexico (Science Codex, 11/18/15).

• NIH to Retire Last 50 Research Chimps (Nature, 11/18/15).

• Yellowstone Floats Plan to Kill 1,000 Bison — See Photos & Video Report (CBS News, 11/18/15).

• Scientific First: Researchers Witness Planets Being Born — See Images & Video (Los Angeles Times, 11/18/15). Read more here.

• Evolution of the Human Face: 6 Million Years in 60 Seconds — See Video (EarthSky.org, 11/17/15).

• Near-Extinct Przewalski’s Wild Horse Slowly Returning to Wild in Mongolia — See Photo (Smithsonian.com, 11/17/15).

• Save the Red Wolf, Too! (The Guardian, 11/17/15).

• Ancient Tooth Tells Us Modern Humans May be Mix of 3 or 4 Ancient Lines — See Photo (Smithsonian, 11/17/15). Read more here.

• Study: Less Snowpack Means Less Water for 97 Basins Worldwide (The New York Times, 11/17/15). Read more, see images here.

• Fascinating Bird Mating Dances — See Videos (Mother Nature Network, 11/16/15). See an especially adorable, newly discovered dance here.

• Whoa! Asteroid Shaves Earth Inside Satellite Belt Hours after Discovery (EarthSky.org, 11/14/15).

• Animal Welfare Groups Oppose Sending Retired Emory U. Research Chips to English Sanctuary (The New York Times, 11/14/15).

• Researchers Clock Winds on Exoplanet at 5,400 MPH! — See Illustration (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/14/15).

• Red-Tailed Hawk Kills Pigeon on West Village Street — See Photos (DNA Info, 11/13/15).

• Massive Ice Cloud Forming at Saturn Moon Titan’s South Pole — See Images (EarthSky.org, 11/13/15).

• Wyoming, Washington Senators Introduce Bill to Takes Wolves Off Endangered List in Midwest States (BringMetheNews.com, 11/13/15). Read more here.

• How Fast Will Ice Sheets Collapse, Sea Levels Rise? Scientists Unsure — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/12/15).

• Meet Her Deepness, Champion of the Oceans, Sylvia Earle (Outside, 11/12/15).

• Researchers Discover Earth-Sized Exoplanet with Venus-Hot Atmosphere Just 39 Light Years Away — See Video Report (Tech Times, 11/12/15).

• Scientists Discover New Species of Duck-Billed Dinosaur in Montana — See Illustration (Reuters, 11/12/15).

• Attention Frackers: Study Suggests Supervolcano Erupt when Exernal Force Cracks Roof of Magma Chamber (EarthSky.org, 11/11/15).

• Canadian/Australian Mining Company Builds Monster Machines to Destroy Ocean Floor — See Photo (The Financial Times, 11/11/15). See more photos here.

• Hurricane Kate Sets Record Forming So Late, So High  in NW Atlantic — See Images (Weather Underground, 11/11/15).

• Oregon Commission Votes Gray Wolf Off State’s Endangered Species List — See Photos (Oregon Live, The Oregonian, 11/11/15). Read more here.

• First Major Storm Hits Western States, Snow, Tornadoes Head toward Midwest — See News Report (USA Today, 11/11/15).

• Taurid Meteor Shower Producing Some Great Fireballs — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 11/11/15).

• Ever Heard of Punch-Hole Clouds? They’re Amazing! See Photos (EarthSky.org, 11/10/15).

• Study: Oil Dispersant Used after BP Gulf Spill Disrupted Natural Oil-Eating Microbes, Sank Oil to Sea Bottom, Probably Still There — See Photo (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/10/15).

• Researchers I.D. New Dinosaur Species in South Africa, or Biggest Specimen of Known Species, They’re Not Sure — See Illustrations & Diagrams (The Guardian, 11/10/15).

• What’s a Planet? Scientists Still Working it Out — See Illustrations & Diagrams (Forbes, 11/10/15). Read more here.

• Watch for Comet Catalina This Month! — See Images (EarthSky.org, 11/10/15).

• Atmospheric CO2 Reaches New Record High (Scientific American, 11/9/15).

• Crazy Pluto also has Crazy Spinning Moons — See Animation (EarthSky.org, 11/10/15).

• NASA: Icy Pluto has Huge Volcanoes! See Images (Space.com, 11/9/15).

• Australian Group Says Coal Mine Project Bad for Global Environment, Great Barrier Reef (Firstpost.com, 11/9/15).

• Visit Diver-Photographer-Conservationist Jason deCaires Taylor’s Underwater Museums — See Photos (EarthPorm,com, 11/8/15).

• Study: Solar System Once Had Another Giant Planet, Jupiter Gave It Heave Ho (NYC Today, 11/8/15). Read more here. Find the study here.

• NYC Weather to Warm to Ice Skate at Rock Center — See News Report (PIX 11, 11/7/15).

• Whale, Fish, Dolphin Constellations All in Sky Tonight — See Photos & Diagram (EarthSky.org, 11/7/15).

• Listen to Waves Play Music on a Sea Organ in Croatia — See Photos & Listen to Music (Upworthy, 11/6/15).

• Dramatic Shelf Cloud Sweeps over New South Wales, Australia — See Photos (The Guardian, 11/6/15).

• Toxins Caused by Algae Bloom Related to Warming Oceans Close California’s Dungeness Crab, Rock Crab Season — See Photos & News Reports (ABC News, 11/6/15). See another news report here.

• NRDC Screens Sonic Sea, New Film About Ocean Noise Pollution, in NYC on 10/6 — See Trailer (Vimeo). Learn more about the film here.

• President Obama Kills Keystone Pipeline — See His Announcement (The New York Times, 11/5/15). Read more, see President’s full statement here.

• Researchers Study Why Some Female Birds Have Bright Plumage — See Photo (The Economist, 11/7/15). Read more, see more photos here. See NASA news conference here.

• UN Environment Programme Report: International Planned Cuts in Emissions Not Enough to Prevent Global Warming (Reuters, 11/6/15).

• NASA Study: Solar Storms, Winds Turned Once-Wet Mars into Dry Planet — See Video Simulation (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/5/15).

• Taurid Meteor Showers Producing Beautiful Fireballs — See Photos & Videos (National Geographic, 11/5/15). See more photos here.

• Scientists Figure Out How Jellyfish, Lamprey Swim So Efficiently — See Video (Los Angeles Times, 11/5/15). See jellyfish video here.

• Feathered Raptor Discovered in South Dakota Biggest Yet — See Skeleton, Illo (Smithsonian, 11/5/15). here, here and here.

• Endangered Fishers Being Poisoned by California Pot Grower Rodenticides — See Photo (Smithsonian, 11/4/15).

• Study: T. Rex Had a Huge Bite! — See Diagrams (Tech Times, 11/4/15).

• Volcanic Eruption on Nearby Island Disrupts Flights in Bali — See Photos (CNN, 11/4/15). See more photos here.

• Solar Winds Produce Northern Lights in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan — See Photos (NJ.com, 11/4/15). See more photos here.

• Research Debate: Chimps Can Adapt Grunts to Fit into New Social Groups/No They Can’t — See Photos (BBC News, 11/3/15). Read more here and here.

• 2015 Antarctic Ozone Hole 4th Largest Recorded — See Image  (EarthSky.org, 11/3/15).

• Study: West Nile Still Killing Millions of Birds in North America (Science, 11/2/15).

• Hunters Want Yellowstone Grizzlies Delisted (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/2/15).

• World’s Tiniest Snail Discovered in Borneo — See Photo (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/3/15). Read more here.

• Study: West Antarctic Ice Shelf Increasingly Unstable — See Photos,  Illos & Video Diagram (The Washington Post, 11/2/15). Read more here.

• Women Sneaks into Omaha Zoo to Pet Tiger, Pays Price — See News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 11/2/15).

• Thick Blanket of Fog Grounds Flights in UK for 3rd Day — See Photo (The Irish Times, 11/3/15). Read more, see video here and here.

• TransCanada Asks U.S. State Dept. to Put Keystone Pipeline Review on Hold until Obama Leaves Office to Prevent Him from Killing It (USA Today, 11/3/15). Read more, see White House news briefing here.

• Freighter that Sank in Hurricane in Bahamas Found Upright on SeaFloor 15,000 Feet Down (Reuters, 11/2/15). See news report here.

• Essay: How Moving to Montana Taught an Ex-Urbanite to Respect Mother Nature (The Week, 11/1/15).

• Oregon Wants to Take Gray Wolf Off Endangered Species List (Tech Times, 11/1/15).

• Report: New Jersey Oyster Industry Poses Threat to Endangered Horseshoe Crabs, Migratory Birds — See Photo (Philly.com, 11/1/15).

• Expert & Book Author Speaks Up for Bats — See Photos (National Geographic, 11/1/15).

October 2015

• Big Gash Appears in Bighorn Mountains, Still Growing — See Photo & Video (Daily News, 10/31/15).

• NASA Study: Ice Gains in Some Parts of Antarctic Balance Out Losses Elsewhere (UPI, 10/31/15).

• Halloween Asteroid Looks Like a Skull! — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 10/31/15). Read more, see more photos & video here.

• NASA Releases Images of Ancient Kazakhstan Earthworks Found by Economist in ’07 on Google Earth — See Images (The New York Times, 10/30/15).

• More Winds, Storms Bash Already-Battered Texas — See Photos (Miami Herald, 10/30/15).

• 2 Activists in Congo Receive Award for Efforts to Protect Virunga National Park from Oil Exploration (NPR, 10/30/15).

• New Fossil Suggests Last Common Ancestor of Humans, Apes, Monkeys was More Monkey than Ape — See Rendering (CBS News, 10/30/15).

• Yemen Could Get Hit by Cyclone for First Time Ever — See Image (Voice of America, 10/30/15)

• Gulf of Maine Getting Too Warm for Cod — See Photos (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/30/15). Read more here.

• Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo Euthanizes 24-Year-Old Female Giraffe, Franny — See Photo (Chicago Tribune, 10/29/15).

• Cornwall, England Group Finds Nature Activities Enrich Life for Dementia Sufferers (The Guardian, 10/29/15).

• Study: Early Humans Wiped Out Big Fauna in Australia (Science 2.0, 10/29/15).

• Atlantic Puffins among U.K. Birds on IUCN Red List of Threatened Bird Species — See Photos (BBC News, 10/29/15). Read about other birds on the IUCN’s new Red List here and here.

• Electric Eels Curve Bodies Around Prey for Maximum Zapping Power — See Photo (Los Angeles Times, 10/28/15).

• Pacific Island of Palau Creates Vast Ocean Sanctuary — See Photo (Discovery News, 10/28/15).

• Study: Rosetta Spacecraft Detects Oxygen Spewing from Comet — See Photos & Video Report(Space.com, 10/28/15). See another video report here.

• Greenland Ice Sheet is Melting — See Amazing Multimedia Report (The New York Times, 10/28/15).

• Photographers Share Images of Hunter’s Moon — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 10/28/15).

• Study: Earth Hit by Huge Solar Storms in Past, Could It Happen Again — See Photos, Ills & Diagrams (EarthSky.org, 10/27/15).

• Audubon Florida Buys Small Island for Nesting Birds — See News Report (News Channel 8, 10/27/15).

• Catholic Church Leaders Urge Nations to Pass Serious Climate Change Accord at Paris Conference — See News Report (The New York Times, 10/26/15).

• Why Scientists Enjoy Studying Comet Lovejoy — See Photo (KTIC 840 Rural Radio, 10/26/15).

• Hunter’s Moon, Last Supermoon of Year, Peaks Tonight — See Photos (AL.com, 10/26/15). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here.

• Study: Half of All African Lions could be Gone in 20 Years — See Photos (CBS News, 10/26/15).

• Study: Parts of Persian Gulf could be Too Hot for Humans by End of Century (The Washington Post, 10/26/15). Read more here. See the news report here. Find the study here.

• Major Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan — See News Report (The New York Times, 10/26/15).

• Artist Dietmar Voorwold Creates Beautiful Works in Nature, using Only What Nature Provides — See Images (Creations in Nature, Facebook, 10/25/15). Thanks to Rose Noxon for this item.

• Wildlife in Focus Photo Award Winners Announced — See Images (Corpus Christi Caller Times, 10/25/15).

• Big Group of Great Whites Spotted Off Northern California (Northern Californian, 10/25/15).

• Thousands of Trophy Animals Killed in Africa Shipped Back through Seattle (The Seattle Times, 10/24/15).

• Strongest Hurricane on Record Hits Mexico — See Photos (The New York Times, 10/24/15). Read more, see more photos here. See news report here.

• Warmer Oceans Bring Venomous Sea Snake to Southern California — See Photo & Video (SFGate.com, 10/24/15).

• Jakarta’s Huge Wild Bird Trade Threatens Species (The New York Times, 10/23/15).

• Researchers Release Largest-Ever Photo Image of Our Galaxy — See Images (EarthSky.org, 10/23/15). See more here.

• Study: Crocodiles Sleep with One Eye Open (ABC.net.au, 10/22/15)

• Rhode Island Man Grows Record-Breaking 1-Ton-Plus Pumpkin — See Photos (The Seattle Times, 10/22/15).

• One Man Bitten by Shark, Other by Eel in Hawaii — See News Report (People, 10/22/15).

• New NASA Site Posts Fresh Images of Earth Daily (Space Daily, 10/21/15). Read more here. Visit the site here.

• Toxic Paint from Tanker Crash will Cost Millions to Remove from Great Barrier Reef — See Photo (Brisbane Times, 10/21/15). Read more here.

• Study: Most Earth-Like Planets Yet to be Born (EarthSky.org, 10/20/15).

• Study: Substance in Sunscreens Lethal to Coral (CBS San Francisco Bay, 10/20/15)

• Study: Modern Domesticated Dog Originated in Central Asia (BBC News, 10/20/15).

• German Art Installation Celebrates Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & Video (Mother Nature Network, 10/19/15).

• Dad to Other Parents: Encourage Your Kids to Play Outdoors! (WausauDailyHerald.com, 10/19/15)

• Jellyfish Exhibits Become New Cool Thing— See Photos (Atlas Obscura, 10/19/15).

• Red-Tailed Hawk Attacks Drone in Cambridge — See Video (The New York Times, 10/19/15). Read more here.

• Leaf Litter Frog among Animals that Play Dead — See Photo (National Geographic, 10/19/15).

• Trump would Gut EPA (The Daily Caller News Foundation, 10/19/15).

• Bahamian Sinkhole Yields Trove of Ice Age Fossils — See Photo (Los Angeles Times, 10/19/15). Read more here.

• Study Puts Origins of Modern Dogs in Central Asia (The New York Times, 10/19/15).

• Big, Newly Discovered Asteroid “Spooky” to Give Earth Close Pass on Halloween (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/22/15). Read more here, here and here.

• Ancient Crystal in Western Australia Suggests Life on Earth Started Earlier than Thought (Reuters, 10/19/15).

• Nature is Not Your Friend: Young Reporter, Experienced Traveler Swept to Sea in Hawaii (AP, Huffington Post, 10/15/15).

• NASA, NOAA Predict This Winter’s El Niño Could Rival 1997-98 Whopper  — See Animation, Images, Diagram (EarthSky.org, 10/14/15).

• Nikon Announces Winners of Small World Photo Contest — See Images (CNN, 10/15/15). See more images here.

• Orionid Meteor Shower Could Be Good Show — See Photos & Diagram (EarthSky, 10/14/15).

• Divers Encounter, Film, Harass Giant Sunfish Off Portugal — See Video (OneGreenPlanet, 10/12/15).

• Beautiful FogBows! — See Photos (EarthSky, 10/12/15).

• Lunar Months Not All Same Length—This Month’s is Longest (EarthSky, 10/12/15).

• More Meteor Showers Coming in October — See Diagrams & Photo (EarthSky.org, 10/9/15). Learn more, see more photos here.

• Finalists Selected for First Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — See Images (Express, 10/9/15).

• Scientists Hit On Possible Reason Elephants Seldom Get Cancer — See News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/9/15).

• Conservationist Still Holds Out Hope of Saving Cheetah from Extinction — See Photos (Scientific American, 10/8/15).

• Finding: Mars Had Potentially Life-Supporting Lakes for a Long Time — See Illustrations & News Report (Space.com, 10/8/15).

• Discovery: Pluto has Blue Skies, Too — See Photo (Space.com, 10/8/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Soggy Spring in Midwest Reduces Pumpkin Crop — See News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/8/15).

• Report: World’s Coral Reefs Threatened by 3rd Global Bleaching Event Tied to Warming Oceans — See News Reports (CNN, 10/8/15). Read more here.

• Fossil of New, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Species Found in Australia—Continent’s Biggest Yet — See Illustration (EarthSky.org, 10/7/15).

• Fire Ants Survive South Carolina Floods by Forming Floating Rafts — See Video (Mashable.com, 10/7/15). Read more, see more video here. See photos and news report here.

• Cargo Ship El Faro Declared Lost in Hurricane, Investigation Begins — See News Report (Reuters, 10/7/15). Read more, see another news report here.

• Array of Amazing Creatures Discovered in Eastern Himalayas (Live Science, 10/6/15).

• Dams Breach, 15 Die in South Carolina “Historic Flooding” — See News Report (Reuters, 10/6/15). Read more, see more news reports here.

• Groups Win Suit Demanding EPA Get Tougher on Ship Ballast Discharge in Great Lakes to Avoid More Invasive Species (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel, 10/5/15).

• Obama Announces New Marine Sanctuaries in Potomac River, Lake Michigan in Video Address to “Our Ocean” Conference (The Washington Post, 10/5/15).

• President of Chile Announces One of World’s Largest Marine Reserves in Area including Easter Island at 2nd Annual “Our Ocean” Conference (Reuters, 10/5/15). Read more, see photos here.

• Nature Abounds in Lands Abandoned by Humans after Chernobyl — See Photos (Reuters, 10/5/15). Read more here.

• College Sophomore Finds Fossil of Furry Mammal that Survived Mass Extinction — See Rendering (The Washington Post, 10/5/15). Read more here.

• Researchers Film, Catch, Release Strange, Rare Shark Off Scotland — See Photo (Regal Tribune, 10/4/15). See video, news report here and here.

• French Riviera Hit by Winds, Record Rains, Floods — See Photos (The Guardian, 10/4/15).

• Search-and-Rescue Teams Find Life Rings, Other Debris from Cargo Ship Gone Missing in Hurricane Joaquin — See News Report (Reuters, 10/5/15). Read more here.

• Joaquin Hits Bermuda with Less Force (The New York Times, 10/4/15).

• South Carolina, Major Portions of East Coast Hit with Record Rains — See Photos & News Report (USA Today, 10/4/15). Read more, see more news reports here and here.

• Researchers Find Evidence of 800-Foot Tsunami Wave off Cape Verde Islands 70,000 Years Ago — See Photo (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/4/15). See more photos and video here and here.

• Um, Are These Critters Supposed to Be This Big? — See Photos (Discovery News, 10/3/15).

• Michigan Farmer Finds Mammoth Bones in Field — See Video (People.com, 10/3/15). Read more, see more photos and video here, here and here.

• Rains, Flooding Batter South Carolina — See News Report (USA Today, 10/3/15).

• U.S. Cargo Ship Lost at Sea as Hurricane Joaquin Slams Bahamas — See News Report (CNN.com, 10/3/15). Read more, see photos, storm track here, here, here, here.

• Surface Images of Pluto Moon Charon Fascinate Researchers — See Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/2/15). See more video here.

• Bahamas’ Iconic Nassau Grouper Fast Disappearing — See Photos (HuffPost, 10/1/15).

• Study: Crows Understand Death — See Photos (BBC, 10/1/15). Find the study here.

• Theory: Meteor Hit Sparked Volcanic Eruptions that Helped Wipe Out Dinosaurs (The Christian Science Monitor, 10/1/15).

• Bright Spots on Dwarf Planet Ceres Could be Salt — See Images (CNet.com, 10/1/15).

September 2015

• Baby Elephant Discovers Its Trunk — See Video (One Green Planet, 9/30/15).

• Does the Universe Sing in B Flat? (Classicalite, 9/29/15). Read more here.

• Man Bitten by Brown Widow Spider on Plane Almost Losing Leg — See Graphic Photos (The Telegraph, 9/29/15).

• Prime Minister of New Zealand Announces Creation of New Ocean Sanctuary (The Christian Science Monitor, 9/29/15). Read more here.

• Meet the World’s Teeniest-Tiniest Snail — See Photo (CBS News, 9/29/15).

• Researchers Spot First Glow-in-the-Dark Turtle — See Video (National Geographic, 9/28/15).

• Libertarian Group Wants Manatees Off Endangered Species List (Miami New Times, 9/28/15).

• Bones of Newly Discovered Dinosaur Species First Found above Arctic Circle — See Photo (The New York Times, 9/28/15).

• Volkswagen Heads Knew about Diesel-Emissions Cheating Technology for 8 Years (Consumerist.com, 9/28/15).

• Shell Pulls Plug on Arctic Offshore Drilling Operations — See Photos (newsminer.com, 9/28/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Researchers Find Evidence Water Still Present on Mars — See News Report (CNN, 9/28/15). Read more, see photos here and here.

• Total Eclipse of September Harvest/Super Moon Should Be Good Show (Earthsky.org, 9/27/15). Read more here. See photos here and here.

• Love Clouds? Join the Club! (Special thanks to Eileen Stukane for this item.)

• Florida Woman Arrested for Riding Sea Turtle — See Photos & News Report (New York Daily News, 9/26/15). Read more here and here.

• Researchers Work to Save Starving Seabirds along West Coast — See News Report (KTVU, 9/25/15).

• Elk Hunter Survives 4 Days in Wilderness with Broken Leg — See News Report (USA Today, 9/25/15).

• Volkswagen Cheated on Diesel Admissions Tests in Europe, Too — See News Report (Reuters, 9/28/15).

• EPA to Change Diesel Testing Protocols after Volskwagengate — See Videos (CBS News, 9/25/15).

• Australia’s First Aboriginals Shared Land with Giant Lizards (Discovery News, 9/24/15). Read more here.

• 4th Generation Western Lowland Gorilla Born at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo — See Photos (ABC 7 Eyewitness News, 9/24/15).

• Architecture Students Install Wooden Megaphones in Latvian Forest to Amplify Sounds of Nature —See Photos (Mother Nature News, 9/24/15).

• Human Activities Real Source of Great Barrier Reef’s Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Plague— See Photo (ZME Science, 9/24/15).

• Study: Human Tooth Enamel Evolved from Ancient Fish Scales (Los Angeles Times, 9/23/15).

• Moose Hunter in Alaska Seriously Mauled by Brown Bear with Cubs (Alaska Dispatch News, 9/23/15).

• Pope Francis Makes Climate Change a Priority in First Visit to U.S. — See Video & Photos (The New York Times, 9/23/15). Read more here.

• 2nd Pregnancy for Wild Sumatran Rhino Now Living in Sanctuary Good News for Critically Endangered Species — See Photos (AFP, Yahoo, 9/22/15).

• Study: Humans Spew Clouds of Microbes All the Time — Listen to the Discussion on All Things Considered (NPR.org, 9/22/15).

• Study: Indigenous Alaskans were Eating Salmon 11,500 Years Ago (The New York Times, 9/2215).

• 22 Walruses Killed, Mutilated on Remote Alaskan Beach (The Christian Science Monitor, 9/22/15). Read more here.

• Actor Leonardo DiCaprio to Dump All Fossil Fuel-Related Investments (People, 9/22/15). Read more here. See video of announcement here.

• Clinton Goes on Record Against Keystone Pipeline — See Video (Reuters, 9/22/15). Read more here.

• World’s Falcons Beauty Contest Held in Dubai — See Video (The Wall Street Journal, 9/22/15).

• Endangered Sumatran Elephant Murdered for Tusks (Discovery News, 9/21/15). Read more, see graphic photo here.

• Did You Know? The Sun Sinks Fastest at Equinox — See Photos & Diagrams (EarthSky.org, 9/21/15).

• Pope Francis on the Environment: 7 Statements (National Geographic, 9/20/15).

• The Story of the Hikers who Died in the Flash Flood at Zion National Park — See Photos & Video (Los Angeles Times, 9/20/15).

• Male Sumatran Tiger on Breeding Loan Kills Veteran Zookeeper in New Zealand — See News Report (nzherald.co.nz, 9/20/15). Read more here.

• Researchers Design First Comprehensive, Circular Tree of Life — See Diagram (Phys.org, 9/19/15). Learn more here.

• Female Yellow-Bellied Water Snake Gives Birth without Mating — See Photos (The Washington Post, 9/19/15).

• Volkswagen Installed Software in Cars to Reduce Diesel Emissions Only During Inspections — See Video (Los Angeles Times, 9/18/15). Read more here. See News report  here.

• Will Killing Cormorants Save Salmon? See Photos (The Seattle Times, 9/18/15).

• New Horizons Spacecraft Delivers New, Close-Up, Stunning Images of Pluto — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 9/18/15).

• Study: Microbeads in Personal Care Products are Poisoning Water Habitats, Should be Banned — See Video (The Washington Post, 9/18/15).

• Study: Like Humans, Robins Possess, Differ in General Intelligence (Sciencemag.org, 9/18/15).

• Was This the First Creature to Walk on 4 Legs? See Illo (CBSNews.com, 9/18/15).

• Filmmakers in Helicopter Shoot Stunning Footage of Himalayas — See Video & Photos (Upworthy.com, 9/17/15).

• Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award-Winners Announced — See Photos (The Guardian, 9/17/2015). Read more, see more photos here.

• This Year’s El Niño Could Rival, Exceed 1997 Monster — See Video Comparison (EarthSky.org, 9/17/15). Read more here and here.

• Beautiful, Rare, Iridescent Cloud Causes Stir in Costa Rica — See Photos & Videos (ABCNews.com, 9/17/15). See more video here. Read more here and here.

• British Wildlife Photography Award Winners Announced — See Photos (Discovery News, 9/17/15).

• Study: Feeders Put Bird Health at Risk (Phys.org, 9/17/15).

• Giant Arctic Mosquitoes Love Global Warming — See Photo (Time, 9/17/15). Read more here.

• Report: Living-Fossil Fish Coelecanth has Vestigial Lung — See Photo & Diagram (Forbes.com, 9/16/15).

• 9 Weird-Looking Creatures on Endangered Species List — See Photos (Buzzfeed, 9/16/15). Learn more about ugly animals here.

• Report: Arctic Sea Ice at 4th Lowest Level on Record — See Photo (Mashable, 9/16/15). See NASA time-lapse animation and expert commentary here.

• Report: Saturn Moon Enceladus has Vast, Saltwater Ocean Under Icy Crust that Could Harbor Life — See Photo (National Geographic, 9/16/15).

• This Month’s Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Could be a Good One (MLive.com, 9/16/15).

• Study: The Moon is Shrinking! (The Washington Post, 9/16/15).

• New Documentary Love Thy Nature, Narrated by Liam Neeson, Explores How Nature Sustains Us — See Trailer (LoveThyNature.com). Thanks to Susan Senk Public Relations & Marketing for information about the film.

• Researchers: Double Meteor Strike Left Craters on Seabed, Now Part of Sweden, Millions of Years Ago — See Illustration (CBS News.com, 9/15/15).

• World’s Longest Continental Volcano Chain Runs through Eastern Australia — See Diagram (Discovery News, 9/15/15). Read more here.

• Studies: Kids Who Spend More Time Outdoors Have Better Vision (Newsweek, 9/15/15). Read the full Nature report here. Find the JAMA study here.

• U.S. Fisheries tells Gillnet Swordfishing Fleet: Kill More than 2 Turtles, Marine Mammals in 2 Years, We’ll Shut You Down (Reuters, 9/15/15). Read more here.

• NASA Captures Rare Image of Double Earth-Moon Solar Eclipse — See Photo (EarthSky.org. 9/15/15). See NASA video here.

• 4 (of Many) Reasons We Should All Spend More Time Outdoors (OneGreenPlanet.org, 9/14/15).

• Major El Niño Building: What Is It? What Will It Bring? See Diagrams (EarthSky.org, 9/14/15).

• Researchers Discover Giant (for a Virus) Virus in Permafrost (Design&Trend.com, 9/13/15). Find the study here.

• GoPro that Filmed Grand Canyon from 98,644 Ft. Found after 2 Years Lost in Desert — See Footage (TVNZ, 9/13/15). Also see video  here.

• Study: Sierra Nevada Mountain Snowpack at Lowest Level in 500 Years — See Photo (Newsweek, 9/14/15). Read more, see more photos here and here. Find the study here.

• USFWS Considers Listing American Eel as Endangered Species (The Washington Post, 9/14/15).

• See 125 Gorgeous Nat Geo “Extreme Photo of the Week” Selections (National Geographic, 9/14/15).

• Diver Films Really Big, Probably Pregnant Great White Off Baja — See Video (National Geographic, 9/14 Newsletter). See more video here and here.

• Excavation near Mall in Washington State Uncovers Trove of Ancient Stone Tools (The Washington Post, 9/12/15). Read more here.

• Officials Worry Chinese Turtles Found on Massachusetts Beach Could become Invasive-Species — See Photo (WCBV5, 9/12/15).

• Partial Solar Eclipse Visible in Southern Hemisphere Tomorrow — See Animation (EarthSky.org, 9/12/15).

• Coral Bleaching caused by Warm Oceans Hits Hawaii Again — See Photos (The Australian, 9/12/15). Read more here. See news report here.

• New Fossil DNA Study Changes Ideas on When First Ancestors of Modern Humans formed Separate Branch (Science, 9/11/15).

• Study: Burning World’s Remaining Fossil Fuels will Sink Us All (The New York Times, 9/11/15). Read more here.

• 9/11 Tower of Lights Tribute Switched Off Briefly to Spare Migrating Birds — See Videos (CBS New York, 9/11/15). Read more here.

• Young Black Bear Has Fun in a Backyard Hammock in New Jersey — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 9/11/15). Also see video here.

• UC Berkeley Philosopher Reviews Carl Safina Book on Animal Mind — Read Review & Excerpt (NPR.org, 9/11/15).

• Dutch Photographer says Foxes are Masters of Zen — See Photos (The Independent, 9/11/15).

• Federal Appeals Court Blocks EPA Approval of Bee-Killing DOW Pesticide (Mother Jones, 9/11/15).

• Researchers Find More Surprises in New Flyby Photos of Pluto’s Terrain — See Photos & Video Report (The New York Times, 9/11/15).

• Beautiful New View of Milky Way from Earth — See Photo (EarthSky.org, 9/11/15).

• Big, Beautiful, Migrating Moths Arrive in UK — See Photos (DailyMail.com, 9/10/15).

• Greenpeace Claims to Find, Expose Pirate Tuna-Fishing Operation in Pacific — See News Report (The Guardian, 9/10/15).

• U.S. Icebreaker Plows through Slushy Ice, Makes Historic Arrival at North Pole Ahead of Schedule — See Photos & Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 9/10/15). Learn more, see more photos and video here.

• Bones of Previously Unknown Humanlike Species Found in South African Cave — See Photos (The Wall Street Journal, 9/10/15). Learn more, see more photos and video here, here,  here, here and here. See more spelunking photos here.

• Rains, Typhoon Cause Disastrous Floods in Japan — See News Footage (CNN, 9/10/15).

• Watch for Zodiacal Light, a.k.a. False Dawn, during Autumn Equinox — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 9/10/15). Learn more, see more photos here.

• Young Mountain Gorilla Films Self Examining Video Camera in Uganda — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 9/9/10). Also see video here.

• Spear Fisherman Kills 413-Lb Blue Marlin off San Diego — See Photos (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/8/15).

• Solar Winds Create Stunning Auroras on Earth — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 9/8/15).

• Major Dust Storm Hits Mideast — See Photo (BBC News, 9/8/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Send Your Name to Mars — Apply by Midnight Tuesday! (EarthSky.org, 9/7/15). Learn more and sign up here.

• Sea Turtles Stage Comeback in Florida, Georgia — See Photo (AP, Chron.com, 9/7/15).

• Fireball Streaks through Daytime Sky over Bangkok — See Video (Time, 9/7/15).

• Archeologists Discover New Stonehenge Near Stonehenge — See Photos & Video (Time, 9/7/15). Read more here. See more video here.

• Nature: The Cure for What Ails You — See the Fake Commercial (The Upworthiest, 9/7/15). Also see the video here.

• Earth from Space — See Amazing Images (EarthSky.org, 9/7/15).

• Ice-Age Mammoth Bone Fossils, More, Found at Construction Site in Carlsbad CA — See Photos (Nature World Report, 9/6/15). Read more here.

• Photographer Captures Breathtaking Night Skies Over Tibet — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 9/6/15).

• New Documentary How to Change the World Traces Beginnings, Growth of Greenpeace, Now 40 — See Photos (The Independent, 9/6/15).

• Kayaker Fishing Off Malibu Dangles Feet in Water, Gets Bitten by Hammerhead (USA Today, 9/6/15).

• Is Yucatan’s Growing Dive/Snorkel Tourism a Threat to Whale Sharks? — See Photos (My Statesman, 9/4/15).

• China Air Goes from Clear to Unbreathable in Days — See Photos (CNN, 9/4/15).

• Report: Usually Harmless Bacteria Suspected as Killer of Thousands of Saiga Antelope in Kazakhstan — See Disturbing Photos (Daily Mail, 9/4/15). Read more here.

• Captive Chimps Annoyed by Drone Plan and Execute Successful Strategy to Bring it Down — See Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 9/4/15). See clearer video here.

• Submersible Robot to Hunt Invasive Starfish Destroying Great Barrier Reef — See Video (The Sydney Morning Herald, 9/4/15). Learn more here.

• Scary-Deadly King Cobra on Loose after Escaping Reality TV Star’s Home in Orlando — See News Report (Orlando Sentinel, 9/3/15).

• Study: Seahorse Dads Do Almost Everything Other Animal Moms Do, Pre and Post Birth — See Video (UPI, 9/3/15).

• Actress Emma Thompson Joins Greenpeace Protest against Shell Arctic Drilling in London — See Video (The Guardian, 9/2/15). See more video here and here

• Seabirds Dying along San Francisco Bay, Climate Change Could Be Why — See News Report (ABC7News, 9/2/15).

• Partial Solar, Total Lunar Eclipse in September — See Photos & Video (EarthSky.org, 9//15).

• 2-Year-Old Human and Gorilla Play Peek-a-Boo at Columbus Zoo — See Video (The Guardian, 9/1/15).

• Study: Tiny Jellyfish Move via Unique Form of Propulsion — See Photo & Video (Phys.org, 9/1/15). See more video here.

• President Obama to Appear in Alaskan Running Wild Episode, Learn Wilderness Skills, Call Attention to Climate Change (USA Today, 9/1/15).

• Near-Exinct Green Sea Turtles Raise Hopes of Survival with Record-Breaking Number of Central Florida Nests — See Photos & Video (USA Today, 9/1/15).

• Diver has Friendly, Belly-Scratching Encounter with Seal Off Scilly Islands — See News Report (CBS News, 9/1/15).

• Clouds of Migrating Swifts Funnel into Abandoned-School Chimney in Washington — See Video Report (King5.com, 9/1/15).

• Australian Fisherman Encounters, Gets Involved in Battle between Poisonous Sea Snake & Stone Fish — See Photos (Fox 59, 9/1/15). See video report here.

• Six-Foot Sea Scorpion Roamed Ancient Oceans — See Illustration (Reuters, 9/1/15).

August 2015

• Stinky Corpse Flower Fails to Bloom in Chicago — See News Report (NBC Chicago, 8/31/15). Read more, see another news report here.

• On Eve of Alaska Visit, Obama Changes Name of Mt. McKinley Back to Native American Name of Denali (The New York Times, 8/30/15). Read more here and here.

• Great White Takes Big Bite Out of Surf Board, Not Surfer in California — See Photo (CBS News, 8/30/15). See video report here.

• Lost Hiker Found Alive after 9 Days in Sierra Nevada — See Photo & News Report (New York Post, 8/30/15).

• New Invasive Weed Species Hits Minnesota Lakes — See Photo (StarTribune, 8/29/15).

• Giant Panda Mei Xiang Gives Birth to Twins at Washington Zoo, One Dies 4 Days Later — See Photos (The Washington Post, 8/28/15).

• Cyclist Encounters Very Big Group of Kangaroos in Australia — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 8/28/15).

• Which Animals Have Biggest, Smallest Babies & Why — See Diagram (National Geographic, 8/28/15).

• Lonely Planet Releases List of Top 500 Travel Destinations — See Photos (EMTVonline, 8/27/15).

• NASA Bad News, Part II: Sea Levels Will Rise 3 Feet or More, It’s Just a Question of When — See Video Report (CNN 8/27/15).

• NASA Bad News, Part 1: Sea Levels Have Risen Average of 3 Inches since ’92 — See NASA Video Report & Animation (Time, 8/26/15). Read more here. Also see video animation here.

• Grizzly Rolls Down Hill, Seemingly Just for Fun — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 8/26/15).

• Deep-Sea Robots Discover Pristine Beauty Off Southern Australia — See Photo & Video (Silicon Republic, 8/26/15). Read more here and here.

• Black Bear Study Documents Stress Reaction to Drones (National Geographic, 8/25/15). Find the study here.

• Rare Nautilus Resighted in South Pacific — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 8/25/15).

• Last Sumatran Rhino Outside Indonesia, One of Last 100 on Planet, Leaves Cincinnatti Zoo For Home Country to Mate — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 8/25/15). See more video here and here.

• NASA Spacecraft Snaps Pics of Strange, High, Shiny Mountain on Ceres — See Photos (Forbes.com, 8/25/15).

• Professional Guide Mauled to Death By Lion during Walking Tour in Zimbabwe (The Washington Post, 8/25/15).

• Astronauts Capture Images of Elusive Red Lightning Sprites from Space Station — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 8/24/15).

• Greenland Glacier Cracks, Loses Piece the Size of Manhattan — See Photos (CBS News, 8/24/15).

• Another Bear Visits another Backyard Pool & Hot Tub in Vancouver — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 8/24/15). Learn more here.

• Mother Ship of Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup Effort Docks in San Francisco with First Ocean Trash Haul — See Photos & News Report (SFGate.com, 8/23/15).

• EPA Had Been Warned Animas River Spill Could Happen — See Photos & News Report (CNN, 8/21/15). See another news report here.

• Traveler National Geographic Photo Contest Winners Announced — See Photos (National Geographic, 8/21/15).

• Mama Bear & 5 Cubs Cool Off in Backyard Pool in New Jersey — See Video (CBC News, 8/21/15).

• Scientists Finally Figure Out How Hummingbirds Drink Nectar (The Christian Science Monitor, 8/20/15).

• Fire Rainbow, aka Ice Rainbow, Appears in Sky off South Carolina — See Photo & News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 8/20/15).

• NOAA: July 2015 Hottest Global July on Record — See News Report (CNN, 8/20/15).

• Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicks In with Danny — See News Report (USA Today, 8/20/15).

• Hundreds of Birds Found Dead in Downtown Tulsa — See News Report (2Tulsa, 8/19/15).

• What Do You See in These Natural Formations? See Photos (EarthSky.org, 8/20/15).

• Great White Leaps from Water to Snag Seal in S. Africa? No, in Cape Cod! — See Video (National Geographic, 8/19/15).

• Oldest-Known Fossil of Finger Bone from Previously Unknown, Big, Early Human Found in Tanzania — See Photo (LiveScience, The Christian Science Monitor, 8/19/15). Read the full study, see other photos and diagrams here.

• Head Lice Becoming Resistant to Common Treatments – See News Report (ABC News, 8/19/15).

• Sinkhole that Swallowed Bedroom, Man Opens Again in Florida — See Photo (The Week, 8/19/15).

• Wildlife Photographers: What We’ve Learned from Years of Following Elephants — See Photos (OneGreenPlanet.org, 8/18/15).

• Report: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Bigger than Expected This Year — See Diagram (EarthSky.org., 8/18/15).

• Little Boy Tries to Herd Kittens — See Adorable Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 8/18/15).

• Astronaut Videotapes Northern Lights from Space Station — See Footage (GeoBeats News, YouTube, 8/17/15).

• Navajo Nation Angry at EPA over Animas River Spill — See News Report (The Denver Post, 8/17/15).

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology Dedicated to Saving Sounds of the Wild — Hear Recordings (Hyperallergic, 8/17/15).

• Ecuador Declares State of Emergency as Cotopaxi Volcano Starts Spewing Ash — See Photo (Time, 8/16/15).

• Deep-Sea ROV Videos Spaghetti Monster Off Angola — See Photo (The Christian Science Monitor, 8/15/15). See video here.

• Study: 2 Dinosours, Maybe Parent and Young, Strolled Beach, Left Tracks in Germany 142 Million Year Ago — See Photos (CBS News, 8/14/15).

• 2nd Yosemite Campground Closed after 2 Dead Squirrels Found to Have Plague (Reuters, 8/14/15).

• Study: Ants ID Friends, Stranges by Smell— See Photos (The Washington Post, 8/13/15).

• Researchers Tracking What Killed 100,000+ Endangered Saiga Antelopes in Central Asia (Smithsonian, 8/13/15).

• NOAA: This Year’s El Niño Could Be Strongest on Record — See Video (Time, 8/13/15). Learn more, see more photos, diagrams, news reports here and here.

• Pacific Striped Octopus Reveals Surprising Mating, Mothering, Social Habits — See Photo (The New York Times, 8/13/15).

• Scientists Sequence, Surprised by Two-Spot Octopus Genome — See Photos (LiveScience.com, 8/12/15).

• Researchers Map where Lightning Strikes Least to Most — See Global Map (EarthSky.org. 8/12/15).

• Here Come the Persieds! (EarthSky.org, 8/12/15). Learn more here and here. See photos here.

• 6 Bengal Tiger Poachers Killed in Shootout (KTLA5, 8/11/15).

• Tadpole Disease Detected in 6 Countries (Discovery News, 8/11/15). Learn more here.

• Rosetta Spacecraft Snaps Pics of Comet 67P Spewing Biggest Gas Jet Yet — See Photos (Discovery News, 8/11/15).

• Millions of Gallons of Mine Waste Spill into River in Colorado — See Photos & News Report (CBS  Denver, 8/10/15). Read more here.

• Iceberg Crumbles, Rolls, Sends Waves Crashing in Newfoundland — See Video (TMZ, 8/9/15).

• Alligator Bites Off Woman’s Arm in Florida  River — See News Report (WFTV, 8/9/15).

• Spiders Work Together to Weave Gigantic Web in Dallas Suburb — See Photo (Discovery News, 8/9/15). Learn more here.

• New Species of Angler Fish Found Deep in Gulf of Mexico Takes Ugly Prize — See Photo (Discovery News, 8/7/15).

• Researchers Ponder, Theorize Why Delicately Balancing Rocks Haven’t Fallen in Earthquakes — See Photos (EarthSky.org, 8/6/15). Learn more here.

July 2015

• Pluto, Pluto, Pluto! See Photos & Videos (The Guardian, 7/24/15). Read more, see more photos and videos here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

• Alligator Takes Stroll in Manhattan — See Photo (Time, 7/24/15).

• NASA Estimates 1 Billion Earth-like Planets in Our Galaxy Alone — See Images and Video (The Washington Post, 7/25/15). Read more here.

• NOAA Report: June 2015 was Hottest Global June on Record (STGIST.com, 7/23/15).

• Large Hadron Collider Proves Existence of Pentaquark (Upworthy.com, 7/23/15).

• Study: Walking in Nature Has Positive Effect on Brain Function (The New York Times, 7/22/15).

• Finding Upends Theory on Native-American Origins (Time, 7/21/15)

• Stephen Hawking Teams with Russian Billionaire to Seek Intelligent Life in Universe — See News Report (ABC News, 7/21/15).

• NASA Releases New Image of “Blue Marble” — See Image (Huffington Post, 7/21/15)

• Pompano Beach-Goers Get to Observe Manatees Mating off Beach — See News Report (Local 10 News, 7/20/15).

• Study: Plankton in Southern Ocean Drives Cloud Formation — See Photo (Northern Californian, 7/19/15).

• Rising Temps and Sea Levels Could Mean Goodby, Greenwich Village — See Map (DNAinfo.com, 7/17/15).

• Hines Emerald Dragon Fly, Thought Extinct, Being Nurtured Back from Brink — See Photo (U.S. News & World Report, 7/17/15)

• 15 Odd & Fascinating Animals You May Never Have Seen Before — See Photos (One Green Planet, 7/16/15).

• Little Minnesota Wood Thrush Tracked to Mexico, Central America and Back (StarTribune,   7/16/15).

• Carl Safina, Others who Work with Animals, Ponder the Mystery of Animal Minds, Emotions (The New York Times, 7/15/15).

• Is Human Hand Less Evolved than Chimp, Orangutan Hand? See Videos (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/14/15).

• Cuban Marine Preserve Remains Pristine… For Now — See Special Video Report (The New York Times, 7/13/15).

• Study: Seas Could Rise 20 Feet with Even Slight Continued Temperature Increase (HNGN, 7/13/15). Locate the study here. Read more here.

• Chain of  50-Million-Year-Old Extinct Underwater Volcanoes Found off Australia — See Images & Video (CBS News, 7/13/15).

• Cape Cod Researchers Tagged 18 Great Whites Last Summer, Spot 2 More This Summer — See Photo (CBS Local, 7/11/15).

• Study Giant Pandas Can Survive on Bamboo because of Low Metabolism, Lack of Activity (Pioneer News, 7/10/15).

• Study: Living Among Trees Good for Human Health (The Washington Post, 7/9/15). Read the full study here.

• Giant, Fanged Centipede Goes for a Stroll in Texas — See Photo (Mother Nature News, 7/9/15).

• Bird Island in Seychelles Rewards Hardy Nature-Lovers — See Photos & Video (CNN, 7/9/15).

• See What a Sea Turtle Sees under the Sea off Australia (One Green Planet, 7/8/15).

• Thousands of Roosting Birds Abandon Nests, Eggs Off Florida Gulf Key — See Photos, Video (U.S. News and World Report, 7/7/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Report: Appearance of Philae Comet Suggests Microbial Life Beneath Surface Ice — See Videos (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/6/15).

• Leaping Sturgeon in Florida River Kill Girl, Injure Others (Reuters, 7/4/15).

• Fatal Texas Alligator Attack First in 200 Years — See News Report (Newsweek, 7/4/15). Read more here.

• Study: Fearful Horses Learn Fastest under Right Circumstances (The Horse, 7/4/15).

• Nature is Not Your Friend: Bison Attack 2 More Tourists in Yellowstone, for Total of 4 This Season (Q13 Fox, 7/3/15).

• Meet the Varied Wildlife in NYC — See Photos (The New York Times, 7/3/15).

• Study: Spiders Can Sail on Water’s Surface — See Photo (The Independent, 7/3/15).

• Study: Seahorse’s Square Tail Superior to Round One — See Photo (Smithsonian.com, 7/2/15). Read more here.

• BP Agrees to Pay U.S., 5 State Governments $18.7 Billion for Gulf Spill (Reuters, 7/2/15).

• Cuban Researchers Worry What U.S. Tourism Will Do to Pristine Areas — See Photos & Videos (The New York Times, 7/2/15).

• Another Shark Attack Makes 11 since Mid-May Off Carolinas — See Photos, Map (CBS News, 7/2/15).  Read more here and here.

June 2015

• Study: Walking in Nature is Good for Your Mental Health — See Video Report (Stanford News, 6/30/15). Read more here.

• Skywatchers Capture Images of “UFO” Clouds — See Photos (EarthSky, 6/30/15).

• Photographer Captures Beautiful Images of New Zealand’s Glowing Caves — See Photos (One Green Planet, 6/30/15).

• Researchers ID Fossil of New Species of Feathery-Legged Worm with Major Spikes — See Photo (The Christian Science Monitor, 6/30/15).

• 7 Lions to be Moved from South Africa to Rwanda to Restart Lost Rwandan Population (The Guardian, 6/28/15).

• Study: Rats Dream! (Reliawire.com, 6/27/15).

• Study: Australian Bird Uses Different Combinations of Sounds (Like Words in a Sentence) to Convey Messages (The Independent, 6/25/15).

• Chinese Billionare Buys Big Chunk of Adirondacks, to Preserve it, He Says — See Photos  (New York Daily News, 6/25/15).

• Researchers Discover Beautiful, Fluorescent Corals Deep in Red Sea — See Photos & Video (IB Times, 6/24/15).

• Solar Storms Make for Great Viewing of Northern Lights — See News Report & Photos (The Christian Science Monitor, 6/24/15). See more video here.

• Portuguese Man of War Washes Up on Jersey Beach — See News Report (News 4 New York, 6/23/2015)

• Humans Celebrate Summer Solstice 2015 (Discovery News, 6/21/15). Learn more here. See more photos here.

• Study: Earth’s 6th Mass Extinction Has Begun — See News Report (USA Today, 6/21/15).

• Speed, the Galapagos Tortoise, Dies at Age 150 in San Diego Zoo — See Photo (Los Angeles Times, 6/20/15).

• 8 Million Mummified Dogs Found in Egyptian Catacomb — See Photos (Discovery News, 6/19/15).

• Study: Most Kangaroos are Left-Handed (CNET, 6/18/15).

• Finding: 8,500-Year-Old Kennweick Man Skull ID’d as Native American Ancestor — See Photo (Time, 6/18/15).

• Study: Special Hair Helps Silver Ant of Sahara Survive Searing Heat — See Photo (The New York Times, 6/18/15).

• NASA Study: Earth is Running Out of Water (The Sydney Morning Herald, 6/18/15).

• Moon Dust Filling in Human Footprint (USA Today, 6/17/15). Read more, see illos here.

• Astronomers Locate Stars Formed at Birth of Universe (ABC News, 6/17/15). Read more here.

• Study: Opossums Not So Solitary After All (Phys.org, 6/17/15).

• Moon Jellies Can Rearrange Arms for Symmetry after Injury — See Photos & Video (Phys.org, 6/16/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Pope Says Humans Responsible for Climate Change, Calls for Human Action (USA Today, 6/15/15). Read more, see video report here.

• 2 Teens Attacked by Shark(s) off Same North Carolina Beaches — See News Report (CNN 6/15/15). Read more here. See second news report here.

• Animals Escape Tbilisi, Georgia Zoo during Floods, Hippo, White Tiger, Hyena Roam Streets — See News Report (The Washington Post, 6/14/15). Read more, see more photos and video here, here (warning: graphic footage) and here.

• Researchers Document First Known Incident of Polar Bears Eating Dolphins — See Photos (Huffington Post, 6/12/15). Read the fully study here.

• Chimps, Our Closest Relatives, Declared Endangered (The Orange County Register, 6/12/15).

• Shark Killed in Traffic Accident During Truck Transport from Florida to NYC (The New York Times, 6/11/15).

• Old But New to GNN: Vast School of Rays Congregate Off Baja — See Video (National Geographic, YouTube, 5/7/12; GNN 6/11/15). Special thanks to Elena Lataci for Facebook posting.

• Scientists Free Sea Turtle Tangled in Fishing Net — See Video (OneGreenPlanet, 6/10/15).

• Rising Sea Levels Pose New Threat to Everglades — See Special Report (PBS News Hour, 6/10/15).

• Sea Lion Grabs Fish, Almost Drowns Fisherman — See Photos (The Guardian, 6/5/15).

• Scientists Film Strange and Beautiful Deep Sea Creatures Off Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands — See Video (Sploid, YouTube, 6/2/15). Learn more, see more video here.

May 2015

• Record Rains, Flooding Hit Texas (Time, 5/25/15). Read more, see news report here.

• Heat Wave Kills Hundreds in India — See News Reports (BBC News, 5/25/15).

• Tiny Little Plankton are Wondrously Diverse (The Silver Ink, 5/23/15).

• California May Ban Microbeads (Vice News, 5/22/15)

• Antarctic Ice Destabilizing at Disconcertingly Rapid Pace (The Washington Post, 5/22/15). Read more here.

• Study: Dogs Have Been Our Pals Even Longer than We Thought (The Washington Post, 5/21/15).

• Study: Octopuses See through their Skin (The New York Times, 5/20/15). Read more here.

• Study: Even Flies Seem to Experience Fear (The New York Times, 5/19/15).

• Spiders Fall from Sky in Australia —Really! (Fox News, 5/19/15).

• Study: Sea Spray “Profoundly” Impacts Climate (Slash Gear, 5/18/15).

• Study: Plants in Offices Boost Productivity (Entrepreneur, 5/16/15).

• Meet Opah, the First Warm-Blooded Fish — See News Report (USA Today, 5/14/15).

• Rangers Shoot Rhino Poachers in Kruger National Park (The Citizen, 5/12/15).

• Polar Ice Melting, Sea Levels Rising Faster than Predicted (The Washington Post, 5/11/15)

• Blue Sunsets on Mars — See NASA Images (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/11/15).

• Subtropical Storm Brings Early Start to Hurricane Season — See News Report (Weather.com, 5/8/15). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Mary Lee, the Great White, Heading North Off New Jersey Coast (USA Today, 5/7/15). Read more, see news report here.

• Messenger Data Reveals Mercury’s Magnetic Field is 4 Billion Years Old (UBC News, 5/7/15).

• Researchers Documenting Thinning Ice Drown in Arctic (Mother Jones, 5/7/15).

• Warning, Graphic Images: Indonesian Police Find Live, Rare Birds Shoved in Water Bottles in Smuggler’s Luggage — See Photos & News Report (The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/7/15).

• Oregon Lake Drains Down Lava-Tube Hole Every Year — See Photos & Video (The Telegraph, 5/7/15).

• Old but New (to GNN): Massive Alligator Wanders onto Florida Golf Course — See Photos (USA Today, 3/11/15).

• 24 Million Chickens, Turkeys Slaughtered in 12 States, More to Follow as Bird Flu  Spreads (CNBC, 5/6/15).

• Scientists Discover Possible Missing Link in Evolution of Life from Simple Bacteria to Complex Cells at Bottom of Arctic Ocean — See Photos (The New York Times, 5/6/15).

• Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Yet Found — See Hubble Telescope Image (CBS News, 5/5/15).

• May Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Early Tomorrow (Los Angeles Times, 5/5/15). Read more, see 2013 image here. See 18 beautiful images of the heavens here.

• New Species of Warbler ID’d in China through Song (ModernReaders.com, 5/2/15).

• Underwater Volcano Erupting Off Oregon Coast — See Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 5/1/15).

• Colorado Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Tracked to Pit Bull (The Washington Post 5/1/15). Read more here.

April 2015

• Mercury Probe Sends Final Image Before Crashing on Planet — See Last Image & Breathtaking Earlier Images & Video (CNET, 4/30/15). Read more here.

• 1 in 6 Species Doomed by Climate Change —Which Will Go First? (National Geographic, 4/30/15). Read more here.

• Shark Kills Female Snorkeler in Maui in 3rd Fatal Attack in Less than 2 Years — See News Report (Fox News, 4/30/15).

• Fossil of Dinosaur with Bat-Like Wings Discovered in China — See Illo (The Christian Science Monitor 4/29/15). See fossil, more illos here.

• Nepali Mountain Villages Wiped Out by Earthquake-Triggered Avalanches, Death Toll Predicted to Soar — See Photos (National Geographic, 4/28/15). Read more here.

• Researchers Suggest Our 3D Universe May Really be 2D (Nature World News, 4/27/15).

• Study: Global Warming Cause of Increased Flooding, Extreme-Heat Events (The Washington Post, 4/27/15). Read more here and here.

• 7-Year-Old Boy Helped Discover Fossils of Mini, Vegetarian Relative of T. Rex — See Illo & Photo (USA Today, 4/27/15). See fossil here. Learn more here.

• Elephant Family Rushes to Meet Newest Baby — See Video (Amboseli Trust for Elephants, YouTube via One Green Planet, 4/27/15). See more Amboseli Trust videos here.

• Nepal Devastated by 7.8 Quake, Aftershocks, 2,000 Dead — See Photos & Video (CNN, 4/26/15). Read more here, here and here.

• Nature Is Not Your Friend: Storm Capsizes Sailboats, Lives Lost, during Race in Alabama Bay — See News Report (CNN, 4/25/15).

• Calbuco Volcano in Chile, Dormant 54 Years, Erupts Twice — See Photos (The Australian, 4/24/15). Read more, see more photos, video, news reports here, here and here.

• 15 Buffalo Escape from New York Farm, Shot to Death for Lack of Recapture Plan (The New York Times, 4/24/15).

• Researcher Finds Tiny Pocket Shark in Frozen Fish Hauled Up from Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Only 2nd One Ever Found — See Photo (Discovery News, 4/24/15). Learn more, see more photos here and here. See slide show here.

• Study: If Yellowstone, World’s Largest Volcano, Erupts (Unlikely but Not Impossible), We’re All Toast — See Photos, Diagrams, Video (The Washington Post 4/23/15). Read more, see more photos and video here and here. Find the study here.

• Happy Birthday, Hubble Telescope! 25 Beautiful Images to Celebrate 25th Anniversary — See Images & Video (IBTimes, 4/23/15). See more amazing Hubble videos here.

• Artist Makes Beautiful Installations, Powerful Environmental Statement with Plastics Washed Up on Mexican Beach — See Photos (One Green Planet, 4/23/15). Read more, see more images here. Learn more about the artist, see more photos and video of his work here.

• Study: Like Human Smokers, Bees May Get Hooked on Pesticides with Nicotine-Like Substances (Discovery News 4/23/15). Read more here.

• Nonhuman Rights Project Comes Step Closer to Getting Research Chimps Declared Persons with Legal Rights (Live Science, 4/23/15).

• Has Earth Day Lost Its Way? See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 4/22/15).

• Nature Is Not Your Toy: Florida Man Bitten Trying to Kiss Cottonmouth (OutdoorHub, 4/22/15).

• 43 Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs Found at Chinese Construction Sight — See News Report (PBS.org, 4/22/15).

• San Francisco Bans All Use of Exotic Animals for Human Entertainment (ABC News, 4/21/15). Read more here.

• Elephants Halt Cars on South African Road So Baby Can Cross — See Video (Kobus Roux via One Green Planet, 4/21/15). See more video here.

•  Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa Slaughter Thousands of Chickens, Turkeys Infected with Bird Flu (USA Today, 4/21/15). Read more here and here. 

• Deep Sea Vampire Squid, Not Really Squid, Really Strange — See Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 4/20/15). Read more, see more photos and video here, here and here. Find the study here.

• Elephant Hunter Trampled to Death by Intended Quarry (One Green Planet, 4/20/15).

• Study: Color of Light Affects Human Internal Clock (Voice Chronicle, 4/19/15).

• Tibetan Mastiffs, Once Trendy in China, Now Need Rescue — See Photos (The New York Times, 4/17/15).

• Documentary about Rampaging Circus Elephant Compared to anti-Orca Captivity documentary Blackfish (One Green Planet, 4/16/15).

• Scientists Study How Octopus Moves, Come Away Surprised, Impressed — See Video (NBC News, 4/16/15). Find study here.

• Study: More Female than Male Chimps Use Spears when Hunting (Phys.org, 4/15/15). Read more, see photos here, here and here.

• Shark Kills 13-Year-Old Surfer off Reunion Island (Surfer, 4/15/15).

• Swimming in a Sea of Plastic — See Photos (One Green Planet, 4/15/15).

• Special Report: Researchers Measure Ongoing Destruction, Loss of BP Gulf Spill — See Photos & Videos (National Geographic 4/14/15).

• Mild Utah Winter Drives Bears Out of Dens Too Soon — See News Report (National Geographic 4/13/15).

• Nature is Not Your Friend: Kayakers Drown when Weather Turns — See News Report (NBC News, 4/13/15).

• Study: Stationary Warm Water in Pacific Contributing to California Drought, Other Severe Weather (Toronto Star, 4/11/15). Find the study here.

• Basis for Belief that Universe Is Expanding at Ever-Increasing Rate Called into Question (EurekaAlert, 4/10/15).

• Near Complete Fossil of Carnivorous Terror Bird Found in Argentina— See Photo (Discover News 4/10/15). Read more, see more illos and news report here. Read the full study, see fossil photos and charts here.Read more here.

• Scientists Seek Source of Methane Cloud Over Four Corners Area in Southwest — See News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 4/9/15).

• Breakthrough: Building Blocks of Life Found in Other Star System — See Video Report (Space.com, 4/8/15). Read more here. Read the entire study here.

• Study Ups Odds that Collision of Earth, Similar Planet Created Earth’s Moon  — See Illo, Listen to Podcast, Access Study & Other Content (Nature, 4/8/15). Read more here.

• NASA Scientist Predicts We’ll Find Life Forms on Other Planets in 20 Years (Los Angeles Times, 4/7/15).

• Living in Nature 2: College Student Lives in Shelter in Woods for a Year — See Photos (CBS News, 4/3/15).

• Living in Nature 1: South Carolina Man Survives 66 Days at Sea atop Capsized Sailboat — See News Report  (The Washington Post, 4/3/15).

• Study: Pack-Ice Hunting Polar Bears Won’t Survive when Ice Disappears, Forced to Hunt on Land (The Washington Post, 4/1/15). Read more here.

• Study: Newly Discovered Human Ancestor “Little Foot” Lived Same Time as Earliest-Known Ancestor “Lucy” — See Fossil (Discovery News, 4/1/15).

• Creepy, Scary: Sea Stars Dying off Central California, Sea Urchins also Dying or Running Amok (National Geographic, 4/1/15).

March 2015

• Study: 1-Ounce Warbler Flies 1,500 Miles from Canada/New England to Caribbean Nonstop — See Photo (Phys.org, 3/31/15). Read more here.

• Study: Pandas Not as Solitary as Thought (Yibada.com, 3/28/15).

• Study: Dark Matter Even Stranger than Thought (The Washington Post, 3/27/15).

• Study: Antarctic Ice Shelf Thinning Faster, Accelerating Sea-Level Rise — See Video & Diagram (Scientific American, 3/26/15). Read more here and here.

• Really Big Asteroid to Pass Earth on Friday — See Image, Orbit, Cool Video Report (Universe Today, 3/26/15).

• Researchers ID New Species of Colorful Dancing Spiders in Australia — See Photos & Video (National Geographic, 3/25/15).

• Tiny Ecuadorian Rain-Forest Frog Changes from Smooth to Spiky — See Photos (National Geographic, 3/25/15).

• Study: Jupiter Smashed through Early Solar System, Earth Part of Debris (Blastr.com, 3/24/15). Read more, see diagrams here, here and here. Find the study here.

• Fossil of Sharp-Toothed, Car-Sized Salamander with Toilet Seat-Shaped Head Found in Portugal — See Photos, Models & Illustration (BBC News, 3/24/15).

• Newborn Elephant Takes First Steps — See Video and Photos (blog.londolozi.com, 3/23/15).

• Study: Greenland Ice Melt Slowing Ocean Currents — See NASA Video Report (Slate.com, 3/23/15). Read more here.

• Double Underground Domes Marking Biggest Asteroid Strike Known to Science Found in Australia (Discovery News, 3/23/15). Read more, see more images here, here and here.

• Mayor of Paris Orders Half Cars Off Road to Fight Severe Smog — See Photo (CBS News, 3/22/15).

• Total Eclipse Visible from Space, North Atlantic —See Photos (U-T San Diego, 3/20/15).

• Study: Arctic Ice at Record Low — See NASA Video Report (NASA, YouTube, 3/19/15). Read more, see more photos and video here, here and here.

• Prince Charles Makes Speech in DC about State of World’s Oceans —See News Report (USA Today, YouTube, 3/19/15).

• Explorers Club will Help Kingdom of Bhutan Search for Local Yeti (DNAinfo, 3/19/15).

• Giant Razor-Toothed Croc that Walked on Hind Legs ruled North America before Dinosaurs — See Illustration (Discovery News, 3/18/15).

• British Government Declares Pitcairn Islands Largest Marine Reserve on Planet — See Video Report (National Geographic, 3/18/15).

• Photographer Uses Drones to Explore World’s Largest Cave in Vietnam — See Video (NPR, 3/18/15).

• World’s Only Wild Population of Red Wolves in Trouble Again — See Video Report (National Geographic, 3/18/15).

• Major Solar Storm Smacks Earth, Creates Gorgeous Northern Lights — See Photos (U-T San Diego, 3/18/15). Read more here.

• True Horror: 2,000 Snow Geese Fall Dead from Sky in Idaho, Killed by Avian Cholera (Wall Street OTC, 3/18/15).

• Snorkeler and Manatee Float Face-to-Face in Crystal River, FL —See Video (Liquid Productions, YouTube, 3/16/15).

• Force 5 Cyclone Pam Slams Vanuatu as Other Storms Swirl in Pacific — See Photos (ABC News Au, 3/14/15). Read more, see more photos and weather-and-satellite images here,  here, here and here.

• Siberia’s Mysterious, Multiplying Craters Linked to Climate Change (The New Yorker, 3/13/15).

• Study: Jupiter Moon Ganymede has Ice-Covered Ocean with More Water than Earth (Space.com, Scientific American, 3/13/15). Read more here.

• Report: California Will Run Out of Water in 1 Year (Newsweek, 3/13/15)

• Study: Neanderthals Made Jewelry — See Photo (Scientific American, 3/12/15).

• Huge Freshwater Stingray Caught, Released in Thailand — See Photo (National Geographic, 3/11/15).

• Not New but New to Us: Hubble Space Photos that Put Human Life in Mind-Blowing Perspective  — See Video (Davechuk, Youtube, 1/6/15).  See 26 more photos that drive home the same message here. (Thanks to Bleim Kern for sharing this one on Facebook.)

• Researchers Debate Where to Mark Start of Anthropocene (Human) Epoch (The New Yorker, 3/11/15). Read more here.

• Study: Chameleons Change Color Using Crystals in Skin — See Photos, Diagrams & Videos (SlashGear 3/10/15). Read more, see more photos here and here.

• Special Report: Baby Elephants Captured in Zimbabwe for Foreign Sale — See Photos (National Geographic, 3/9/15).

• Study: Global Warming Accelerating to Worst in 1,000, Maybe 2,000 Years (Scientific American, 3/9/15).

• FL Gov Rick Scott Banned Use of Terms “Global Warming,” “Climate Change” in Official Documents (USA Today, 3/9/15).

• Pennsylvania Nesting Bald Eagle Snowed In in Nest — See Photo (ABC 2, 3/6/15).

• NASA Probe Reaches Dwarf Planet Ceres — See Photos, Images and Video Report (Space.com, 3/6/15).

• Ringling Circus Ending Elephant Acts (Fox News, 3/5/15). See news report here.

• Arctic Sea Ice Disappearing Fast — See Photos & Diagrams (CBS News, 3/5/15). Read more here. See Arctic Ice slide show here.

• El Niño is Here (Scientific American, 3/5/15).

• Jaw Fossil Found in Ethiopia Suggests Humans Emerged ½ Million Years Earlier than Thought — See Photos & Video (The Christian Science Monitor, 3/5/15). Read more, see more photos and images here and here.

• New “Panama Canal” will Destroy Pristine Lake in Nicaragua — See Photos (CNN, 3/4/15).

• Floods Destroy Madagascar —See Photos & Video (Global Voices, 3/4/15).

• Celebrate World Wildlife Day (UN.org, 3/3/15). See IFAW’s “Youth Voices for World Wildlife Day 2015” video here.

• Chile’s Villarica Volcano Erupts in Fiery Display — See Video Report (CBS SF Bay Area, YouTube, 3/3/15). See more photos here.

• Rare, Deep Sea-Dwelling Goblin Shark Caught Off SE Australia — See Video (Yahoo News, AFP, 3/3/15).

• Lost City, Possibly Entire Lost Civilization, Found in Honduran Rain Forest — See Photos (National Geographic, 3/2/15).

• Swiss Researchers Captive Image of Light as both Particle and Wave — See Photo (Newsweek, 3/2/15)

• Grad Student Imagines What Alien Life on Saturn Moon Titan Might Look Like — See Image (Discovery News, 3/2/15).

• Researchers Capture Images of Smallest Bacteria Known — See Photo (Consolidated Times, 3/2/15).

February 2015

• Save the Petite Peruvian Tern — See Photo (National Geographic 2/28/15)

• Nantucket Photographer Snaps Beautiful, Strange, Semi-Frozen Slurpee Waves — See Photos (NBC News, 2/27/15).

• Deadly Frog Fungus Strikes Madagascar — See Photos (National Geographic, 2/26/15).

• Study: Massive, Ancient Black Hole Largest Yet Discovered — See Illustration (Space.com, 2/25/15). Read more, see more illustrations here, here and here. Find the full study, see more images here.

• Strange Bright Spots on Dwarf Planet Ceres May Be Volcanic — See Images (Discovery News, 2/25/15).

• More Mysterious Craters Found in Siberia — See Photo (The Huffington Post 2/23/15).

• Buh-bye, Big Apple: Cartographer Computer-Maps Fate of Manhattan if Ice Melts, Seas Rise as Predicted — See Results (The Huffington Post, 2/23/15). Find full NYC 2015 Climate Change Report here.

• How Cold Is It? Niagara Falls Partially Frozen — See Photos (The Guardian, 2/20/15).

• Embracing Couple, Other Fascinating Stone-Age Burial Finds Excavated in Greek Cave — See Photos (National Geographic 2/20/15)

• Snowy Owl Pays Rare Visit to NYC  — See Photos (DNAInfo, 2/19/15).

• Study: Binary Star Gave Earth Really Close Shave Mere 70,000 Years Ago (CNet, 2/19/15). Find the study here.

• Researchers Map Ocean Acidification from Space — See Image (Tech Times, 2/18/15). Read more here and here. Find the full study here.

• Move Over Spider Silk: Newest, Strongest Natural Material Comes from Sea Snail — See Photos, Video Report, Listen to Radio Interview (BBC, 2/17/15). Read the full study, see more photos and diagrams here.

• Nature is Not Your Friend 1: Lucky Teens Survive Freezing Night in Maine Woods — See News Report (CBS News, 2/17/15)

• Nature is Not Your Friend 2: NYC Woman Dies of Exposure Hiking New Hampshire Mountains — See Photos & News Report (New York Daily News, 2/17/15).

• Oregon Minnow Comes Off Endangered Species List (Reuters 2/17/15). Read more here.

• Study: Penguins Taste Sour and Salty, Nothing Else  (The Christian Science Monitor, 2/17/15). Find the study here.

• Fight between Canadian Harbor Seal and Giant Octopus Caught on Camera — See Photos (The Huffington Post, 2/15/15).

• Bull Gores 20-Year-Old Georgia Man during Madrid Festival — See Photos (NBC News, 2/16/15).

• NASA to Send Sub to Explore Saturn Moon Titan’s Methane Seas — See Image (Utah People’s Post, 2/16/15).

• Mars Haze Mystifies Scientists — See Images (ABC News, 2/16/15). Read more, see more images here.

• Researchers Predict Decades-Long Drought in Central, SW U.S. (The Christian Science Monitor, 2/15/15). Read more here. Read the study here.

• Study: Dogs Can Read Happy, Angry Human Facial Expressions (National Geographic, 2/15/15). Find the study here.

• Gunk Coating, Killing California Seabirds ID’d as Synthetic Oil, Origin Unknown (Fox News, 2/12/15).

• Report: Ocean Plastic Problem Getting Worse (The New York Times, 2/12/15). Find the report here.

• Fossils of Tiny, Oldest-Known Tree-Climbing & Burrowing Mammals Found in China — See Illustrations (NBC News, 2/12/15).

• Researchers Make New Discovery about Earth’s Core (National Post, 2/10/15).

• It’s All Connected: Smoke from Central American Land-Clearing Fires Fuel Tornadoes in U.S. (National Geographic, 2/9/15).

• Save the Strange & Beautiful Pangolin! See Photos (OneGreenPlanet.org, 2/9/15).

• Zimbabwe Selling Kidnapped Baby Elephants to Thailand, China (National Geographic, 2/6/15).

• See Earth from Far Side of Moon via NASA — See Video (UniverseToday.com, 2/6/15).

• Underwater Volcanoes May Affect Climate Change (The Christian Science Monitor, 2/6/15). Learn more here.

• NASA Gets Closest Look Yet at Dwarf Planet Ceres Out between Mars, Jupiter — See Images (UPI, 2/5/15). See another video of one-breath Blue Hole Dive here.

• Hubble Snaps Conjunction of 3 Jupiter Moons against Surface of Planet — See Images (Cnet.com, 2/5/15).

• Scientists Accidentally Catch, Quickly Release Seldom-Seen Moonfish, Photographer Jumps in After, Snaps Pics — See Images (National Geographic, 2/5/15/).

• Chimp Changes Calls to Fit In with New Troop in New Zoo — See Video Report (Discovery News, 2/5/15). Read more here.

• New Nat Geo Series Earth: A New Wild Explores Link between Humans, Wilderness (National Geographic, 2/4/15).

• Big Bunch o’ Manatees Gather in Crystal River, FL — See Photo & Video (CNN, 2/4/15).

• Green Sea Slugs Half Animal, Half Plant? See Image (Phys.org, 2/4/15). Learn more here.

• Study: Deep Sea Bacteria, Unchanged in 2.3 Billion Years, May Prove Darwin’s Theory of Evolution — See Image (Los Angeles Times, 2/3/5).

• Study: Cute Gray Seals Really Cold-Blooded Carnivores (National Geographic, 2/3/15).

• 66-Ft Tall Ice Tower Crumbles Before Record-Breaking Height Verified — See Images & Video (The New York Times, 2/3/15).

• Pretty Pink Southern California Sea Slugs Moving North — See Image (Slashgear.com, 2/2/15).

• Fly Through Inner Space off Tahiti with Freediver Guillaume Nery — See Video (ThisIsColossal.com, 2/1/15). Thanks to Benjamin Siegel-Wallace for this item.

January 2015

• Traits of Great Sled Dogs — See Photos & Video (National Geographic, 1/31/15).

• Traveler Visits Sri Lanka’s Last Hunter-Gatherer Tribe — See Photos (The Daily Beast, 1/31/15).

• Fossils of Dinosaur with Super-Long Neck Discovered in China — See Illustration (The Telegraph, 1/30/15).

• Senate Approves Keystone Pipeline (The Washington Post, 1/29/15). Urge Obama to veto here.

• Ancient Skull First Evidence of Early Human Migration through Middle East (NBC News 1/29/15). Learn more, see photos here and here. Read the full study here.

• Sierra Red Fox ID’d in Yosemite: First Sighting in Almost 100 Years — See Photo (KTVU.com, 1/28/15)

• Ruins of Water Temple where Maya Offered Sacrifices during Drought Discovered in Belize — See Photos & Aerial Footage (Discovery News 1/27/15).

• Snowstorm Shifts East, Spares NYC, Slams New England, Points NE — See Photos (SFGate.com, 1/27/15). Read more, see more photos here.

• Obama to Allow Oil Drilling Off East Coast (Forbes, 1/27/15).

• GoDaddy Pulls Super Bowl “Puppy” Commercial (ABC News, 1/27/15). See news report here.

• Warming Planet Means Worse Snows (Scientific American, 1/26/15).

• Asteroid Zipping Past Earth Has Own Moon — See Images (NASA, 1/26/15). Learn more here, here, here and here.

• USDA Chief Wants New Animal Welfare Plan after Revelations of Meat Industry Cruelty (Reuters, 1/26/15).

• British Researchers Want to Free GM Mosquitos in Florida Keys to Control Disease-Carrying Biters (Naples Daily News, 1/25/15).

• Here Comes the Clipper: Possible “Historic” Snowstorm Heads East — See Photos & News Report (CNN, 1/25/15). Learn more, see more photos and news reports here, here and here.

• Obama’s Proposed Arctic Wilderness Protection Could Halt Oil Exploration (Fox News, 1/25/15). Read more here.

• West Coast Seabirds Starving in Alarming Numbers (National Geographic, 1/23/15).

• Other West Coast Birds Being Coated with, Killed by Mysterious Gray Gunk (Fox News, 1/23/15).

• Biggest Asteroid until 2027 (that We Know of) to Zip Past Earth on 1/26 — Find Out Where to Look (National Geographic, 1/23/15). Learn more here. See video report here and here.

• Surprising World of Fish, Other Marine Life Discovered under Antarctic Ice — See Images (The Blaze, 1/23/15). Learn more, see more images here.

• Study: Prehumans Had Hand-Muscle Control Needed to Use Tools Earlier than Thought (Reuters, 1/23/15).

• Ski Down a Mountain with Candide Thovex, One of World’s Best — See Video (fstoppers.com, 1/21/15).

• Rare, Prehistoric Frilled Shark Hauled Up in Fishing Net — See Image (Fox News, 1/21/15). See more images, video report here.

• Study: Certain Species of Cone Snails Spray Insulin in Water to Put Prey in Sugar Shock — See News Report (The Christian Science Monitor, 1/20/15).

• Meat Industry Experiments to Up Livestock Production Cause Increased Animal Suffering, Deaths (The New York Times, 1/19/15).

• Murmuration of Starlings Creates Mesmerizing Patterns in Sky — See Video (OneGreenPlanet.org, 1/19/15).

• California’s Big Trees Fast Disappearing (National Geographic, 1/19/15).

• Theory: Anomalies in Solar System Caused by 2 Undiscovered Planets Out Past Pluto (The Space Reporter 1/17/15).

• Climbers Try to Scale Myanmar’s Highest Peak — See Photos, Read about their Adventure (National Geographic 1/16/15).

• 2014 Hottest Global Year Ever Recorded — See Video Report (USA Today, 1/16/15).

• Beneath the Waves Film Festival Issues Calls for Submissions (Marmam, 1/16/15). Learn more about the festival here. Find a list of previous festival film archives here. View the beautiful 2014 short film In Harmony with Whales here.

• Study: Mass Extinctions Threaten Ocean Life (The New York Times, 1/15/15). Read more here.

• Kiss Our Planet Goodbye (The Washington Post, 1/15/15).

• Large Asteroid Will Give Earth Uncomfortably Close Pass Jan 26 — See Video Report (Discovery News 1/15/15). Learn more about it and how to see it here.

• Study: Sea Turtles Use Magnetic Sense to Navigate World’s Oceans (National Geographic, 1/15/15). Read more here and here. Find the study here.

• Pope Francis: Humans Have “Slapped Nature in the Face“ (Chicago Sun Times 1/15/15).

• Head of Greenpeace Tells Why He’s Willing to Risk His Life for the Cause — See Video Report (Moyers & Company 1/15/15).

• Scientists Suggest Atomic Blasts, Use of Plastics Marked New “Anthropecene” Geological Epoch — See Video Report (The New York Times, 1/15/15).

• Study: Sea Levels along U.S. East Coast Rising Faster than Global Average (CBS DC, 1/15/15).

• Angry, Fast-Swimming Hippo Charges Tourist Motorboat — See Video (23 23 ABC KERO Bakersfield, 1/14/15).

• Study: Sea Levels Rising Faster than Thought (The Sydney Morning Herald, 1/15/15).

• How Big are the Biggest Creatures in the Sea, Really? Researchers Find Out (National Geographic, 1/13/15). See photos here.

• Researchers ID New 14-Foot, Jurassic-Era Marine Reptile from Fossils — See Illustration (BBC News, 1/12/15).

• Timber Interests Destroy Rain Forests of Borneo — See Photo (National Geographic, 1/11/15).

• Lone Wolverine Seems to be Thriving in Sierra Nevada (The Daily Astorian, 1/10/15).

• Look for Comet Lovejoy Tonight thru Jan 19 — Where to Look (Universe Today, 1/10/15). Learn more, see photos and video here, here, here and here.

• NYC Bans Foam Cups, Containers (Reuters, 1/8/15).

• Study: Polar Bear Range Shifting North with Sea Ice — See Slide Show (Discovery News, 1/8/15).

• Two Grizzlies Moved from Bronx to Central Park Zoo (NBC 4 New York 1/8/15).

• Study: Easter Island Population Decline Not Caused by Environmental Abuse (Discovery News, 1/8/15).

• Elephant Trust Rescues Baby after Mom is Poisoned by Poachers — See Photos & Video Report (National Geographic, 1/7/15).

• NASA Discovers Earth-Like Planet Fairly Near but Very Far Away (Quartz, 1/7/15).

• Scientists Puzzled by Massive Die-Off of Small Seabird along Pacific Coast (National Monitor, 1/7/15).

• Study: Mars Rock Formations Could Be Signs of Past Microbial Life — See Photos (Discovery News, 1/6/15).

• Researchers Find Big Deposit of Raptor Bones, Hillside Location Makes Makes Transport Tricky — See Video (National Geographic, 1/6/15).

• Researchers Suspect Birds Can Hear, Flee Tornadoes 24 Hours in Advance (EarthSky.org, 1/5/15). Read more here.

• Watch for Comet Lovejoy Wednesday through Rest of Month — See Photos & Video (New York Daily News, 1/4/15). Read more here.

• Researchers Study Unusual Lightning Events (Florida Today, 1/4/15).

• We All Love Being in Nature, Whether We Know It or Not (Poughkeepsie Journal, 1/3/15)

• First Meteor Shower of 2015 Peaking Now (The Washington Post, 1/2/15). Learn more here, here and here.

• 13 Species that could Disappear in 2015 — See Photos (USA Today, 1/2/15).

• Comet Lovejoy to Brighten Sky on January 7 (Consolidate Times, 1/1/15).

• Researchers Identify Genetic Link between Fins and Hands (The Washington Post, 1/1/15). Find the study here.

• Book Celebrates Astonishing Birds of New Guinea — See Photos & Video (Smithsonian, 1/1/15).