November 2020

• Major Fireball Crosses Bow of Research Ship in Tasmanian Sea — See Video (Space.com, 11/20/20).

• Landscape Photographer of Year Award Winners Announced — See Photos (Bored Panda, 11/19/20). Read more, see more photos here.

• Naturalists Puzzled by Sea Otter-Shark Interaction in California’s Morro Bay — See Photos (USA Today, 11/17/20).

• Ocean Photography Award Finalists Announced — See Images (Bored Panda, 11/17/20).

• Unknown Hunters Kill Protected White “Spirit” Moose in Ontario — See Photo (The Guardian, 11/15/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Leonid Meteor Showers to Peak Predawn on November 17 — See Photos, Diagrams & Illos (EarthSky, 11/14/20).

• Report: Asteroid Apophis May Strike Earth in 2068 After All (Phys.Org, 11/13/20).

• Possibly Strong La Niña Could Mean Cold, Wet Winter in Northeast — See Maps & Graph (The Weather Channel, 11/11/20).

• Researchers Capture Rare Footage of Strange & Lovely Deep-Sea Squid Off Australia — See Photos & Video (Science Alert, 11/11/20). Read more, see more photos here.

• ESA Spacecraft Snaps Photos of Huge Overlapping Craters where 3 Objects Hit Mars in Same Spot Ages Ago — See Photo (EarthSky, 11/11/20).

• Young Giant Squid Washes Ashore Live on South African Beach — See Photo (The Washington Post, 11/10/20).

• Revered Century-Old Fig Tree May Fall to Chinese-Backed Highway Project in Nairobi — See Photos (The New York Times, 11/8/20).

• Massive Great White Tagged Off Nova Scotia in September Shows Up Off Miami — See Photos, Maps & Video (Live Science, 11/6/20).

• Study: Shrinking Range, Growing Population Spurs More Conflict among Gorilla Groups in Rwanda, Uganda, DRC — See Photos & Video (Phys.Org,  11/4/20).

 July 2020

• Study: Whale Sharks Have Really Interesting, Unusual Eyes — See Photos & Diagrams (Science Alert, 7/4/20).

• Woman on High Balcony Films Big Bird Flying with Big Fish in Talons at Myrtle Beach — See Video (CBS News, 7/3/20).

• Skywatcher Alert: Full Moon and Partial Lunar Eclipse 4th of July Night — See Photos & Videos (CBS News, 7/3/20).

• Earth Reaches Annual Farthest Point from Sun July 4th Morning — See Diagrams (EarthSky, 7/3/20).

• Essay: Understand that Fish Feel and Suffer, Too (AEON, 7/3/20).

• Researchers Propose New Formula for Figuring Out a Dog’s True Age — See Chart (COSMOS, 7/3/10).

• Report: 350+ Elephants Found Dead in Botswana, Cause Unknown — See Graphic Photos (The Guardian, 7/1/20).

June 2020

• Woman Gored by Bison in Yellowstone after Getting Too Close Too Often to Take Photo— See Photos & Videos (EcoWatch, 6/30/20).

• UK’s Natural History Museum Shares Award Winning Wildlife Photographer of Year Images — See Photos (Natural History Museum, 6/29/20).

• Big Blue Fireball Lights Night Skies over South Central U.S. — See Video (BGR, 6/29/20).

• Finding: Flying Snakes Undulate in Air for a Reason — See Photo and Animation (NPR, 6/29/20). See a video report here.

• Study: Monkeys May Possess Basic Grammar-Related Skill…Or Not! — See Photos (Science News, 6/26/20).

• Finding: No Surprise that Dolphins Watch and Learn, but Guess What? So Do Wasps (COSMOS, 6/26/20).

• Travel-Photo Blog Picks 25 Best Milky Way Photos of Year — See Images (Digital Camera World, 6/26/20). Read more, see more images here.

• Sahara Dust Cloud Reaches U.S. Coast — See Photos & Videos (USA Today, 6/26/20). Read more, see more maps, video and news reports here.

• Study Answer Question: Why Are 2 Sides of Moon So Different? See Photos, Illos & Charts (Universe Today, 6/26/20). Read more here.

• Moths Can Be Beautiful, Too — See Photos (Natural History Museum, 6/26/20).

• Astronomers Locate 3 Super Earths, 1 Possibly in “Habitable Zone,” Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf Star (COSMOS, 6/26/20).

• Here comes the Saharan Dust Cloud, and It’s a Doozy — See Photos & Video (Forbes, 6/26/20). Read more, see more photos, maps and video here, here, here, here and here.

• Finding: Sled Dogs Go Back a Long, Long, Long, Long Way — See Photos & Videos (National Geographic, 6/25/20).

•  440-Mile South American Lightning Flash is Longest on Record…for Now —See Maps & Photos (The Washington Post, 6/25/20).

• Wildlife Photographer Befriends, Records Adorable Baby Red Squirrel — See Video (PetaPixel, 6/25/20).

• NASA Presents 10 Years of Sun’s Activity in 1 Hour — See Video (NASA, 6/24/20).

• Geologists Create Detailed Geographical Map of Honest-to-Goodness Sunken Continent of Zealandia — See Images (Daily Mail, 6/24/20).

• 7.5 Earthquake Hits Mexico City, Destroys Buildings, Kills 6 — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 6/24/20).

• Bunch of Marvelous Baby Molas Gather Near Dock in Monterey — See Video (Inverse, 6/24/20).

•Iridescent Cloud or Circumhorizon Arc, It’s Beautiful Either Way — See Photos(EarthSky, 6/23/20).

• Great White Investigates, Doesn’t Bite Surfers Off South Africa — See Photos & Video (Beach Grit, 6/23/20).

• Can Dogs Communicate by Pawing Soundboard Buttons? You Be The Judge — See Videos (Upworthy, 6/23/20).

• Remote Cameras Capture Wonders of Deep Sea Off Western Australia — See Video (Aeon, 6/22/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Happy Solstice! Everything You Need to Know and More — See Photos, Diagrams & Video (The Washington Post, 6/20/20).

• Report: Big, Rubbery, 66-Million-Year-Old Egg Probably Hatched Giant Marine Reptile — See Illo & Video (EcoWatch, 6/18/20). Read more, see more photos, illos and diagrams here.

• Danish Artist Conjures Giant, Magical Trolls from Wood Scraps — See Photos & Video (National Geographic, 6/16/20).

• Major Fireball Burns Brilliant Blue Over Western Australia — See Photo & Video (Live Science, 6/16/20).

• Man Treats Bear Raiding Bird Feeder Like Bad Dog — See Video (digg, 6/18/20).

• Discovery: World’s Biggest Waterfall Is…Underwater — See Photo, Diagram & Map (EarthSky, 6/15/20).

• Study: Hummingbirds See Colors Humans Can’t — See Photos (Phys.Org, 6/15/20). Read more here.

• Sony World Photography Contest Selects Landscape Winners — See Images (Digital Camera World, 6/15/20).

• Scientists Map Vast Structures Inside Earth that May Be Older than Our Moon — See Photo & Diagram (Vice, 6/12/20). Read more, see more diagrams, illustrations and animations here.

• Thousands of Farmed Mink Infected with Covid Put to Death in Netherlands — See Photo (Science, 6/9/20).

May 2020

• Study: Dogs Can Smell COVID-19 in Urine Samples (EcoWatch, 5/27/20).

• Study: Dino-Killing Asteroid Struck at Peak Earth-Destroying Angle — See Diagrams (Science Alert, 5/27/20).

• 2nd Tropical Storm Blows Up in Atlantic before Official Start of Hurricane Season — See Maps (The Weather Channel, 5/28/20). Read more, see satellite imagery here.

• Really Big Jellyfish Washes Up on Maine Beach — See Photos & Video (NBC 10 Boston, 5/26/20).

• Study: Wild Cockatoos Perform as Well as Captive-Bred In Lab Intelligence Tests…when They Want To — See Photos (The New York Times, 5/26/20).

• Scientists Puzzled by Huge Blob of Low Magnetic Field in Southern Hemisphere: What Created It, Why It’s Growing, Stretching, Splitting  — See Animation & Diagrams (Science Alert, 5/26/20).

• Surfers Play Dangerous Games with Giant Waves in Australia — See Photos & Video (The Guardian, 5/24/20).

• 17-Year Cicadas Emerging across South— See Photos (The New York Times, 5/24/20).

• Researchers Probe Mystery of Moving Herds of Glacier Moss Balls — See Photos (NPR, 5/22/20).

• Study: Hungry Bees Have Own Technique for Making Plants Flower — See Photos & Video (EcoWatch, 5/22/20).

• Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest Shares Some Photo Entries — See Images (StoryPick, 5/22/20).

• Study of Mars Meteorite Suggests Red Planet May Still be Volcanically Active — See Photos & Diagrams (EarthSky, 5/22/20).

• British Museum Picks 15 Photos Celebrating Planet Earth — See Images (Natural History Museum, 5/22/20).

• Scientists: Reports of Discovery of Parallel Universe are Premature (Forbes, 5/21/20).

• Loon Kills Eagle Coming for its Chick: Yes, Really — See Photos (Gizmodo, 5/21/20).

• Study Suggests It Takes Little Alcohol to Get Big Elephants Drunk (The New York Times, 5/20/20).

• 1 or More Strains of Hemorrhagic Rabbit Virus Spreading in U.S. (Science, 5/20/20).

• African Nations Begin Planting Transcontinental “Green Wall” to Halt Desert Expansion — See Map & Photo (Upworthy 5/20/20).

• Astronomers Capture First Images of Possible Birth of Planet — See Video (Vice, 5/20/20).

• Photo Organization Selects Winners of Landscape Photo Contest — See Images (Daily Mail, 5/20/20).

• New Satellite Tech Helps Researchers Track & Study Antarctic “Green Snow” — SeePhotos (BBC, 5/20/20). Read more, see a video report here.

• National Parks Get Creative with Social Distancing Signs — See Images (GIZMODO, 5/17/20).

• Rare Electric Blue Bee Seen for 1st Time in 4 Years in Florida — See Photo & Video (USA Today, 5/16/20).

• Photographer Snaps Meteor & Comet Sharing Pre-Dawn Reunion Island Sky — See Photo (Firstpost, 5/15/20). Read more, see more beautiful photos of Comet Swan here.

• Researchers Learning More about Massive Mysterious Hexagon at Saturn’s North Pole — See Photos, Diagram & Animation (EarthSky, 5/15/20).

• Finding: T. Rex Legs Designed for Prowling, Not Running; Apex Predator Didn’t Need to Run (Futurity, 5/14/20).

• Everybody Takes Bad Nature Shots, Here’s Proof — See Photos (Insider, 5/14/20).

• Nasty Invasive Ominvorous 4-Ft-Long Lizard Spreads from Florida to Georgia —See Photo & Video (95.5 WSB, 5/13/20).

• Fossil Footprints in Australia ID’d as 4-Legged, River-Swimming Creature that Predated Dinosaurs — See Photos (Phys.Org, 5/13/12).

• 1st Tropical Storm of 2020 Taking Shape Off Florida Atlantic Coast — See Map & Photo (CNBC, 5/13/20). Read more, see more photos, maps and news reports here and here.

• Grazing Goats Run Free through Streets of San Jose — See Video (The Guardian, 5/13/20).

• Study: Southeastern Morocco a Hotspot for Fossils of Biggest, Fiercest Creatures of Dinosaur Age — See Photos & Illos (Popular Mechanics, 5/12/20).

• Analysis: Planet’s Biggest Volcano Looks Like Rock Island in Pacific Ocean, Mostly Under Water & Bottom of Sea — See Photo (Science, 5/12/20).

• Cannonball Jellyfish Swarm South Carolina Beaches — See Photos & Video (WMBF News, 5/9/20).

• Polar Vortex Brings May Snows to Northeast — See Photos, Map & Videos (The Washington Post, 5/9/20).

• Report: Eastern Africa is Splitting Off Continent Very…Very…Slowly — See Photos & Diagrams (Eos, 5/8/20).

• Space & Land Telescopes Capture Best Images of Jupiter Ever — See Photos, Video & Diagrams  (SyFy Wire, 5/8/20). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here, here and here.

• Asian Gypsy Moths Invade Washington State — See Photos & Video (EcoWatch, 5/8/20).

• New Theory: Multiple  Volcanic Eruptions Spewed Ash that Blacked Out Moon in 1110 (Science Alert, 5/7/20).

• Piles of Stinky Sargassum Befouling Caribbean Beaches, South Florida Next in Line — See Photos & Video (USA Today, 5/7/20).

• Astronomers Discover Black Hole in Star System Close Enough to See with Naked Eye — Map & Illo (EarthSky, 5/6/20).

• Earth’s North Magnetic Pole Is On the Move, Researchers Think They Know Why — See Video, Diagrams & Maps (BBC News, 5/6/20). Read more, see more diagrams here.

• Pre-Hurricane-Season Tropical Systems Already Stirring Up Gulf of Mexico — See Maps & Chart (The Washington Post, 5/6/20)

• Photographer Creates Mesmerizing Composite Image of Moon’s Surface — See Photo (Live Science, 5/6/20).

• Third & Last SuperMoon of 2020 Begins Tonight — See Photos & Diagrams (EarthSky, 5/6/20). See photos here.

• Less Snow in Himalayas Linked to More Algae Blooms in Arabian Sea — See Photos (COSMOS, 5/6/20).

• California Academy of Sciences Picks Winners of 2020 Life on Earth Photo Contest — See Images (BioGraphic, 5/5/20).

• Red Tide—Not a Good Thing—Births Beautiful Bioluminescent Blue Waves in San Diego — See Video (Newsweek, 5/5/20).

• Voters Pick 17 Favorite NASA Shots of Earth & They Are Gorgeous — See Photos (Upworthy, 5/5/20).

• Theory: Meteor that Flattened  Trees in Siberia in 1908 May Have Just Skimmed Earth’s Atmosphere and Kept Going — See Photo (Science Alert, 5/5/20)

• Researchers Collaborate to Learn about Mysterious, Elusive Amazonion Dog — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 5/4/20).

• Comet Swan, Nearest Earth on 5/13, May or May Not Put On a Good Show — See Photo (MSN, 5/4/20). Read more, see another photo and diagram here.

• Eta Aquirid Meteor Shower, aka Halley’s Comet Debris, Peaks May 5 — See Photos & Video (Miami Herald, 5/2/20). Read more, see more photos, diagrams and video here and here.

• Oh, No! Giant Asian Killer Hornets Arrive in U.S. — See Photos (The New York Times, 5/2/20). Read more, see more photos, charts and video here.

• Chalking Names of Urban Vegetation on Walls & Sidewalks to Connect City Dwellers with Nature Catches on in Europe — See Photos (The Guardian, 5/1/20).

• Car Cam Captures Daytime Fireball Over Vancouver — See Video (Global News, 5/1/20).

• Happy May, a Month of Meteor Showers and Last Supermoon of the Year (WTHR.com, 5/1/20).

April 2020

• Report: Discovery of Impact Crater in Sahara May Explain Source of Strange Gem in King Tut’s Breastplate — See Photos (Forbes, 4/30/20).

• Study: 2018 Storm in Argentina Produced Largest Known Gargantuan Hail — See Photo (Futurity, 4/30/20).

• Fossilized Tailbones Unearthed in Sahara Suggest Giant Dinosaur was Aquatic Species — See Model, Diagrams & Video (Science Alert, 4/30/20) Read more, see more photos, diagrams and animation here.

• Fogbows are Beautiful — See Photos (EarthSky, 4/30/20).

• German Society for Nature Photography Announces Contest Winners — See Photos (The Guardian, 4/29/20).

• Scary Big Asteroid Passes Near but Safe Distance from Earth — See Map, Photo & Video (EarthSky, 4/29/20).

• Rare, Record-Large Ozone Hole Over Arctic Closes Up — See Map & Animation   (EcoWatch, 4/28/20).

• 19th-Century Turkish Manuscripts Document Oldest Known Case of Human Killed by Meteorite — See Illos (Gizmodo, 4/24/20). Read more, see map, photos and illustrations here. Read more, see  video here.

• Mile-Wide Asteroid to Pass Near but Safe Distance from Earth on April 29 — See Photos, Video & Diagrams (EarthSky, 4/23/20).

• Happy 50th Earth Day — See Photos & Video (Space.com, 4/22/20).

• Is This Beautiful or What? USGS Releases Definitive Geological Map of Moon — See Images & Video (Phys.Org, 4/22/20). Read more here. View and download maps here.

• NYC Resident Snaps Stunning Photos of Storm Clouds Over Ocean in Long Island — See Photos (PIX 11, 4/21/20).

• Researchers Finally Learning Something about Mysterious Proboscis of Borneo Possibly in Time to Save Them — See Photos & Video (Hakai, 4/21/20).

• Stay Up Late Tonight to Catch Lyriad Meteor Shower Peak — See Photos & Video (Space.com, 4/21/20).

• International Dark Sky Week Celebrates, Tries to Preserve Worlds’ Remaining Dark Sky Locales — See Video (EarthSky, 4/19/20). Learn more here.

• California Photographer Captures Rare Phenomenon of  Neon Blue Waves — See Photos & Video (The Beach Reporter, 4/16/20). See more video here.

• 2-Mile-Wide Easter Tornado Hits Mississippi, Biggest Ever Recorded in State — See Photo, Map & Video (Weather.com, 4/16/20).

• Big Cats Stretch Out on Empty Roads in South African Game Park during Corona Shutdown — See Photos (BBC News, 4/16/20). Thanks to Travis Rivers for this item.

• Study: Flamingoes Form Lasting Social Bonds — See Photos & Video (COSMOS, 4/16/20).

• Sargassum Becoming Serious, Stinky Problem for Caribbean Beaches — See Photos & Map (Atlas Obscura, 4/14/20).

• Scientists Find Vegetation from Ancient Rain Forest under Antarctic Ice (EarthSky, 4/12/20). Read more, see more photos, maps, illustrations and video here. Read more here.

• Huge Ozone Hole Opens Up Over Arctic — See Image & Videos (Live Science, 4/11/20). Read more, see more images here, here and here.

• Little Krakatoa Erupts in Indonesia — See Photo & Videos (Gizmodo, 4/11/20). See more photos and video here.

• Views in India Before & After Corona Shutdown Cleaned Up Air — See Photos (The Washington Post, 4/11/20).

• 2nd Larger Wave of Locusts Threatens East African Crops — See Photos, Diagram & Map (Quartz Africa, 4/10/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Researchers Film 150-Foot-Long “Stringy Stingy Thingy” Marine Organism in Waters Off Western Australia — See Photos & Video (ScienceAlert, 4/8/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• World’s Major Cities Measurably Quieter since Corona Shutdown — See Photos & Graphs (National Geographic, 4/8/20). Read more, see more graphs here.

• Study: Humboldt Squid Communicate, Coordinate in Deep Ocean through Distinct Flashes & Flickers — See Photos & Video (Smithsonian, 4/6/20).

• Study: New Atomic Dating Method Suggests Whale Sharks Can Live 100-150 Years — See Photos (BBC News, 4/6/20).

• Doctor in Philippines Snaps Gorgeous Photo of Beautiful, Elusive Kingfisher — See Photo (The New York Times, 4/3/20).

• Study: Plants May Be More Adaptable to Climate Change than Thought (Phys.Org, 4/2/20).

• Study: Mice Show Emotions in Facial Expressions — See Photos (Nature, 4/2/20). Read more, see diagrams here and here.

• Discovery of Microbial Life Deep Beneath Ocean Floor Suggests Possible Microbial Life on Mars, Too — See Photos (National Geographic 4/2/20).

• Researchers Amass First Evidence that Fish Migrate in Deep, Dark Sea — See Photos (The Guardian, 4/1/20).

March 2020

• Study: Global Corona Virus Lockdown Quiets Whole Planet, Reduces Seismic Vibrations (Nature, 3/31/20).

• Nature TTL Announces Nature Photographer Winners — See Images (My Modern Met, 3/31/20). See more photos here.

• Kashmiri Goats Have Run of Seaside Town during Lockdown in North Wales — See Photos & Video (BBC News, 3/31/20). See more video here.

• Finding: Tiny Creature May Have Been Ancestor of Humans, Most Other Animals Alive Today — See Photos & Illo (EarthSky, 3/30/20).

• Now You Don’t See’em, Now You Do: Camouflage Masters of the Sea — See Video (Hakai, 3/24/20).

• Big, Beautiful Albino Python Shows Up on  Doorstep in Australia where Species is Banned — See Video (The Guardian, YouTube, 3/23/20).

• Rough, Cold Waters Support Vibrant Variety of Life — See Video (Hakai, 3/23/20).

• Spring Has Sprung! See Photos, Video & Diagram (EarthSky, 3/19/20). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here and here.

• Researchers ID 2 New Species of Strange-Looking 6-Gill Sawshark in West Indian Ocean —See Photos (CNN, 3/18/20).

• Forecast: No El Niño Could Mean Intense Hurricane Season — See Photos & Video (The Palm Beach Post, 3/18/20).

• Fossil Find: Bird that Lived with Dinosaurs is Oldest Known Ancestor of Modern Chickens & Ducks — See Photo & Illo (National Geographic, 3/18/20). Read more, see more photos and illos here.

• Scientists ID Last 2 Missing Pieces in Chain of Building Blocks of Life — See Illo (PhysOrg, 3/15/20).

• Mother-Daughter Campers Survive Too-Close Encounter with Grizzly — See Photo (The Washington Post, 3/15/20).

February 2020

• Observations Make Clear Elephants Register, Affected by Deaths of Own — See Photos (The Washington Post, 2/21/20).

• Lucky Young Angler Knows Not to Touch Strange Catch in Port Isabel, TX — See Photos & Video (USA Today, 2/21/20).

• Study: Bumblebees, Like Humans, Can Translate Visual to Tactile & Vice Versa— See Photo (COSMOS, 2/21/20)

• Hikers Catch Rare Glimpse of Elusive Rainbow Snake in Florida’s Ocala National Forest — See Photo (Newsweek, 2/20/20).

• Field Guide Keeps Cool during Unsettling Elephant Encounter in South Africa — See Photos & Video (Daily Mail, 2/20/20).

• 3-Year-Old Boy Spots Rare Pink Grasshopper in Austin, TX Garden — See Photos (EcoWatch, 2/20/20).

• 100 Million-Year-Old Bee Trapped in Amber Teaches Scientists about Ancient Forests, Flowers, Insects of Myanmar — See Photos (EarthSky, 2/20/20).

• Macaque Study Finds Certain Brain Region Seems to Play Key Role in Consciousness (Live Science, 2/17/20).

• Ice Volcanoes Start Forming, Erupting Along North Shore of Lake Superior — See Photos & Video (ClickonDetroit.com, 2/16/20).

• NASA Marks 30th Anniversary of Voyager 1 Photo of Pale Blue Dot of Earth — See Image (EarthSky, 2/14/20).

• Winds Bring Beautiful Blue Jelly-Bodied Creatures, Delicate Blue Shells to Oregon Beaches — See Photos (BeachConnection.net, 2/14/20).

• Early Riser Captures Beautiful Image of Flying-Saucer Cloud in California — See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 2/14/20).

• Storm Ciara Exposes 130-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprint on Clay Beach on Isle of Wight — See Photos (Lad Bible, 2/14/20). Read more, see more photos, maps, videos and illustrations here.

• Finding: Brains of Humans, Great Apes Share Certain Asymmetries — See Images (New Scientist, 2/14/20).

• Locust Swarms Still Bad, Getting Worse in East Africa — See Photos & Video (Newsweek, 2/13/20).

• Researchers Discover How Jellyfish Sting Prey, Hapless Humans without Touching Them — See Photos (The New York Times, 2/13/20).

• Lucky Diver Treated to Rare Sighting of Pink-Bellied Manta of Great Barrier Reef — See Photos & Video (Australian Geographic, 2/11/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Saskatchewan’s Purple Sands Beach in Candle Lake Park Lives Up to Name This Year — See Photos (BBC 2/11/20).

• Border Collie Pink Takes Top Agility Prize at Westminster 3rd Year in Row — See Video (People, 2/10/20).

• Utah’s Wah Wah Supervolcano Much Bigger, More Potentially Deadly than Yellowstone’s — See Photos (USA Today, 2/8/20).

• 4 Mountain Gorillas Killed by Lightning in Uganda (BBC News, 2/8/20).

• Preservationists, Developers Fight Over Fate of Florida’s Wisteria Island — See Photos, Listen to Broadcast (NPR, 2/5/20).

• Researchers Agree Rogue Waves are Real, Disagree on How They Form — See Photos, Illos, Charts (Quanta Magazine, 2/5/20).

• Footage of Coyote/Badger Traveling Buddies Has Researchers, Animal Lovers Buzzing— See Video (National Geographic, 2/5/20).

• Giant Antarctic Iceberg Heads for Open Sea — See Maps & Photos (BBC News, 2/5/20).

• Researchers Surprised by Dynamics of How Sand Dunes Move — See Photo (The Washington Post, 2/5/20).

• Study: African Penguin Communication Contains Similar Components to Human Speech (The Guardian, 2/4/20).

• Strange Little Creature, the Platypus, Struggling to Survive — See Photos (The New York Times, 2/4/20).

• Report: Habitat Loss, Pesticides, Light & Water Pollution Threaten Wold’s Fireflies — See Photos (The Washington Post, 2/3/20).

• International Landscape Photography Contest Winners Chosen — See Stunning Photos (Hyperbeat, 2/3/20). See more photos here, here and here.

• NASA Video Reveals Earth’s Topography If Oceans Drained Away — See Video (Treehugger, 2/3/20).

• Boat Strike, Toxic Algae, Cold Kill 531 Florida Manatees in 2019 — See Photos & Video (EcoWatch, 2/2/20).

January 2020

• Researchers Find (Another) Big Shark Fossil in Kentucky Cave — See Photos & Video (Newsweek, 1/30/20).

• 4 Hippos from Escobar Estate Multiply to 80, Become Invasive Species in Colombia — See Photos & Video (Gizmodo, 1/30/20).

• New Solar Telescope Captures Riveting Closeups of Sun’s Surface — See Footage (The New York Times, 1/29/20).

• Fireball Lights Up Night Sky over Cornwall, England — See Photo (SciTechDaily, 1/29/20).

• 7.7 Underwater Quake between Jamaica, Cuba Shakes Buildings as Far as Miami — See Photos & Video (EcoWatch, 1/29/20). Read more, see more photos and video here.

• Professor, Aurora Borealis Fans I.D. New Form of Northern Lights in Finland—See Video (The Guardian, 1/28/20). Read more, see more photos, video and diagram here.

• Researchers Fit Albatrosses with Tech to Locate Illegal Vessels in Southern Indian Ocean — See Photos (The New York Times, 1/27/20).

• BBC Earth Salutes 5 Unusual, Amazing Creatures — See Video (BBC Earth, 1/25/20).

• Physicists Flummoxed by Strange Particles Shooting through Earth in Antarctica (Live Science, 1/24/20).

• Fires, Heat, Rains Create Perfect Conditions for Outbreak of Feared Funnel-Web Spiders in Australia — See Photos & Video (CBS News, 1/23/20).

• Researchers Find 28 Ancient, Unknown Viruses in Tibetan Glacier — See Photo (Live Science, 1/22/20).

• Marco Island FL to Pay Residents for Letting Burrowing Owls Nest on Property — See Photos (Marco Eagle, 1/222/20).

• Iguanas Drop from Trees during Florida Cold Snap — See Photos & Video (Weather.com, 1/22/20). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Giant Freshwater Species Disappearing from World’s Lakes, Rivers — See Photos (The New York Times, 1/21/20).

• Location of Oldest Meteor Impact on Earth Found in Australia — See Photo & Images (The New York Times, 1/21/20). Read more, see more maps, graphs and images here and here.

• Locust Plague Hits East Africa — See Photos (Ajazeera, 1/20/20). Read more, see more photos here, here and here, here and here.

• Not Everyone Buys Big Bang Theory of How Universe Began (BBC, 1/19/20).

• Bomb Cyclone Buries St. John, Newfoundland, in Record Snows — See Photos & Videos (Gizmodo, 1/19/20). Read more, see more photos and videos here.

• Australian Firefighters Save Secret Grove of Oldest Trees on Planet — See Photos (NPR, 1/16/20). Read more, see more photos here.

• Finding: Indestructible Little Tardigrades Not Indestructible After All (Live Science 1/16/20).

• Census Finds Increase in Mountain Gorilla Population, but Method May Be Flawed — See Photo (The Conversation, 1/14/20).

• Is All Matter Conscious? Proponents of Panpsychism Believe It Is (Scientific American, 1/14/19).

• Ginkgo Biloba Trees Can Live 1,000 Years, Easy; Scientists Want to Know How — See Photo (COSMOS, 1/14/20). Read more here and here.

• First El Popo Near Mexico City; Now Taal Volcano in Philippines Erupts, Forcing Evacuations — See Map & Photos (EcoWatch, 1/13/20). Read more, see more photos and video here, here and here.

• Study: Meteorite that Fell on Australia in 1969 Contains Stardust Older than Solar System — See Photos (BBC News, 1/13/20).

• Questions about Strange Little Fish Lead to Discovery that Congo River is Deepest on Planet — See Photos (Live Science, 1/12/20).

• 50MPH Winds Whip Up 18-23′ Waves on Lake Michigan — See Photos & Video (Chicago Tribune, 1/11/20). Read more, see more photos here.

• Puerto Rico Hit by 3rd Major Earthquake — See Photo & News Report (CBS News, 1/11/20).

• Study: African Gray Parrots Help Each Other Out — See Photos (National Geographic, 1/10/20).

• Cameras Capture Early Morning Eruption of El Popo Near Mexico City — See Photos & Video (EarthSky.org, 1/9/20).

• Another Species Lost: Glorious, Huge, Ancient Chinese Paddlefish Declared Extinct — See Photo, Illo & Video (National Geographic, 1/8/20). Read more, see more photos, diagrams and video here.

• Conclusion of Manta Ray Skin-Color Study Could Apply to Humans, Too — See Photo (Hakai Magazine, 1/8/20).

• 2nd Major Earthquake in 2 Days Knocks Out Power in Most of Puerto Rico — See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 1/7/20). See more video here.

• Researchers Locate Elusive Impact Crater from Ancient Meteor Strike Buried under Lava  in Laos — See Map (Live Science, 1/7/20). Read more here.

• Researchers Track Formation, Eruption of Underwater Volcano in Comoros — See Photos & Diagram (Newsweek, 1/6/20). Read more here.

• Driver & Passenger Have Rare Encounter with Wolf Pack in Yellowstone — See Video (My Country 95.5).

• Iconic Stone Arch Punta Ventana Brought Down by Earthquake in Puerto Rico — See Photos & Video (Miami Herald, 1/6/20).

• Great White Kills Diver Off Western Australia — See Photo (Newsweek, 1/5/20). See news report here.

• Study Adds to Evidence that Venus is (Still) Volcanically Active — See Images (EarthSky.org, 1/5/20).

• Annual Everglades Python Hunt Criticized by PETA (South Florida Sun Sentinel, 1/4/20).

• Largest Recorded Bloom of World’s Largest Flower Found in West Sumatra — See Photos (CNN, 1/4/20).

• Why is it Winter in North America when Earth is Closest to Sun? Earth’s Seasons Explained — See Diagram & Illo (EarthSky.org, 1/4/20).

• Small, Powerful Wave Teaches Beachgoers to Heed Surf Warnings on Kauai — See News Report (khon2, 1/3/20). Read more, see another news report here.

• Scientists Debate: Does a Planet’s Orbit Need to be Fairly Circular (Like Earth’s) to Support Life? (The New York Times, 1/2/20).