December 2024

• Hawaiian Crows, Extinct in Wild since 2002, Reintroduced into Wild on Maui—See Photo (The Guardian, 12/5/24).

• New Study Supports Theory Undiscovered Planet X Exists in Outer Solar System (COSMOS, 12/6/24).

• Ray Spiders Use Nets Like Slingshots to Catch Prey—See Video (Science, 12/4/24).

• Small Asteroid Burns Up as Bright Fireball over Northern Siberia (ABC News, 12/3/24). See video footage here.

• Wildlife Survey Finds Hyenas Doing Well, Leopards OK, Lions Not So Well in Uganda—See Photos (COSMOS, 12/3/24).

• New Study Argues Venus was Never Temperate, Always Hot and Dry—See Photos (EarthSky, 12/3/24).

November 2024

• New Theory Suggests Uranus, Neptune May Have Deep Oceans—See Photo & Digram (EarthSky, 11/29/24) .

• Nature Selects Best Science Photos of the Month—See Images (Nature, 11/29/24).

• Researcher Studies Tree Rings to Date Rare Extreme Solar Storm that Would Be Cataclysmic Today—See Photos & Video (Space.com, 11/28/24).

• Scientists Debate: Did Exploding Asteroid from Taurid Meteor Shower Cause 1908 Bomb-like Tuguska Event? Could It Happen Again?—See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 11/24/24).

• Man Walking in Oregon Park Takes Photo of Pretty Blue Bird Never Seen Before in U.S.—See Photo (Daily Galaxy, 11/23/24).

• Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon Causes Wild Weather on Both Coasts—See Photos & Diagrams (Washington Post, 11/22/24). See more photos, diagrams, videos here and here.

• California Judge Says Giant Emerald Stolen from Brazil Has to Go Back—See Photo (The Washington Post, 11/22/24).

• Researchers Puzzle Out Reason for “Gravity Hole” in Indian Ocean—See Map (Live Science, 11/22/24).

• Minnesota Wolf Keeps Outsmarting Humans Trying to Keep Her Off Ranch (Phys.Org, 11/21/24).

• Dogwalking Student Finds Rare, 10-Foot-Long Fish on California Beach—See Photos (The New York Times, 11/21/24).

• Heads Up: Geminid Meteor Shower, Now through December, Known to Put on Good Show—See Photos (Space.com, 11/21/24). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here.

• U.S. to Add Giraffes to Endangered Species List after Advocates Sue for Action —See Photo (The Washington Post, 11/20/24).

• Hiker in Alps Sees Reptile Footprints in Rock, Remnants of  Tropical World Before Dinosaurs—See Photos & Illo (Live Science, 11/19/24).

• Polar Night Comes to Northernmost Town in U.S. (The Washington Post, 11/18/24).

• Study Suggests Migrating Great Tits Watch, Copy Resident Birds to Learn How to Survive in New Places (COSMOS, 11/17/24).

• Frozen Mummy of 35,000-Year-Old Saber Tooth Cub Found in Russian Permafrost—See Photos (NPR, 11/16/24). Read the study, see more photos here.

• Leonid Meteor Shower Hits Maximum Activity This Weekend—See Photos (USA Today, 11/15/24). Read more here.

• Brilliant Fireball Lights Up Night Skies Over Midwest, Parts of Canada—See Photos & Video (Space.com, 11/14/24).

• Nat Geo Explorers Discover Biggest-Ever-Seen Coral Colony in Solomon Islands—See Photos & Video (USA Today, 11/14/24).

• Studies: Decline in Plankton Bad News for Marine Life, Human who Need Healthy Oceans to Survive—See Photos (The Washington Post, 11/13/24).

• Study: More Frequent, Severe Ocean Storms Make It Harder for Albatrosses to Feed, Fly, Survive—See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 11/13/24).

• Geologists Find Evidence for Theory Ice Covered Whole Earth for 60 Million Years—See Photos (COSMOS, 11/13/24).

• Last Supermoon of 2024 Visible Friday, Saturday (LiveScience, 11/12/24).

• Giant Mekong River Carp, Thought Extinct, Rediscovered in New Locations in Cambodia—See Photos (The New York Times, 11/12/24).

• Study Suggests Rats Can Anticipate, Enjoy Anticipating Pleasurable Experiences—See Photos & Video (The Conversation, 11/11/24).

• Report: Cosmologists Agree Universe is Expanding, Aren’t Sure of Anything Beyond That—See Photos, Video & Graphics (The New York Times, 11/11/24).

• Massive, Mysterious Jupiter: Earth’s Protector Planet? See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 11/8/24).

• Antarctic Emperor Penguin Swims Record 2,000 Miles North, Shows Up on Australian Beach—See Photo & Video (The New York Times, 11/7/24).

• Nature’s Best Photography Contest Winners Announced—See Photos (PetaPixel, 11/6/24). See more photos here.

• Taurid Meteor Shower Could Bring Fireballs Nov 5 -12—See Sky Map & Video (Space.com, 11/4/24).

October 2024

• Nature Selects Science Photos of the Month—See Images (10/31/24).

• Royal Meteorological Society Names Weather Photography Contest Winners—See Photos (PetaPixal, 10/31/24).

• Bioluminescence Looks Beautiful, Smells Bad along California Coast—See News Report (KTLA 5, 10/30/24).

• Researchers Train Giant Rats to Sniff Out Illegal Wildlife Trade Products—See Photos(COSMOS, 10/30/4).

• GPS Tracking Reveals Crucial Role Tiny S.C Island Plays in Migration, Survival of Endangered Bird—Watch Video (Aeon, 10/30/24).

• Sound Images Let Scientists Watch 2.5 Million Cod Attack 23 Million Capelin in Biggest Predator-Prey Event Yet Recorded Off Norway—See Images (Phy.Org, 10/29/24).

• Wind Facts: Earth’s Strongest Blows No Match for  Speeds on Neptune (Live Science, 10/28/24).

• Special Report: Make a Crow Angry, or Look Like Some Who Has, and, You Will Pay—See Photos (The New York Times, 10/28/24).

• Big Wave Facts: Tsunamis v. Tidal Waves, Different Origins, Similar Outcomes—See Photos, Video & Diagram (Live Science, 20/28/24).

• Lost and Found: How 2 Rare Przewalski’s Horses Narrowly Escaped Glue Factory—See Photos (The New York Times, 10/26/24).

• Beloved Yellowstone Grizzly Hit by Car, Dies at Age 28—See Photos (The New York Times, 10/24/24).

• Skywatchers in Many States See Fireball Streak Across Evening Sky—See Videos (EarthSky, 10/22/24).

• Approaching ‘Halloween Comet’ Could Outshine Departing Comet A3 (Forbes, 10/22/24).

• Exploding Tourism Blessing and Curse for Endangered Komodo Dragons, Island Resources, Local Economy—See Photo (COSMOS, 10/12/24).

• Missed Seeing Comet A3? Other Skywatchers Share Their Photos—See Images (EarthSky, 10/16/24). Learn more, see more images and video here, here and here.

• Natural History Museum Announces Wildlife Photography Contest Winners—See Images (The Guardian 10/9/24). See more photos here.

• Rare Downpour Eases Drought, Transforms Desert Landscape in Morocco—See Photos (AP, 10/8/24).

• Comet A3 Visible in Evening Sky through October—See Photos (The New York Times, 10/8/24). Learn more, see photos, sky map and video here, here and here.

• NASA Sending Spacecraft to Jupiter’s Moon Europa to Probe for Oceans Under Surface Ice—See Photo (Mashable 10/5/24).

• Who’s Your Favorite Chubette? 10th Annual Fat Bear Week Kicks Off in Alaska’s Katmai National Park—See Photos (The New York Times, 10/4/24). Learn more, see more photos here.

• Here Comes Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), and Here’s How It Got Its Name—See Photos, Illos & Diagrams (USA Today, 10/4/24). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here and here.

• Czech Republic’s Hranice Abyss is Deepest Known Freshwater Cave in World—See Photos, Diagrams & Video (Live Science, 10/4/24).

• Botanists Grow Tree from 1,000-Year-Old Seed Found in Archeological Dig in Judean Desert—See Photos (CNN, 10/3/24).

• Report: Researchers Describe Laborious Process, Monumental Achievement of Mapping Fruit Fly’s Tiny Brain—See Image (COSMOS, 10/3/24).

• Hurricane Helene Power Outages Carve Trail of Darkness Visible from Space—See Image (Axios Charlotte, 10/2/24).

• Nature Is Strange: Fast Growing “Brinicles” Descend from Surface Ice, Kill Marine Life on Seafloor with Deadly Cold Touch—See Photo & Video (BGR, 10/1/24).

• Here Comes Comet C/2023 A3 for First Time in 80,000 Years—See Photo (The Guardian, 10/1/24). See Photos & Video here.

June 2024

• Giant Snake Fossil in Western India May be Largest Ever Discovered—See Photos (Forbes, 6/16/24).

• Sun’s Magnetic Fields Set to Mix and Switch in Sync with Solar Cycle—See Diagrams (Space.com, 6/14/24).

• Finding: One Leatherback Turtle Made Record-Setting Dive, Other Crossed Pacific Nonstop—See Photo, Map & Video (Live Science, 6/14/24).

• Brother Lions, 1 Impaired, Make Dangerous Night Swim across Croc-Filled Channel in Uganda—See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 6/14/24).

• Asian Elephant Births Twins in Park in Thailand—See Photos (BBC, 6/13/24).

• Here Come the Cicadas! See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 6/13/24).

• ROV Films Deep-Sea Squid Taking Unusual Care of Unusual Eggs—See Photo & Video (Phys.Org, 6/12/24). Read more, see more photos & video here and here.

• Mars Rover, Orbiter Capture Extreme Solar Storm Impacts on Planet with no Earth-Like Magnetic Field—See Video (EarthSky.org, 6/12/24). Read more here.

• Theory: Large Body that Hit Earth, Creating Moon, May Have Triggered Plate Tectonics (The New York Times, 6/12/24).

• White Buffalo Born in Yellowstone—See Photos (AP, 6/11/24).

• Study: Elephants May Give One Another, Respond to Their Own Individual Names—See Photos & Videos (Colorado State University, 6/10/24). Read more, see more photos and videos here,  here, here, here and here.

• Study: U.S.’s Tornado Alley Seems to be Shifting East—See Maps & Photos (The Washington Post, 6/9/24).

• Researchers Debate: Does the Universe Have a Shape? And, If So, What Is it? See Photo & Diagrams (The Guardian, 6/8/24).

• 70-Year-Old Flamingo at English Nature Reserve Lays First Egg—See Photos (The Washington Post, 6/8/24).

• Chameleon Found in Uganda May Reproduce without Males—See Photos  (Miami Herald, 6/4/24).

• Report: Sargassum Could Smother Caribbean, Gulf Beaches Again This Year—See Photos, Videos & Diagrams (The Conversation, 6/4/24).

• Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupting Again—See Map & Video (The New York Times, 6/3/24).

• 6-Planet Alignment Begins June 3, Best Viewing Comes Later—See Illo (USA Today, 6/2/24). Read more, see more illos here.

• Large, Colorful, Invasive Joro Spider Making Its Way Up East Coast—See Photo (Gothamist, 6/1/24).

May 2024

• Researchers May Have First Ocean Footage of Live Colossal Squid in Antarctic—See Photo & Video (Hakai Magazine, 5/27/24).

• Hail the Size of Grapefruit in Texas —See Photos & Video (The Washington Post, 5/30/24).

• Unusually Large, Old Seahorse Found Off Dorset, England—See Photo (BBC, 5/25/24).

• Study: Crows Can Be Trained to Count Out Loud (Science Alert, 5/24/24).

• Invasive, Bee-Killing, Yellow-Legged Hornet Found in Georgia—See Photos (Knowable Magazine, 5/23/24).

• Extremely Bright Comet May or May Not be Visible This Fall—See Photos, Map & Video (Space.com, 5/21/24).

• Discovery: Chile’s Migratory Giant Hummingbirds Fly to High Andes, Spend Winter with Bigger Year-Round Residents—See Photos, Map & Video (EarthSky.org, 5/17/24).

• Study: Egypt’s Giza Pyramids & Others Built Along Now-Dried-Up Branch of Nile—See Photos & Map (CNN, 5/17/24). Read more, see more photos here.

• Researchers Film Deep Sea Squid Flashing “Headlights” while Attacking Camera—See Video (The University of Western Australia, 5/16/24). Read more, see more photos and video  here.

• Researchers Trace Migratory, Evolutionary History of Fascinating,Endangered Boabob Tree—See Photo (The New York Times, 5/15/24).

• Severe Geomagnetic Storms Make Auroras Visible in Northern Europe, Southern U.S.—See Photos (The Washington Post, 5/11/24).

• Study: Venus & Mars Once Had Water; Scientists Have New Theory on Where It Went—See Photos (EarthSky, 5/9/24).

• Diver-Photographer Who Took First Photo of Living Coelacanth Works to Raise Awareness of Wonders, Fragility of Deep Sea—See Photos & Video (BBC, 5/8/24).

• Nature Magazine Picks April’s Best Science Photos—See Images (Nature, 5/3/24).

• Researchers Add 3 Species of Wrasse to List of Nonhuman Animals that Use Tools—See Video & Illustration (Hakai Magazine, 5/3/24).

• Report: Wild Orangutan Uses Chewed-Up Medicinal Plant to Successfully Treat Facial Wound—See Photos (COSMOS, 5/3/24). Read more here. Read the study, see more photos here.

• New Webb Telescope Observation May/May Not Confirm Possible Signs of Life on Planet 124 Light Years from Earth—See Photo, Charts & Video (EarthSky, 5/2/24).

April 2024

• Deepest Blue Hole Yet Discovered, Full Depth Unknown, Found Off Mexico/Belize—See Charts & Photos (Gizmodo, 4/30/24).

March 2024

• USDA Revises Plant Hardiness Zone Map to Keep Up with Climate Change—See Maps & Photos (The Conversation, 3/22/24).

• Here Comes the Eclipse, How Much Will You See? Check Tracker (The Washington Post, 3/21/24).

• New Species of Ghost Shark Discovered Off Thailand—See Photos (Live Science, 3/20/24).

• Cherry Blossoms Bloom Early in D.C.—See Photos (The Washington Post, 3/20/24).

• Happy Spring Equinox! See Photos, Diagrams & Video (EarthSky, 3/19/24).

• Deady Bird Flu Halts Penguine Research in Antarctic (Nature, 3/15/24). Read  more, see map here.

• Finding: Universe Expanding at Different Speeds in Different Places (Live Science, 3/14/24). Read more, see photos & video here.

• Multinational Study Finds Emperor Penguins Numbers Declining—See Photos (COSMOS, 11/14/24).

• Study: Males Are Not Always the Physically Larger Sex in the Mammal World (The New York Times, 3/12/24).

• Big Jellies Washing Up on Florida Gulf Coast Beaches—See Photos & Video (WFLA.com, 3/12/24).

• Beachfront Home Owners Build Costly Dune to Protect Property, Ocean Eats It in 3 Days—See Video (Daily Beast, 3/11/24). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• New Book Lets Humans See Ultraviolet Beauty of Honeybees’ World—See Photos (The New York Times, 3/8/24).

• Expert Advice: See the Full Eclipse If You Can; Even 99% Can’t Compare—See Photo (NPR, 3/8/24).

• Study: Chimps & Bees Can Learn How to Solve Complex Puzzles through Observation (Scientific American, 3/7/24).

• Discovery: Egg-Laying Amphibian in Brazil First Known to Lactate, Nurse Young after Eggs Hatch—See Photo (Nature, 3/7/24).

• 3 Orphaned Manatees Rehabbed in Ohio Return to Florida for Release into Wild—See Photos (The New York Times, 3/7/24).

• Dark Skies During April Eclipse Could Make Once-Every-71-Years Comet Visible—See Photos, Video & Diagram (EarthSky, 3/7/24). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here, here and here.

• Mystery Disease Causing Fish to Spin, Killing Endangered Sawfish in Florida Keys—See Photos (Outdoor Life 3/5/24)

• Tumbleweeds Swallow Houses, Cars in Utah—See Video (The New York Times 3/5/24). Read more, see more video here and here.

• Scientists Determine Age of Moroccan Sand Dune (Old!) by Measuring Light in Grains of Sand—See Photos (BBC 3/3/24)

• Python Wearing Tracker Leads Biologists to Big Snake Mating Ball in Everglades—See Photos & Video (Miami Herald, 3/3/24).

• Finding: Alligators Can See and Hear in Air & Underwater (Miami Herald, 3/1/24).

February 2024

• Researcher Wins Prize for Human Dance Interpretation of Kangaroo Culture—Watch Video (COSMOS, 2/27/24).

• Researchers Encounter Marvelous Creatures on Seamounts Off Chile—See Photos (Business Insider, 2/22/24). Learn more, see more photos here.

• Scientists Film Shimmering Deep-Sea Sea Cucumber off Chile—See Video (Miami Herald, 2/20/24).

• Actor Will Smith Contributes to Discovery of New, Bigger Anaconda Species—See Photos (IFL Science, 2/20/24). Read more, see more photos and video here and here.

• Underwater Photographer of the Year Award Winners Announced—See Images (BBC, 2/19/24).

• Finding: North America Has an Alien Earth Worm Problem (The Washington Post, 2/18/24).

• Here Come the Cicadas—2 Broods at Once for First Time in 221 Years—See Photo, Map & Video (EarthSky, 2/16/24). Read more, see more photos & maps here and here.

• Finding: Great Apes Like to Tease—See Photo & Video (COSMOS, 2/15/24). Read more here.

• Scientists Struggling to Better Predict Strength & Path of Ever More Powerful Atmospheric River Storms—See Photos (The Guardian, 2/11/24).

• Study: It’s Time to Add Cat 6 Level to Hurricane Scale (Eos, 2/5/24).

• Researchers Find Intact Fossil of Strange Bushy-Topped Tree in S.E. Canada—See Photos and Animation (Live Science, 2/2/24).

January 2024

• Study: Rosy-Faced Lovebirds Use Their Beaks in Unexpected Ways—See Photo & Video (The New York Times, 1/30/24).

• Diver Films Fight between Sea Lion & Octopus off Vancouver Island—See Video (AOL, 1/29/24).

• Filmmaker Captures Rare Footage of Possibly Newborn Great White—See Photo (Science, 1/29/24). Read study, see more photos here.

• Expert Guess: Loud Drumming Sound Driving Tampa Bay Residents Crazy Might Be Mating Fish—See Photo (The Washington Post, 1/29/24).

• Researchers Trace How Invasive Ants Make it Harder for Lions to Hunt Zebra in Kenya (The Guardian, 1/25/24).

• How Do Alligators Deal with Freezing Temps? They Brumate—See Photos & Video (The News & Observer, 1/25/24).

• Report: Embryo Transfer May Eventually Bring Back Near-Extinct Northern White Rhino—See Photos (The Washington Post, 1/24/24).

• Here Comes the Sargassum…Or Maybe Not—See Photos (USA Today, 1/24/24).

• Purple Skies & Yellow People: How Birds, Bees & Other Species See Color—See Examples (The New York Times, 1/23/24). Read more here. See the study here.

• Megalodon Makeover: Instead of Big & Beefy, Ancient Shark May Have Been Long and Lean—See Photo & Diagram (Live Science, 1/21/24). Read more here and here. See the study here.

• Researchers ID Fossils of Strange One-Cell Life Form Still Around Today—See Photos & Video (Science Alert, 1/21/24).

• Meet the Mola Mola, aka Sunfish, aka Moonfish—One of the Biggest & Strangest-Looking Fish in the Sea—See Photos & Video (EarthSky, 1/21/24).

• European Botanists “Discover” Unusual Borneo Palm Well Known to Local People—See Photos (The New York Times, 1/20/24).

• Study: African Penguins Recognize Mates by Spot Patterns—See Video & Diagrams (Hakai, 1/18/24).

• Theory: Dogs Wag their Tails because Humans Like It (The Guardian, 1/17/24).

• Researchers Determine Sex, Age, Movement, Lifestyle of Wooly Mammoth All by Analyzing Tusk—See Photo, Charts & Map (Science Advances, 1/17/24).

• Some Suitors Perform Solo, Some Couples Move as One in the Bird Mating Dance World—See Videos (One Green Planet, 1/12/24).

• Researcher Documents Silky Shark Ability to Regenerate Damaged Dorsal—See Photos (The Conversation, 1/9/24). Read more, see more photos and diagrams here.

• Welsh Retiree Clutters Workbench by Day, “Tidy Mouse” Cleans Up after Him by Night— See Photos & Video (The New York Times, 1/8/24).

• African Ants Treat Each Other’s Wounds with Antibiotic Secretions—See Photos & Video (COSMOS, 1/6/24).