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Habitats and Ecosystems

Ice & Glaciers | Aquatic & Wetlands | Deserts | Grasslands | Agriculture, Urban | Tropical Forests |
Temperate & Boreal Forests | Mountains | Seas & Oceans | Other Ecosystems

   Ice & Glaciers
2003 July 21-27 -- Greenland Ice Cap
2003 November 24-30 -- Life on the Ice
2006 December 25-31 -- Holiday Bubbles Trapped in Ice
2007 June 25 - July 1 -- The Disappearing Glacier
2008 May 5-11 -- Shield of the North
2008 September 15-21 -- Glacial Valley of Enchantment
2009 February 23 - March 1 -- Glacial Shrinkage in the Andes
2009 April 27 - May 3 -- Patterns in Glacial Ice
2009 June 8-14 -- Glacier-Carved Valley of the Andes
2009 July 6-12 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part I
2009 July 13-19 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part II
2009 October 19-25 -- Pressure Ridges on the Arctic Ocean
2009 December 21-27 -- Ice on the Rose
2010 January 25-31 -- Oil in the Arctic
2010 May 17-23 -- Ice Canyons of the Glacier
2010 December 6-12 -- Pingo of the Arctic: A Unique Wildlife Habitat
2011 April 11-17 -- "Dirty Ice:" Algae That Fuels the Arctic
2011 August 29 - September 4 -- The Land of Fish, Ice, and Steam
2011 December 26 - 2012 January 1 -- Harsh Life in a Tough Land
2012 January 16-22 -- Glaciers of Denali
2012 April 16-22 -- Bend in the River Chena
2012 August 20-26 -- Walrus on Ice
2012 December 24-30 -- A Holiday Caution For Our Ice Planet
2013 February 18-24 -- The Aftermath of Mazama
2013 May 27 - June 2 -- Cascades Flight
2014 February 17-23 -- Under the Snow
2015 March 2-8 -- Toward an Interplanetary Environmental Protection Act
2016 May 2-8 -- Land of the Three Towers
2016 November 14-20 -- Glaciers Convergent, Advancing, and Retreating
2017 December 25-31 -- Holiday Bentcycles
2019 May 20-26 -- High Glacier Recession
2019 June 3-9 -- Glacier Highways
2020 February 10-16 -- Alaska Range North Face
2020 March 23-29 -- Annapurna Conservation Area
2020 August 3-9 -- Ships Across the Fjords
2020 December 28 - 2021 January 3 -- The Next Turn
2021 March 15-21 -- Interior Boreal
2021 August 23-29 -- Chena in Winter, Chena in Summer
2022 March 28 - April 3 -- Wide Valley. No Ice.
2022 September 5-11 -- Greenland Melt
2022 September 12-18 -- Plateau Peaks of Tibet
2023 February 27 - March 5 -- Warming at the Edge

   Aquatic & Wetlands & Rivers
2003 October 27 - November 2 -- Boiling Mudpot: Home for Extremophiles
2004 January 12-18 -- A River Park in Russia
2004 March 8-14 -- A Tale of Two Chinese Landscapes
2005 February 28 - March 6 -- Keoladeo Ghana National Park: Wetlands in Crisis
2005 August 1-7 -- Elephant-back in Corbett National Park
2005 September 5-11 -- Alaska Muskeg Country
2005 December 5-11 -- Sweetwater of The Bahamas
2006 February 20-26 -- Dalai Nur Lake of Nei Mongol
2006 July 24-30 -- Wild Mudflats, Alaskan Style
2006 September 18-24 -- Terai Arc: Saving the Wetlands in South Asia
2007 January 29 - February 4 -- Whiptails in the Flood Zone
2007 June 11-17 -- Forest of the Estuaries
2007 July 16-22 -- Life on the Chao Phraya
2007 September 10-16 -- Mighty Brahmaputra: A Riverscape of Islands
2007 November 5-11 -- Valley of Death, Pond of Life
2008 May 26 - June 1 -- Volcanic Lessons from the Toutle River
2008 June 9-15 -- Harpoon Fishing in the Congo
2009 January 19-25 -- Forest Wetlands of Tropical Africa
2010 November 15-21 -- Frozen Sands of the Gobi
2011 May 9-15 -- The Landscape of Solway Firth
2011 June 6-12 -- Kasai River, Remote and Red
2011 June 20-26 -- Crossing the Yukon River -- in 3D
2011 August 1-7 -- Habitats and Border Tension
2011 September 26 - October 2 -- La Mica Lago in the Clouds
2011 November 21-27 -- Sea Rise, Forest Decline
2012 January 30 - February 5 -- Floodplain New and Old
2012 February 20-26 -- Lukenie Landscape
2012 April 16-22 -- Bend in the River Chena
2012 May 7-13 -- Rising Tides, Vanishing Swamp Forest
2012 June 25 - July 1 -- Domain of the Pond, Part 1: Web of Life
2012 July 2-8 -- Domain of the Pond, Part 2: A Chemical Mystery
2012 September 17-23 -- Hail to the Forest Guardians!
2013 May 6-12 -- The Changing Arctic: Drained Lakes
2013 May 13-19 -- The Common and Wonderful Snail of the Mangroves
2013 May 20-26 -- Life At Sea Level
2013 July 29 - August 4 -- The Waterways of Amsterdam
2013 October 28 - November 3 -- The Dunes of Nasser
2014 March 10-16 -- The Strange Story of Nahuel Huapi
2014 March 17-23 -- The Real Argentinean Lake Monster
2014 May 5-11 -- Scalding Bagoria
2014 May 12-18 -- Hippo Pool Like You've Never Seen
2014 December 29 - 4 January 2015 -- The Thrombolites of Sarmiento
2016 February 1-7 -- Tiniest Plant Plays a Big Role
2016 April 11-17 -- The Most Superior Lake
2016 August 8-14 -- These Cormorants Can't Fish
2017 February 27 - March 5 -- The Mile-High Lake
2017 September 11-17 -- Into the Gates
2017 October 30 - November 5 -- Fight for the Fish
2018 September 17-23 -- Virga on the Tanana
2019 May 27 - June 2 -- Pretty in Pink
2019 October 14-20 -- After the Flash
2019 December 30 - January 4 -- Spanish Drapery in the Forest
2020 January 13-19 -- Braids Below
2020 May 18-24 -- Kamloops in the Snow
2020 June 22-28 -- Slopes of Spitsbergen
2020 December 21-27 -- Remember This.
2020 December 28 - 2021 January 3 -- The Next Turn
2021 January 4-10 -- A Lesson in Confluence
2021 April 19-25 - Yamdrok Lake
2021 July 19-25 -- The Tundra Lakes of Kobuk
2021 August 2-8 -- A Primal Pond Rediscovery
2021 August 16-22 -- Scant Water in a Harsh Land
2021 August 23-29 -- Chena in Winter, Chena in Summer
2022 March 7-13 -- Levees of Kootenai
2022 April 25 - May 1 -- A Most Unusual Lake
2022 October 24-30 -- The Value of Created Wildlife Habitat
2024 January 1-7 -- The Ephemeral State
2024 March 18-24 -- Vancouver Lake
2024 July 22-28 -- The Crater
2024 August 26 - September 1 -- The Monodominant Swamp Rush

   Deserts
2003 September 8-14 -- Rock Varnish
2004 July 19-25 -- The Artificial Deserts of Inner Mongolia
2005 April 11-17 -- Barrel Cactus Pollinator
2006 May 22-28 -- What's in a Dried Lakebed?
2007 April 16-22 -- Tucson Urban Expansion
2007 May 28 - June 3 -- Saharan Dream
2007 October 1-7 -- Where to Find Life on Mars
2007 November 5-11 -- Valley of Death, Pond of Life
2008 March 24-30 -- A Pine Lost to the Desert
2008 May 12-18 -- Tree of the Promised Land
2008 December 15-21 -- The Red Sands of Algeria
2009 August 31 - September 6 -- Tribute
2009 December 7-13 -- Oil From Red Sand
2010 June 7-13 -- The World's Toughest Golf Course
2010 June 21-27 -- The Untold Story of Caves and Graves
2010 July 5-11 -- Life is Harsh in the Aïr
2010 November 15-21 -- Frozen Sands of the Gobi
2012 November 5-11 -- Crop Circles of the Sahara
2013 October 28 - November 3 -- The Dunes of Nasser
2014 September 22-28 -- The Aurès of the Atlas
2016 March 21-27 -- Mammillaria of the Sonoran
2016 September 12-18 -- Desert Tracks
2016 December 26 - 2017 January 1 -- Raining Rainbows
2020 March 9-15 -- Slope Stabilization in Tibet
2020 September 7-13 -- Green Gobi
2020 October 19-25 -- Desertification of Inner Mongolia
2021 August 16-22 -- Scant Water in a Harsh Land
2021 December 20-26 -- Solo Sotol
2023 May 15-21 -- Cholla of the Sonora, Part 1
2023 May 22-28 -- Cholla of the Sonora, Part 2

   Grasslands
2003 August 4-10 -- Biological Soil Crusts
2003 November 10-16 -- Nyika Plateau, Malawi
2005 April 4-10 -- Nei Mongol Petroglyphs: Windows to the Past
2007 July 9-15 -- Roan on the Range
2008 March 10-16 -- Lions on Fire
2008 March 31 - April 6 -- Fastest Cat in Repose
2008 June 23-29 -- Topi of the Savanna
2008 October 13-19 -- Animal Tracks in Masai Mara
2011 August 1-7 -- Habitats and Border Tension
2011 November 7-13 -- Forest Savanna of the Congo
2011 December 26 - 2012 January 1 -- Harsh Life in a Tough Land
2012 January 23-29 -- A Nature Reserve With a Cultural Lesson
2013 January 28 - February 3 -- The Dambos of Nyika
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2013 September 2-8 -- An Ecosystem About to Collapse
2014 June 30 - July 6 -- Driving in Tanzania
2014 October 13-19 -- A Tale of Two Scrapes
2016 January 11-17 -- Maasai Manyattas of the Mara
2016 May 2-8 -- Land of the Three Towers
2017 September 25 - October 1 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 1
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2
2018 May 21-27 -- Encroachment in the Steppe
2018 November 26 - December 2 -- Lone Wanderer
2019 March 18-24 -- Sky Afire
2020 October 19-25 -- Desertification of Inner Mongolia
2021 September 20-26 -- Maasai in the Crater

   Agriculture, Urban
2004 May 24-30 -- Radial Settlement Pattern, Upper Amazon, Bolivia
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2005 October 3-9 -- Landscapes of England
2007 April 16-22 -- Tucson Urban Expansion
2009 July 20-26 -- All One World
2009 November 9-15 -- The Agricultural Landscapes of Inner Mongolia
2010 October 25-31 -- Tea vs. Wildlife
2011 May 9-15 -- The Landscape of Solway Firth
2011 August 29 - September 4 -- The Land of Fish, Ice, and Steam
2012 January 30 - February 5 -- Floodplain New and Old
2012 November 5-11 -- Crop Circles of the Sahara
2012 December 10-16 -- Green Fields Vista
2013 May 20-26 -- Life At Sea Level
2013 July 29 - August 4 -- The Waterways of Amsterdam
2014 June 23-29 -- Life Along the North Sea
2014 July 21-27 -- Slash, Burn, and Plant the Staple
2015 January 5-11 -- This Is How We Fill the Valleys
2016 December 12-18 -- Life on the Terraces
2017 April 24-30 -- Valleys of Yunnan
2017 May 29 - June 4 -- Urban Habitat
2018 January 8-14 -- Tea and Tigers
2018 October 22-28 -- Rift Valley Agriculture
2020 November 16-22 -- Smoke-filled Skies
2020 December 7-13 -- Homogenization of the Landscape
2021 February 1-7 -- Environmental Impacts of Rice Paddies
2021 March 22-28 -- Jhum in the Jungle
2021 October 24-31 -- What Is The Message?
2021 December 6-12 -- Delhi Haze
2023 April 17-23 -- Bhutan Slopes

   Tropical Forests
2003 September 29 - October 5 -- Termite Nurse Mound
2004 February 16-22 -- Kipukas: Islands Within Islands
2004 March 22-28 -- Spirit Groves in Africa
2005 August 22-28 -- A "Not-So Virgin" Virgin Island
2006 May 8-14 -- Congo Forests, Part I: The Second Lung
2006 May 15-21 -- Congo Forests, Part II: Slashed and Burned
2006 August 21-27 -- Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon
2007 June 11-17 -- Forest of the Estuaries
2007 August 13-19 -- Afrotropical Gallery Forests
2008 January 14-20 -- A Rodeo Roundup in a Bolivian Forest
2008 February 11-17 -- How Elephants Change the Forest
2009 January 19-25 -- Forest Wetlands of Tropical Africa
2009 April 13-19 -- Forest of the Clouds
2009 June 22-28 -- Rainforests in the Ocean
2009 July 20-26 -- All One World
2009 September 14-20 -- Spirits of the Forest
2010 February 15-21 -- Beneath the Tropical Leaf Litter
2011 June 13-19 -- The Tree That Feeds the Fish
2011 November 7-13 -- Forest Savanna of the Congo
2012 February 20-26 -- Lukenie Landscape
2012 September 17-23 -- Hail to the Forest Guardians!
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2013 September 2-8 -- An Ecosystem About to Collapse
2014 July 21-27 -- Slash, Burn, and Plant the Staple
2015 July 6-12 -- Jurassic Cycad Park
2018 February 12-18 -- Trees of the Past, Trees of the Future
2019 January 28 - February 3 -- "Nice View" Cloud Forest
2021 March 22-28 -- Jhum in the Jungle
2021 November 1-7 -- Tracking the Poachers
2022 April 4-10 -- Nurse Log in the Congo
2022 November 14-20 -- Umbrella in the Tropics
2022 December 12-19 -- Life in the Flooded Forest

   Temperate & Boreal Forests
2003 May 26 - June 1 -- Pileated Signs
2003 December 8-14 -- A Gondwana Island Forest
2004 February 9-15 -- Killer Ivy
2004 August 23-29 -- Nurse Erratics in Chile
2005 February 7-13 -- What Grows in a Miombo Forest Patch?
2005 June 13-19 -- A Forest in Infrared
2005 November 7-13 -- Forest Fire at Treeline in the Andes
2006 January 23-29 -- Polylepis Woodlands of the Paramo
2006 May 29 - June 4 -- Forestry in Swaziland
2006 October 9-15 -- Fire on the Hill
2006 December 11-17 -- Redwood Death, Open Sky
2007 January 8-14 -- Ancient Forest Paths of France
2007 February 19-25 -- Black Forest, Silent Forest
2007 August 20-26 -- Oak Woodland With the Blues
2007 November 12-18 -- The Burning Mountains of Swaziland
2008 January 21-27 -- A Mystery of the Forest Canopy
2008 June 30 - July 6 -- Tree Fern Glory
2008 December 22-28 -- Holiday Snow With a Lesson
2009 February 9-15 -- What is a Hoop Pine Worth?
2009 September 14-20 -- Spirits of the Forest
2010 October 11-17 -- Sweetveld Thorn Scrub of the Limpopo
2011 February 28 - March 6 -- Balancing Forestry and Ecology
2011 May 30 - June 5 -- And To Nature We Return...
2011 November 21-27 -- Sea Rise, Forest Decline
2011 November 28 - December 4 -- Forest Edge
2012 January 23-29 -- A Nature Reserve With a Cultural Lesson
2012 August 6-12 -- A Season of Striking Change
2012 October 8-14 -- Chaos and the Forest
2012 October 29 - November 4 -- A Place for Intensive Forest Management
2013 February 4-10 -- Thielsen Wilderness
2013 November 11-17 -- When an Avalanche is a Good Thing
2014 February 24 - March 2 -- Life After the Burn
2014 April 7-13 -- What The Hawk Sees
2014 October 13-19 -- A Tale of Two Scrapes
2015 September 14-10 -- Where There's Smoke ...
2016 October 17-23 -- Microburst Deadfall
2017 September 11-17 -- Into the Gates
2017 October 16-22 -- Worlds Within Worlds
2018 February 19-25 -- Sand Dunes of the Arctic
2018 November 12-18 -- Drunken Forest
2020 December 21-27 -- Remember This.
2020 December 28 - 2021 January 3 -- The Next Turn
2021 March 15-21 -- Interior Boreal
2022 February 21-27 -- Not Out Of The Woods Yet
2022 June 27 - July 3 -- Tough Spot for Climate Change Study
2023 December 25-31 -- Let It Snow

   Mountains & Volcanoes
2004 June 21-27 -- The Andes of Patagonia
2005 November 7-13 -- Forest Fire at Treeline in the Andes
2006 March 13-19 -- The Himalayas of Bhutan
2006 December 4-10 -- Frozen and Fragile Landscapes of Everest
2007 April 30 - May 6 -- Perils of Life on an Andean Volcano
2007 November 12-18 -- The Burning Mountains of Swaziland
2008 September 15-21 -- Glacial Valley of Enchantment
2008 October 27 - November 2 -- Rift Valley of Eastern Africa in 3D
2008 November 24-30 -- Weather on the Mountain
2008 December 22-28 -- Holiday Snow With a Lesson
2009 February 23 - March 1 -- Glacial Shrinkage in the Andes
2009 June 8-14 -- Glacier-Carved Valley of the Andes
2010 March 1-7 -- Volcanic Field on the Rim of Fire
2012 January 16-22 -- Glaciers of Denali
2012 February 27 - March 4 -- Before the Eruption
2012 October 8-14 -- Chaos and the Forest
2013 February 4-10 -- Thielsen Wilderness
2013 February 18-24 -- The Aftermath of Mazama
2013 April 15-21 -- The "Gray Ghost" of Asia (Part 1)
2013 May 27 - June 2 -- Cascades Flight
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2013 November 11-17 -- When an Avalanche is a Good Thing
2014 January 13-19 -- The Astounding Vikos Gorge
2014 September 22-28 -- The Aurès of the Atlas
2015 February 2-8 -- Back of the Rain Shadow
2015 February 9-15 -- El Tatio Geysers of the Atacama
2015 May 11-17 -- How High Can A Bird Fly?
2015 June 22-28 -- The Surprising Lava Fields of Imuruk
2015 October 19-25 -- Barranca of the Sierra Madre
2016 May 2-8 -- Land of the Three Towers
2017 March 6-12 -- Volcanic Mud Pools
2017 May 1-7 -- Volcán Calbuco Before the Eruption
2017 September 11-17 -- Into the Gates
2018 November 19-25 -- View From The High Country
2019 January 14-20 -- Maar Crater
2019 March 25 - April 1 -- Slide in the Crater
2019 July 15-21 -- Ecuadorian Altiplano
2019 July 29 - August 4 -- A Village in Danger
2019 October 21-27 -- Mining Legacy and Tight Squeeze
2020 February 10-16 -- Alaska Range North Face
2020 February 17-23 -- Fjord Cliffs of Tromsø
2020 February 24 - March 1 -- Above the Diamond
2020 March 23-29 -- Annapurna Conservation Area
2020 April 6-12 -- Mountains of Albania
2020 June 22-28 -- Slopes of Spitsbergen
2020 December 28 - 2021 January 3 -- The Next Turn
2021 July 12-18 -- Mountains and Valleys of the Paloponnese
2022 February 7-13 -- Ruapehu Volcano
2022 October 31 - November 6 -- Hood in the Shadows
2023 January 9-15 -- Islands in the Sky
2023 May 8-14 -- A Lava Challenge
2023 July 24-30 -- Life in the Lava
2024 January 29 - February 4 -- Controlled by Aspect
2024 July 22-28 -- The Crater

   Seas and Oceans
2006 December 18-24 -- Beauty and Biology of Seafoam
2007 May 14-20 -- White Cliffs, Ancient Sea
2008 November 10-16 -- Protecting Puget Sound
2009 June 22-28 -- Rainforests in the Ocean
2009 July 6-12 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part I
2009 July 13-19 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part II
2009 October 19-25 -- Pressure Ridges on the Arctic Ocean
2010 January 25-31 -- Oil in the Arctic
2010 November 29 - December 5 -- Island Beach of Urchins
2011 March 7-13 -- Can You See This?
2011 April 11-17 -- "Dirty Ice:" Algae That Fuels the Arctic
2011 August 29 - September 4 -- The Land of Fish, Ice, and Steam
2011 November 21-27 -- Sea Rise, Forest Decline
2012 February 13-19 -- Snowies on the Driftwood
2012 May 7-13 -- Rising Tides, Vanishing Swamp Forest
2012 August 20-26 -- Walrus on Ice
2012 September 24-30 -- Crabs that Clean the Beach
2013 March 11-17 -- The Alga That Thinks It's A Coral
2013 May 20-26 -- Life At Sea Level
2013 September 9-15 -- Life on the Rock
2014 June 23-29 -- Life Along the North Sea
2017 January 30 - February 5 -- Beach Biodiversity
2020 April 13-19 -- A Global Arc
2020 August 3-9 -- Ships Across the Fjords
2021 April 12-18 -- The Role and Fate of Bull Kelp
2022 November 28 - December 4 -- After the King Tide
2023 February 27 - March 5 -- Warming at the Edge

   Other Ecosystems
2003 December 29 - 2004 January 4 -- The Twilight (Crepuscular) Zone
2004 April 12-18 -- Humankind Timelines
2004 December 27 - 2005 January 2 -- A Year's End Respite
2005 March 28 - April 3 -- The Spark of Life
2006 January 2-8 -- Sunrise Into a Troubled World
2006 January 9-15 -- The Long Slide to Conflict
2007 May 21-27 -- Into the Batcave
2008 May 5-11 -- Shield of the North
2008 October 27 - November 2 -- Rift Valley of Eastern Africa in 3D
2009 February 2-8 -- The Plains of Bangladesh
2010 March 22-28 -- Tale of the Contrails
2010 May 3-9 -- Daylight Sky on Fire !
2010 June 21-27 -- The Untold Story of Caves and Graves
2010 October 11-17 -- Sweetveld Thorn Scrub of the Limpopo
2010 December 27 - 2011 January 2 -- A Present From the Past
2012 August 27 - 2 September -- Issues of a Remote Quarry Mine
2014 June 30 - July 6 -- Driving in Tanzania
2014 August 11-17 -- Photographic Legacy for Climate Change Research
2015 August 3-9 -- Should We Mine The Asteroids?
2016 October 24-30 -- A Stone's Throw From Shangri-La
2017 September 25 - October 1 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 1
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2
2018 February 19-25 -- Sand Dunes of the Arctic
2018 October 1-7 -- Tundra in Transition
2018 December 31 - 2019 January 6 -- Old World, New Year
2020 August 17-23 -- The Major Stone Forest
2021 April 5-11 -- Life on the Hot Edge
2021 December 27 - 2022 January 2 -- Over Rodopos Peninsula
2022 January 3-9 -- Cascadia Quakes

Plants & Allies

Fungi & Algae | Lichens & Mosses | Ferns & Non-Tree Vascular Plants | Trees

   Fungi & Algae
2003 April 28 - May 4 -- Vegetable Caterpillar
2004 January 5-11 -- Lepiota Mushroom in the Tropics
2004 October 25-31 -- An Alga and a Midge: Commensals in a Stream
2006 January 30 - February 5 -- Shaggy Mane
2006 April 3-9 -- Orange Bracket Fungi in a Rainforest
2007 June 4-10 -- A Sour Chanterelle
2011 April 11-17 -- "Dirty Ice:" Algae That Fuels the Arctic
2011 April 25 - May 1 -- The Tiniest "Bird's Nest"
2011 September 12-18 -- Beware the Veined Cup
2011 October 10-16 -- The Orange Jelly That Isn't
2013 March 11-17 -- The Alga That Thinks It's A Coral
2014 December 29 - 4 January 2015 -- The Thrombolites of Sarmiento
2015 March 2-8 -- Toward an Interplanetary Environmental Protection Act
2018 August 13-19 -- Cup Fungi of the Congo
2021 April 12-18 -- The Role and Fate of Bull Kelp

   Lichens & Mosses
2003 August 4-10 -- Biological Soil Crusts
2003 September 8-14 -- Rock Varnish
2004 June 7-13 -- Mnium spinulosum: A Little Moss With Big Teeth
2004 August 2-8 -- Reindeer Lichen
2005 December 19-25 -- Wolf Lichen
2010 November 1-7 -- Thallus of the Lobaria
2016 March 28 - April 3 -- The Lichen With Algal Warts
2017 April 3-9 -- Twining Wolf Foot
2024 October 28 - November 3 -- A Moss with Surprising Uses

   Ferns & Non-Tree Vascular Plants
2004 February 9-15 -- Killer Ivy
2004 February 23-29 -- Protea Blooms in Africa
2004 June 28 - July 4 -- A Wood Fern of Siberia
2004 October 4-10 -- Peruvian Lily in Ultraviolet Light
2004 December 6-12 -- Into the Maw: Darlingtonia, Insect-Eater
2005 February 21-27 -- Na'ena'e in Hawai'i
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2005 April 11-17 -- Barrel Cactus Pollinator
2005 May 16-22 -- Mutisia of Argentina
2005 July 25-31 -- The Vertical World of Climbers
2005 August 22-28 -- A "Not-So Virgin" Virgin Island
2005 September 19-25 -- Orange Parasite on Grey Mangrove
2005 November 14-20 -- Scarlet Gilia
2006 October 23-29 -- Thorny Diets, Part I: Neneo & Guanacos in Patagonia
2007 January 1-7 -- Stonecrop: Big Lessons From a Little Plant
2007 January 22-28 -- Patujú Gigante of the Amazon
2007 March 12-18 -- The Tenacious Giant Rhubarb
2007 May 7-13 -- Casual Visitor or Pollinator?
2007 November 26 - December 2 -- Tongue Orchid of the Tropics
2008 February 18-24 -- Saving the Silversword
2008 June 16-22 -- The Medicinal Weed That Moves
2008 December 8-14 -- Behold the Largest Heath
2009 October 26 - November 1 -- The Plant That Thinks It's a Fungus
2009 December 21-27 -- Ice on the Rose
2010 January 11-17 -- "Macaroni" Plant of Central Africa
2010 May 10-16 -- Spring Spiderlily in the Bayou
2010 August 9-15 -- Horrible Names for a Lovely Plant
2010 December 13-19 -- Obscure Plant of the High Andes
2011 January 10-16 -- Staghorn Fern Below the Canopy
2011 September 19-25 -- The Ecology of Skirts
2001 October 17-23 -- Red-hot Poker at Ten Thousand Feet
2011 December 5-11 -- The Fly That Serves the State
2012 May 21-27 -- A Mysterious Twist
2012 July 23-29 -- Flower of the Andes
2012 August 6-12 -- A Season of Striking Change
2012 October 15-21 -- Appreciating the Unknown
2013 August 12-18 -- Cactus in the Lava Fields
2014 May 26 - June 1 -- Red and Black on Yellow
2014 July 14-20 -- Oily Pectis of San Cristobal
2014 July 21-27 -- Slash, Burn, and Plant the Staple
2015 February 23 - March 1 -- Tiny Things Are All Around Us
2015 May 18-24 -- Khasi Pitcher Plant by the Roadside
2015 July 6-12 -- Jurassic Cycad Park
2015 September 7-13 -- Giant Blue Louisiana Iris of the Bayou
2016 February 1-7 -- Tiniest Plant Plays a Big Role
2016 February 8-14 -- Guanaco Bush Ablaze
2016 March 21-27 -- Mammillaria of the Sonoran
2016 May 16-22 -- A Most Unusual Fern
2016 June 13-19 -- The Deceptive Paintbrush
2017 August 14-20 -- Miconia Shrublands
2017 August 21-27 -- Soft Cane of Many Uses
2017 October 16-22 -- Worlds Within Worlds
2018 February 26 - March 4 -- Strawberry Parent
2018 April 16-22 -- Chinese Lantern on Southern Beech
2018 May 7-13 -- Hooded Ladies' Tresses
2018 July 23-29 -- One Huge Climber
2018 October 15-21 -- Larkspur Stories
2018 October 29 - November 4 -- The Spiderwort That Isn't
2021 January 18-24 -- Cycad of the North
2021 January 25-31 -- Anemone of the Andes
2021 March 1-7 -- A Massive Drooping Fern
2021 May 3-9 -- A Little-Known Medicinal Herb
2021 December 20-26 -- Solo Sotol
2022 January 17-23 -- A Lovely and Useful Invasive Plant
2022 March 21-27 -- A Chinese Lantern in Patagonia
2022 April 11-17 -- Dwarf Hawksbeard
2022 June 20-26 -- An Arctic Field of Cotton
2023 May 15-21 -- Cholla of the Sonora, Part 1
2023 May 22-28 -- Cholla of the Sonora, Part 2
2024 July 1-7 -- Protea Pose
2024 August 26 - September 1 -- The Monodominant Swamp Rush


   Trees
2003 May 5-11 -- Stilt Palm
2003 September 29 - October 5 -- Termite Nurse Mound
2003 December 22-28 -- Happy Holid-ecology!
2004 January 26 - February 1-- Southern Rata: Blooms Ablaze
2004 April 12-18 -- Humankind Timelines
2004 August 23-29 -- Nurse Erratics in Chile
2004 November 22-28 -- Giant Trees of the Congo
2004 December 20-26 -- Holiday Cheers: Ice-Covered Cedar
2005 January 24-30 -- The Unclimbable Monkey Puzzle Tree
2005 February 7-13 -- What Grows in a Miombo Forest Patch?
2005 May 30 - June 5 -- Kalam: An Old-Growth Tree of India
2005 July 11-17 -- Thorned Boles
2005 August 15-21 -- The Boulder That Is A Tree
2005 October 31 - November 6 -- Quebracho, A Unique Tree of the Neotropics
2005 November 7-13 -- Forest Fire at Treeline in the Andes
2006 January 23-29 -- Polylepis Woodlands of the Paramo
2006 April 17-23 -- The Fever Trees of Zimbabwe
2006 April 24-30 -- A Tale of Three Bark Piles
2006 June 19-25 -- African Star-Chestnut
2006 July 31 - August 6 -- Grass Tree of Australia
2006 October 30 - November 5 -- Thorny Diets, Part II: Acacias & Giraffes in South Africa
2006 November 13-19 -- The Naked Tree of Patagonia
2006 November 27 - December 3 -- The Bird That Turns Palms into Nests
2006 December 11-17 -- Redwood Death, Open Sky
2007 January 22-28 -- Patujú Gigante of the Amazon
2007 August 20-26 -- Oak Woodland With the Blues
2008 March 24-30 -- A Pine Lost to the Desert
2008 May 12-18 -- Tree of the Promised Land
2008 June 30 - July 6 -- Tree Fern Glory
2008 July 14-20 -- Fruit of the Elephant
2008 August 25-31 -- A Tree, an Ant: Umbrella in the Canopy
2008 November 3-9 -- Earth's Oldest Trees
2008 November 17-23 -- Drifter of the Oceans
2009 February 9-15 -- What is a Hoop Pine Worth?
2009 March 9-15 -- Termite Condos of the Congo
2009 May 25-31 -- A Common, Edible Strangler
2009 June 22-28 -- Rainforests in the Ocean
2009 November 23-29 -- The Golden Oak With Many Uses
2010 August 2-8 -- The Spice of South Asia
2011 June 13-19 -- The Tree That Feeds the Fish
2011 August 22-28 -- The Wolf and the Nightshade
2011 September 19-25 -- The Ecology of Skirts
2012 January 23-29 -- A Nature Reserve With a Cultural Lesson
2012 April 2-8 -- Ceci n'est pas un Elephant's Foot
2012 May 7-13 -- Rising Tides, Vanishing Swamp Forest
2012 May 21-27 -- A Mysterious Twist
2012 June 4-10 -- Signs of the Trees
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2013 August 19-25 -- Monitoring the Mangroves
2014 February 10-16 -- El Palo Amarillo Verde de Sonora
2014 February 17-23 -- Under the Snow
2014 June 2-8 -- Hollow of the Milktree
2015 October 26 - November 1 -- Why Do Trees Grow Like This?
2016 November 21-27 -- Hardiest of the Asian Deserts
2017 January 2-8 -- A Tree Needs a Rhino
2017 February 13-19 -- The Most Southern Tree Fern
2017 August 7-13 -- Cavity Quiz
2018 April 16-22 -- Chinese Lantern on Southern Beech
2018 May 28 - June 3 -- Function and Fate of the Nurse Stump
2018 July 23-29 -- One Huge Climber
2019 June 10-16 -- World's Rarest Living Fossil Tree
2019 December 30 - January 4 -- Spanish Drapery in the Forest
2020 January 27 - February 2 -- Oak of Asia
2020 May 11-17 -- China Fir in Dali
2021 September 6-12 -- Ancient and Famous Tree of Yunnan
2021 November 15-21 -- Strangled !
2022 March 21-27 -- A Chinese Lantern in Patagonia
2022 April 4-10 -- Nurse Log in the Congo
2022 May 16-22 -- Broadleaf Stonecrop
2022 July 18-24 -- Dawn in Dudhwa
2022 November 14-20 -- Umbrella in the Tropics
2022 December 26 - 1 January 2023 -- Happy Holidays!
2023 April 3-9 -- Redwoods Far From Home
2023 October 23-29 -- Winged Seeds of the Congo
2024 January 8-14 -- It's About Yew
2024 June 10-16 -- Kauri Die-Back
2024 September 9-15 -- Cultural Legacy Pine
2024 September 23-29 -- Curtain Fig

Invertebrates

Jellyfish | Echinoderms (including Starfish) | Bacteria, Springtails, Mites | Annelids (Worms) |
Crabs, Crustaceans | Spiders, Scorpions | Mollusks | Centipedes & Millipedes | Insects


   Jellyfish (including other Cnidarians)
2009 September 28 - October 4 -- The Lion's Mane That Swims
2011 July 11-17 -- Jellyfish Lens
2016 February 29 - March 6 -- The Egg Yolk That Isn't An Egg
2018 July 16-22 -- Tiny Sailor

   Echinoderms (including Starfish, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars)
2010 April 5-11 -- Cushion Star of the Southern Seas
2010 November 29 - December 5 -- Island Beach of Urchins
2014 July 28 - August 3 -- Green Urchin of the Islands
2015 August 24-30 -- A Marine Primary Cavity Excavator
2017 January 30 - February 5 -- Beach Biodiversity

   Bacteria, Springtails, Mites
2003 September 8-14 -- Rock Varnish
2003 May 19-25 -- Springtails of the Soil
2004 September 13-19 -- The Mites That Run the World
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2005 March 28 - April 3 -- The Spark of Life
2006 March 20-26 -- A Springtail Indicator of Environmental Disturbance
2007 July 30 - August 5 -- Globular Springtail
2011 April 18-24 -- Need A Lift?
2013 April 1-7 -- The "Mitey" Beetle
2017 October 16-22 -- Worlds Within Worlds
2020 June 1-7 -- Free Rides
2021 April 5-11 -- Life on the Hot Edge

   Annelids (Worms)
2009 April 20-26 -- Congo Giant Earthworm
2011 July 27 - July 3 -- Sand Worm of New Zealand
2019 December 23-29 -- Attack !

   Crabs, Crustaceans
2007 April 23-29 -- Ghost Crab of the Virgin Islands
2008 August 11-17 -- The Mighty Shrimp
2012 May 14-20 -- Sally Lightfoot on the Rocks
2012 September 24-30 -- Crabs that Clean the Beach
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2015 February 23 - March 1 -- Tiny Things Are All Around Us
2017 May 15-21 -- Tidepool "Acorns"
2020 April 20-26 -- Pacific Sand Crab
2023 March 13-19 -- Island Trio
2024 June 17-23 -- Sally Lightfoot on the Rocks
   Spiders, Scorpions
2003 April 7-13 -- Crab Spider
2003 December 15-21 -- Invader in Your Garden: European Garden Spider
2005 March 21-27 -- Micryphantids: The Tiniest Spiders
2005 July 4-10 -- Mysteries of the Hooded Harvestman
2005 October 24-30 -- The Huntsman of the Australian Tropics
2005 December 12-18 -- Bark Scorpion in Ultraviolet Light
2006 July 10-16 -- The Spider That Weaves the Golden Web
2007 April 2-8 -- The Unknown Orb-Weaver of India
2007 October 15-21 -- Aristotle's Cellar Spider
2008 July 7-13 -- A Cockroach for Dinner!
2009 January 5-11 -- Vibrating Spider in India
2009 December 14-20 -- Unknown Orb Weaver of the Congo
2010 March 29 - April 4 -- The Spider That Fishes
2010 July 26 - August 1 -- Brown Daddy-long-legs
2010 October 18-24 -- The Thorn That is a Spider
2012 October 15-21 -- Appreciating the Unknown
2013 July 8-14 -- Of Kangaroos, French Cooking, and Jumping Spiders
2014 January 27 - February 2 -- Arachnophobia And Why You Should Get Over It
2015 January 19-25 -- Watch Your Face On This Trail!
2015 May 4-10 -- Harvestmen of the Night Forests
2015 December 21-27 -- An Orb-Weaver by Any Name
2015 December 28 - 3 January 2016 -- The Smooth Hard-bodied Harvestman
2016 April 25 - May 1 -- Spider of the Sheeted Web
2017 February 6-12 -- Web-Feeder
2017 February 20-26 -- The Unknown Bobangi Huntsman
2018 January 22-28 -- The Mystery Zig-Zag Web
2018 June 25 - July 1 -- A Giant Among Spiders
2019 June 17-23 -- Down in the Funnel
2019 October 7-13 -- Those Eyes!
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2020 October 5-11 -- Under the Orb
2020 October 26 - November 1 -- Crab in the Flower
2021 October 4-10 -- Huntsman in My Shower
2022 April 18-24 -- The Wolf That Crawls
2022 August 29 - September 4 -- Leaping Arachnid
2023 December 11-17 -- An Arrow Spider
2024 May 27 - June 2 -- Huntsman in Hiding
2024 September 2-8 -- Orbweaver With Missing Legs

   Mollusks
2003 November 17-23 -- Fibonacci Spirals Are Everywhere
2004 December 13-19 -- Giant African Land Snail
2006 October 16-22 -- Robust Lancetooth: A Furtive Keystone?
2007 September 3-9 -- Variable Chiton of the Southern Oceans
2008 April 14-20 -- Banana Slug Color Morphs
2011 December 12-18 -- Striped Jungle Snail of the Congo
2013 May 13-19 -- The Common and Wonderful Snail of the Mangroves
2016 January 4-10 -- Dinner in the Congo
2017 July 17-23 -- Miniature Mollusk
2022 August 8-14 -- Snail With an Interesting Use

   Centipedes & Millipedes
2007 October 1-7 -- Where to Find Life on Mars
2009 February 16-22 -- A "Flat-back" (Millipede) in the Jungle
2009 June 29 - July 5 -- Under the Wood
2013 July 15-21 -- The African Giant With 160 Legs

   Insects:

Ants, Termites | Dragonflies, Damselflies | Flies & Allies | Bees, Wasps, & Allies | Butterflies & Moths |
Grasshoppers | Mantids | Beetles | Other Insects

       Ants, Termites
2003 August 11-17 -- Matabele Ant Swarm
2003 September 29 - October 5 -- Termite Nurse Mound
2007 May 7-13 -- Casual Visitor or Pollinator?
2008 August 25-31 -- A Tree, an Ant: Umbrella in the Canopy
2009 March 9-15 -- Termite Condos of the Congo
2012 March 19-25 -- Green Tree Ants of Australia
2013 November 4-10 -- Cathedral Termites
2014 March 24-30 -- The Tallest Termite Mound
2014 September 29 - October 5 -- Magnetic Termite Cemetery
2015 June 15-21 -- The Benefits of Termites
2017 September 4-10 -- The Tiniest Engineer
2019 March 11-17 -- Bull Ant
2019 December 23-29 -- Attack !
2020 January 20-26 -- Termite Bait
2020 August 10-16 -- Ant Wars
2021 March 8-14 -- The Carpenter Engineer
2021 October 17-24 -- Von der Decken's on the Mound
2022 July 25-31 -- Green Ants at the Nest

       Dragonflies, Damselflies
2006 February 28 - March 4 -- Three Postures of a Congo Dragonfly
2008 May 19-25 -- A Common But Beautiful Dragonfly of Asia
2009 August 3-9 -- Dragonfly Spectacle in the Jungle
2011 April 18-24 -- Need A Lift?
2011 September 5-11 -- Carmine Skimmer
2012 August 13-19 -- A Dragonfly Apart
2013 August 26 - September 1 -- Slaty Skimmer, Wetlands Predator
2017 October 9-15 -- Vivid Dancer
2019 September 9-15 -- Eastern Pondhawk
2020 June 1-7 -- Free Rides
2020 December 14-20 -- An Iridescent Flutterer
2023 March 6-12 -- Violet Dropwing
2023 May 29 - June 4 -- Willy Wagtail With a Prize
2023 June 26 - July 2 -- Southern Banded Groundling

       Flies & Allies
2004 February 2-8 -- Larval Soldier Fly on the Crawl
2004 August 9-15 -- Flesh Fly: Scavenger and Indicator
2005 March 14-20 -- Bee Fly
2005 May 1-7 -- Hoverfly: Nature's Helicopter
2005 October 10-16 -- The Snow Fly of Ice and Forest
2007 July 23-29 -- Parasitic Flies That Do Us Good
2009 March 23-29 -- The Leopard That Is A Tortoise: Part II, Mystery
2010 July 19-25 -- The Crime Scene Time-Keeper
2011 December 5-11 -- The Fly That Serves the State
2013 March 25-31 -- The Vanishing Phantom Crane Fly
2013 April 29 - May 5 -- Robber Fly Bizarre
2015 February 23 - March 1 -- Tiny Things Are All Around Us
2015 October 12-18 -- Not a Giant Mosquito
2017 October 16-22 -- Worlds Within Worlds
2019 September 16-22 -- An Unwanted Miner
2021 March 29 - April 4 -- An Unknown Phantom
2023 June 5-11 -- Pollinator Fly

       Bees, Wasps, & Allies
2003 October 6-12 -- A Tale of Four Wings
2004 March 15-21 -- Paper Wasp
2005 April 11-17 -- Barrel Cactus Pollinator
2006 September 11-17 -- Sandhills Hornet, a.k.a. Yellow Jacket
2008 January 7-13 -- Potter Wasp at the Pond
2008 October 20-26 -- Bombus fervidus: Gold of the North
2009 April 6-12 -- Giant Hives of the Giant Honeybee
2010 January 4-10 -- Bug, Bat, Bird, or Bullet?
2010 April 26 - May 2 -- Victim of the Thread-waisted Wasp
2020 June 15-21 -- Rock Bees of Punakha Dzong
2024 August 12-18 -- Black-tailed Bumblebee
2024 October 7-13 -- Lesser Banded Hornets at the Nest
2024 October 14-20 -- Bee Logs

       Butterflies & Moths
2003 September 1-7 -- Caterpillars in a Tent
2003 October 13-19 -- Owl Butterfly's Evil Eye
2005 February 14-20 -- Congo Caterpillars
2006 June 26 - July 2 -- The Leaf That Flies
2008 September 8-14 -- Hawk Moth Extraordinaire
2010 April 26 - May 2 -- Victim of the Thread-waisted Wasp
2012 May 28 - June 3 -- Butterfly Puzzler
2012 July 30 - August 5 -- The Four O'Clock Moth
2013 August 5-11 -- The Butterfly With The Glass Wings
2014 August 25-31 -- Insect Ghost Trails
2018 November 5-11 -- Lined (or Spotless) Grass-Yellow
2019 February 11-17 -- Saturniid at Night
2020 June 29 - July 5 -- Unusual Butterfly Lachryphagy
2021 May 10-16 -- Plight of the Great Eggfly
2021 November 29 - December 5 -- Night Moth
2022 January 31 - February 6 -- Silk of the Congo
2023 February 20-26 -- Fritillary in the Prairie
2024 February 12-18 -- Eye Spotted a Butterfly

       Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids
2009 August 10-16 -- Short-horned Grasshopper
2010 June 28 - July 4 -- Flightless Victim of the Oil?
2011 March 28 - April 3 -- Painted Locust Trapped on the Islands
2014 September 1-7 -- So What's the Temperature?
2015 March 16-22 -- Lubber With a Lesson
2016 November 28 - December 4 -- Bizarre and Little-Known Bush Cricket
2017 July 31 - August 6 -- Cave Wetas Overhead!
2022 January 24-30 -- Flightless Lubber, Do Not Touch!
2024 July 8-14 -- Sonoran Desert Grasshopper

       Mantids
2017 July 24-30 -- Mantic Attack
2019 September 2-8 -- Mantid Invader

       Beetles
2006 June 5-11 -- Tiny Unicorn of the Congo
2011 January 24-30 -- The Silver-lined Jewel That Flies
2011 July 25-31 -- Brilliant Green Tiger of the Southern Cone
2011 August 8-14 -- Water Scavenger Beetle in the Light
2013 April 1-7 -- The "Mitey" Beetle
2013 November 25 - December 1 -- This Rhinoceros Beetle is a Lady
2014 December 15-21 -- This Beetle Gives You Blisters
2015 March 23-29 -- Green on Ground
2017 January 23-29 -- Huhu: Friend or Foe?
2017 May 8-14 -- Whirligigs
2017 August 28 - September 3 -- The Little-Known Fungivorous Ironclad
2018 March 26 - April 1 -- Beetle with a Click
2020 November 9-15 -- The Toughest Beetle
2023 January 23-29 -- Functions of a Ground Beetle
2023 June 12-18 -- Longhorn Beetle of Mongolia

       Other Insects
2003 November 3-9 -- Leafhopper
2003 November 24-30 -- Life on the Ice
2004 May 10-16 -- Of Land, Water, and Air: Water Boatman
2004 September 27 - October 3 -- Invertebrate Morphospecies in the Pan
2004 October 25-31 -- An Alga and a Midge: Commensals in a Stream
2004 November 8-14 -- Water Strider in Three "Dimensions"
2004 November 29 - December 5 -- Chinese Mantid
2005 January 10-16 -- African Giant Water Bug
2005 December 26 - 2006 January 1 -- Caddisfly Egg Mass
2006 August 7-13 -- Big-eyed Toad Bug
2008 July 21-27 -- Beware the Ferocious Water Bug
2013 June 3-9 -- Like A Waterscorpion Out Of Water
2013 October 14-20 -- Cicada Rhythms
2014 May 26 - June 1 -- Red and Black on Yellow
2015 July 27 - August 2 -- Predator at the Window
2016 October 3-9 -- What To Learn From A Stick
2017 July 24-30 -- Mantid Attack
2017 December 18-24 -- Water Scorpion Down Under
2018 January 1-7 -- Close to Home
2020 January 6-12 -- The Function and Fate of Mayflies
2020 September 14-20 -- Tree Weta
2021 February 15-21 -- Black Stonefly of the Riparian

Fish
2004 July 26 - August 1 -- The Upside-Down Catfish
2004 August 16-22 -- Lake Hindmarsh Fish Dieoff in Australia
2005 April 25 - May 1 -- Catfish of the Congo
2007 November 5-11 -- Valley of Death, Pond of Life
2007 December 3-9 -- Fishing in Northeast India
2008 June 9-15 -- Harpoon Fishing in the Congo
2011 June 13-19 -- The Tree That Feeds the Fish
2011 August 29 - September 4 -- The Land of Fish, Ice, and Steam
2013 July 1-7 -- Shark in the Pool!
2015 March 9-15 -- Kamba Catfish of the Congo
2015 June 8-14 -- Rebirth of the Naugatuck
2015 August 31 - September 6 -- This Is Not A Shark
2017 October 30 - November 5 -- Fight for the Fish

Herps

Amphibians: Frogs and Toads | Salamanders |
     Reptiles: Turtles | Crocodilians | Lizards | Snakes |

Amphibians:

   Frogs and Toads
2004 March 1-7 -- Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
2004 November 15-21 -- Red-spotted Toad
2005 May 2-8 -- A Common Toad That Spans the Asian Borders
2006 April 10-16 -- Eye of Frog
2006 July 3-9 -- The Leaf That Hops
2007 June 18-24 -- Reed Frog of the African Tropics
2009 January 12-18 -- Indian Cricket Frog in the Burrow
2010 February 22-28 -- Clawed Frog in Hell's Gate
2010 September 6-12 -- Oddities of the Ridged Frog
2010 November 8-14 -- The Golden Tree Frog of East Asia
2011 April 4-10 -- The Common But Striking Toad of South Asia
2012 June 18-24 -- Living Gold of a Rainforest Frog
2012 July 9-15 -- Alien Invasion
2013 September 30 - October 6 -- Obvious Once You See It
2014 March 17-23 -- The Real Argentinean Lake Monster
2014 July 7-13 -- A Frog In My Shower
2015 August 17-23 -- African Flat-backed Toad
2016 May 9-15 -- Red Tree Frog on My Mirror
2018 May 14-20 -- Puddle Frog
2018 August 6-12 -- Safe on a Blade of Grass
2020 February 3-9 -- Color of the Tree Frog
2020 September 28 - October 4 -- Brown Tree Frog: A Lesson in Nuance
2021 June 28 - July 4 -- Reed Frog of the Rainforest
2021 September 13-19 -- Do Not Eat This Strawberry!
2022 March 14-20 -- Bayou Bullfrog
2022 May 9-15 -- Rockhole Frog
2022 August 22-28 -- Bronze Frog

   Salamanders
2004 May 31 - June 6 -- Van Dyke's Salamander: North America's Rarest Vertebrate?
2004 November 1-7 -- Pacific Giant Salamander
2006 November 20-26 -- Tiny Giant in a Winter Stream
2009 December 28 - 2010 January 3 -- A Wandering Salamander
2011 February 21-27 -- Two of a Different Kind
2013 June 24-30 -- Creature of Fire, Creature of Death
2018 April 30 - May 6 -- Southern Torrent in a Seep

Reptiles:

   Turtles
2004 June 14-20 -- Green Sea Turtle
2006 February 6-12 -- Central African Mud Turtle on the Ubange River
2007 March 19-25 -- Turtle Bushmeat in a Central African Market
2009 March 16-22 -- The Leopard That Is A Tortoise: Part I, Encounter
2009 March 23-29 -- The Leopard That Is A Tortoise: Part II, Mystery
2011 March 14-20 -- Two Tortoises, One Scute
2013 December 2-8 -- Turtle With a Helmet
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2017 June 19-25 -- The Afrotropical Terrapin
2019 August 12-18 -- Ecosystem Engineer With a Shell
2022 June 13-19 -- A Bayou Cooter

   Crocodilians
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2004 October 11-17 -- Nile Crocodile
2006 January 16-22 -- Nile Crocodile Skull
2007 October 8-14 -- Mugger: Keystone of the Marsh
2009 August 24-30 -- A Tale of Four Scales
2010 May 24-30 -- Predator in the Dark
2010 August 23-29 -- Beware! 'Gator in Defensive Posture
2012 June 11-17 -- Dwarf Croc Captured
2012 November 12-18 -- Salty
2013 June 10-16 -- Not a Safe Place to Cross
2020 October 12-18 -- Salty Gone Fishing
2021 September 17 - October 3 -- Watch Those Eyes!
2023 November 13-19 -- Gharial Breeding Center

   Lizards
2003 August 25-31 -- Flap-neck Chameleon
2004 October 18-24 -- Plateau Lizard on the Rocks
2005 June 6-12 -- Baja California Spiny-tailed Iguana
2006 July 17-23 -- Isla San Esteban Chuckwalla
2007 January 29 - February 4 -- Whiptails in the Flood Zone
2007 February 12-19 -- Southern Africa's Largest Lizard
2008 October 6-12 -- The Unicorn Chameleon
2009 November 16-22 -- Eastern Two-line Dragon
2010 February 1-7 -- Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama
2010 October 4-10 -- A Tale of Two Iguanas
2011 January 17-23 -- Sea Lion Attacks Iguana!
2011 May 2-8 -- Puzzle of the Green Anole
2012 December 17-23 -- Slender Rainbow in the Leaves
2013 February 25 - March 3 -- The Monitor of Umbrawarra
2013 March 18-24 -- The Amazing Disappearing Lizard
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2015 January 12-18 -- Eye of the Dragon
2015 April 27 - May 3 -- Lava Lizard Radiation
2015 November 2-8 -- Questions for the Skink
2016 June 20-26 -- Blue-Belly
2016 August 29 - September 4 -- Morphs of the Toed-Head
2016 September 26 - October 2 -- Hidden Colors of the Gecko
2016 October 10-16 -- This Gecko Is A Dwarf
2017 April 10-16 -- The Curling Tail Skink
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2
2018 February 5-11 -- Desert Spiny Lizard
2018 April 2-8 -- House Gecko Top and Bottom
2018 August 27 - September 2 -- Agama on Hot Sand
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2021 July 5-11 -- Liolaemus Galore
2022 August 15-21 -- A Snake-eyed Skink
2022 November 7-13 -- Feeding for Two
2022 December 19-25 -- Vigilant Dragon
2023 March 13-19 -- Island Trio
2023 July 3-9 -- Dragon with a Long Nose and Tail
2024 February 19-25 -- Agama By Any Name
2024 February 26 - March 3 -- Gecko in the House
2024 March 4-10 -- Skink Ecdysis

   Snakes
2003 July 14-20 -- Sharptail Snake
2003 December 1-7 -- Pit Viper Adaptations
2004 April 5-11 -- Oriental Tiger Snake: Jewel of the Far East
2005 May 23-29 -- Arizona Black Rattlesnake Roundup
2007 March 26 - April 1 -- Beware the Strike: Mojave Rattlesnake
2007 July 2-8 -- Rhombic Skaapsteker
2007 October 22-28 -- Spotted Bush Snake of Southern Africa
2007 October 29 - November 4 -- Stranded on the Island of Death
2008 July 28 - August 3 -- Mamushi of the Far East
2008 December 1-7 -- The Games That Pythons Play
2009 March 30 - April 5 -- Speckled Sand Snake
2009 May 11-17 -- Snake on a Seat !
2009 August 24-30 -- A Tale of Four Scales
2012 October 22-28 -- Watch for the Water Pythons
2013 January 21-27 -- The Fate of Serpents
2015 June 1-7 -- Ophidiophobia and Why You Should Get Over It
2015 September 28 - October 4 -- Hood Racer: An Allopatric Sibling
2023 January 30 - February 5 -- Count the Scales
2023 October 16-22 -- Bornean Keeled Pit Viper
2024 September 16-22 -- Striated Bronzeback Treesnake

Birds

Birds of Prey | Pelagics, Waterbirds, Shorebirds | Penguins | Waterfowl | Herons & Egrets | Woodpeckers |
Pigeons and Doves | Parrots & Parakeets | Hornbills | Barbets | Swifts | Hummingbirds |
Kingfishers | Other Birds

   Birds of Prey I - Vultures
2004 May 17-23 -- Decline of the Vultures
2008 February 4-10 -- Bringing Back the Condor
2011 July 4-10 -- The Greatest Bird in the Grandest Canyon
2015 April 13-19 -- Andean Condors of Patagonia
2015 May 11-17 -- How High Can A Bird Fly?
2016 February 15-21 -- Which is the Bigger Condor?
2017 April 17-23 -- Cinereous Vulture
2018 July 2-8 -- Recovery on the Cliffs

   Birds of Prey II - Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Owls
2004 July 5-11 -- Brown Falcon of Australia
2006 September 4-10 -- Black-shouldered Kite
2006 October 2-8 -- Kestrel After a Forest Fire
2007 January 15-21 -- Magellanic Horned Owl's Retreat
2007 September 17-23 -- Hawk on the Fence
2008 April 28 - May 4 -- Sibling Rivalry Among Eagles
2008 August 18-24 -- African Fish Eagle Grabs Dinner
2009 August 17-23 -- Persecution of the Predators
2010 May 31 - June 6 -- The Ghost Eagle of Africa
2011 January 31 - February 6 -- The Eagle with the Long Crest
2011 March 21-27 -- Chasing the Eagle!
2012 February 13-19 -- Snowies on the Driftwood
2013 January 14-20 -- Pacific Baza
2013 November 18-24 -- Flying High and Coarsing Low
2014 April 7-13 -- What The Hawk Sees
2015 May 25-31 -- The Hawk of Ash
2015 September 21-27 -- Kleptoparasitism at the Nest
2016 April 18-24 -- The Eagle With a Crown
2016 June 6-12 -- A Falcon Menagerie
2017 May 22-28 -- Aplomado of the Atacama
2017 June 26 - July 2 -- Chimango Dinner
2017 July 10-16 -- Martial of the Savanna
2018 June 18-24 -- Low-Down Peregrine
2019 February 25 - March 3 -- Tiny Dancer
2019 August 5-11 -- Saker in Decline
2019 December 16-22 -- The Royal Eagle
2020 March 2-8 -- Baza of Bhutan
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2020 July 13-19 -- Pelts in the Ger
2020 November 2-8 -- Golden on Perch
2021 February 22-28 -- Cry of the Fish Eagle
2021 June 14-20 -- The Changeable Eagle
2021 August 9-15 -- This Osprey Is Not A Lammergeier
2022 June 6-12 -- Gabar Goshawk
2023 March 27 - April 2 -- Two on a Cliff
2023 July 17-23 -- Osprey on Nest Platform
2024 May 20-26 -- Owls of Happiness

   Pelagics, Waterbirds, Shorebirds
2003 September 22-28 -- Sanderling Surf Toys
2005 February 28 - March 6 -- Keoladeo Ghana National Park: Wetlands in Crisis
2005 June 20-26 -- Royal Albatross of New Zealand
2005 August 29 - September 4 -- Brown Pelicans on Vacation
2008 August 4-10 -- A Southern Oceans Wanderer
2010 January 4-10 -- Bug, Bat, Bird, or Bullet?
2011 May 16-22 -- Horned Puffin on the Rocks
2014 June 9-15 -- Waved Colony
2014 December 22-28 -- Pied Shag in a Tree (a Holiday Story)
2016 August 8-14 -- These Cormorants Can't Fish
2016 September 19-25 -- A Tale of Two Grebes
2017 January 16-22 -- Alula of the Anhinga
2017 March 27 - April 2 -- Fluttering Petrels
2018 April 9-15 -- Snakebird of the Congo
2018 September 24-30 -- Takeoff
2021 April 26 - May 2 -- The Gull That Is and Isn't A Dolphin
2021 June 21-27 -- Here, The Least Is The Most
2021 August 30 - September 5 -- Giant Coot on the Moon
2022 May 23-29 -- Crested Auklets on the Rocks
2023 April 24-30 -- Pelicans Afloat, Part 1
2023 May 1-7 -- Pelicans Afloat, Part 2
2023 June 19-25 -- Pelicans in the Bay
2023 August 28 - September 2 -- Not Quite A Parakeet
2023 October 30 - November 5 -- Lilytrotter
2024 February 5-11 -- Seabird Die-Offs
2024 August 19-25 -- A Common But Amazing Tern
2024 October 21-27 -- Cormorants in a Row

   Penguins
2006 November 6-12 -- The World's Rarest Penguin
2007 December 17-23 -- Penguin with the Yellow Eyes
2018 March 19-25 -- Penguin of the Humboldt Current

   Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese)
2015 May 11-17 -- How High Can A Bird Fly?
2015 November 9-15 -- Flighted and Flightless
2015 November 16-22 -- Ashy-headed Goose on Display
2016 August 22-28 -- The Beautiful Torrent Duck
2017 January 9-15 -- Plumed Ducks in a Row

   Herons & Egrets
2004 April 26 - May 2 -- Hamerkop: The Bird With the Hammer Head
2005 November 21-27 -- The Goliath Heron of Southern Africa
2012 September 10-16 -- Heron with Lunch
2015 July 20-26 -- Daytime for Night-Heron
2020 August 24-30 -- Pond Herons
2020 November 30 - December 6 -- Purple Heron
2023 March 13-19 -- Island Trio
2024 May 13-19 -- Two of the Same But Different

   Woodpeckers
2003 May 26 - June 1 -- Pileated Signs
2006 April 24-30 -- A Tale of Three Bark Piles
2009 July 27 - August 2 -- Nubian Woodpecker
2019 January 7-13 -- On The Fence
2019 October 28 - November 3 -- What Acorn Woodpeckers Do
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2020 July 27 - August 2 -- Funny Name For A Bird

   Pigeons and Doves
2005 November 28 - December 4 -- Three Faces of the Emerald Dove
2010 August 30 - September 5 -- Pigeon Speckled and Displaying

   Parrots & Parakeets
2003 June 2-8 -- Rare Parakeet
2006 March 6-12 -- Canary-winged Parakeet: A Human Commensal of the Amazon
2006 September 25 - October 1 -- A Tale of Two Rainbows
2013 December 23-29 -- Rainbows Kissing Under the Moon
2018 March 5-11 -- Parrot Mutation

   Hornbills
2016 March 14-20 -- Hornbill Indicators of East Africa
2016 September 5-11 -- Southern Ground Hornbill Lore
2017 September 18-24 -- Red-billed Hornbill at Baringo
2018 December 24-30 -- African Pied Hornbill
2021 October 17-24 -- Von der Decken's on the Mound
2022 July 11-17 -- Silver Cheeks

   Barbets
2010 January 18-24 -- Red-fronted Barbet of Eastern Africa
2012 March 26 - April 1 -- Barbet With the Black Throat
2015 April 6-12 -- Tooting Toucan Barbet
2015 July 13-19 -- Red-and-Yellow Barbet at the Cavity
2017 December 11-17 -- D'Arnaud's of the East

Swifts
2003 August 18-24 -- Vaux's Swift
2005 July 18-24 -- A Swarm of Swifts
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2

Hummingbirds
2003 June 23-29 -- A Tale of Two Pollinators
2010 February 8-14 -- Of Red Flowers and Green Hummingbirds
2010 September 20-26 -- Rare Hummingbird With a Twist
2011 May 23-29 -- The Tiniest Uropygial
2013 October 7-13 -- Birds Live in a Different Time Dimension
2018 January 29 - February 4 -- Hummingbird Tongues
2020 November 23-29 -- Pollinators Everywhere
2021 November 22-28 -- The Jewel That Hums
2022 August 1-7 -- Woodstar in Flight

Kingfishers
2009 October 12-18 -- Malachite Kingfisher Jewel
2016 April 4-10 -- Iconic Sound of the Jungle Movies
2019 September 30 - October 6 -- The Biggest of All
2020 April 27 - May 3 -- Pied Kingfisher on Perch
2022 February 14-20 -- Kingfisher with Stork Bill
2022 October 17-23 -- Blue Wings
2024 January 15-21 -- Why the White?
2024 March 11-17 -- Blue-eared on the Roost
2024 June 3-9 --- White-breasted Kingfisher

   Other Birds
2003 July 7-13 -- Colorful Songs in Your Back Yard
2003 October 6-12 -- A Tale of Four Wings
2004 January 19-25 -- Paradise Whydah: A Tale of Two Tails
2004 August 30 - September 5 -- Cryptic Band-backed Wrens of Ecuador
2004 September 20-26 -- A Tale of Two Water-redstarts
2005 January 17-23 -- Black-browed Reed-warbler in Siberia
2005 January 31 - February 6 -- Kori Bustard
2005 October 17-23 -- Black-necked Weaver
2006 November 27 - December 3 -- The Bird That Turns Palms into Nests
2007 August 6-12 -- Bush Stone-curlew Playing "Statue"
2008 February 15 - March 2 -- Lilac-breasted Roller: The Jewel of Africa
2008 September 22-28 -- Blue Grouse in the Shadows
2008 September 29 - October 5 -- Greater Adjutant: Endangered Giant
2010 June 14-20 -- The Cuckoo That Sings Like an Owl
2010 September 27 - October 3 -- Planet Flamingo
2011 February 7-13 -- Tool-Users of the Islands
2011 August 15-21 -- The Bird That Acts Like A Bat
2011 November 14-20 -- Amazing Songster of the Sandstone
2012 January 2-8 -- Aracari Eats a Banana
2012 February 6-12 -- Swallow in a Hole
2012 November 19-25 -- Red-billed Queleas: Winged Vortex
2012 December 3-9 -- Crimson Jewel of Baringo
2013 March 4-10 -- Jumpin' Spotted Catbird
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2013 October 7-13 -- Birds Live in a Different Time Dimension
2013 December 9-15 -- Boobies in a Row
2013 December 16-22 -- Cassowary Chase
2014 February 3-9 -- Ptarmigan on the North Slope
2014 March 3-9 -- The Bird That Sings At Night
2014 August 4-10 -- Fate of the Nightjars?
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2014 October 6-12 -- The Amazing Mistletoebird
2016 January 18-24 -- Gray-breasted Seed-snipe
2016 February 22-28 -- Marabou Marauder
2016 June 20-26 -- Weka in the Henhouse
2016 December 5-11 -- Striking Mousebird With the Blue Nape
2017 February 6-12 -- Web-Feeder
2017 March 20-26 -- Shining Flycatcher Switch
2017 June 5-11 -- Balancing Act
2017 November 6-12 -- Galapagos Flycatcher
2018 April 23-29 -- Shrike with a Helmet
2018 July 30 - August 5 -- Let's Play Spot the Nightjar
2018 October 8-14 -- Why Are They Called "Spurfowl?"
2019 May 12 - Mother's Day on the Wire
2019 June 24-30 -- A High Plateau Groundpecker
2019 September 23-29 -- Climb to the Top
2020 March 16-22 -- Huge Tail With a Yellow Bill
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2020 July 20-26 -- Red-capped Songster
2020 November 23-29 -- Pollinators Everywhere
2021 July 26 - August 1 -- An Ibis of Many Habitats
2021 November 8-14 -- Helmeted Friarbird
2022 May 2-8 -- The Commensal Weaver
2022 July 4-10 -- Black Bulbul of the Himalayas
2022 November 7-13 -- Feeding for Two
2022 December 5-11 -- Giant Antpitta
2023 January 16-22 -- Cuckoo With A Lesson
2023 February 13-19 -- Potoo on Perch
2023 April 10-16 -- Swallow on an Odd Night Roost
2023 May 29 - June 4 -- Willy Wagtail With a Prize
2023 July 10-16 -- Tawny-flanked Prinia
2023 August 14-20 -- Martins on the Rocks
2023 August 21-27 -- Sparrow Leg or Tiny Dinosaur?
2023 November 6-12 -- Little Spiderhunter on Night Perch
2024 June 24-30 -- Snowfinch in Stress

Mammals

Monotremes | Marsupials | Rabbits & Allies | Primates | Ungulates | Carnivores | Bats |
Marine Mammals | Rodents | Other Mammals

   Monotremes
2003 June 9-15 -- A Tale of Two Echidnas
2009 May 18-24 -- Platypus Play
   Marsupials
2006 April 24-30 -- A Tale of Three Bark Piles
2007 February 5-11 -- Green Ringtail Possum
2008 June 2-8 -- The Devil with the Tiny Brain
2010 April 12-18 -- Lemuroid Ringtail Possum in the Canopy
2011 January 3-9 -- Shy Pademelon of the Dense Forests
2012 January 9-15 -- Give the 'Roos a Brake!
2015 November 23-29 -- The Ancient Marsupial
2016 March 7-13 -- The Rainforest Kangaroo
2019 July 8-14 -- Why Did the Koala Cross the Road?
   Rabbits and Allies
2015 June 29 - July 5 -- The Fox and the Hare
2016 August 15-21 -- The Wily Daurian Pika
2018 January 15-21 -- Pika Mites
2019 January 21-27 -- Hare Browse
2019 July 1-7 -- Cape Hare in the Grass
   Primates
2003 April 21-27 -- A Tale of Two Langurs
2004 April 19-25 -- Thick-tailed Bushbaby
2005 January 3-9 -- Rhesus Macaque on the Watch
2005 September 12-18 -- Seed-dispersing Monkey of the Neotropics
2006 March 27 - April 2 -- Hoolock: Forest Man of South Asia
2006 June 12-18 -- An Unusual Partnership
2009 October 5-11 -- Monkey Confusion
2010 March 15-21 -- Gibbon in Peril
2012 October 1-7 -- Monkey Bushmeat
2014 January 20-26 -- Les Bonobos du Congo
2014 June 16-22 -- Leapin' Colobus!
2016 May 30 - June 5 -- The Monkey with a Bonnet
2016 October 31 - November 6 -- Inside the Baboon's Head
2018 July 9-15 -- Monkey Mom, Monkey Baby
2019 July 22-28 -- High Country Langur
2021 May 31 - June 6 -- A Langur By Any Name
2022 May 30 - June 5 -- Sharing the Waterhole
2024 July 15-21 -- Crab-eater with the Long Tail

   Ungulates:

Elephants | Horses & Allies | Rhinoceroses | Pigs | Hippopotamuses | Deer, Moose, Caribou |
Giraffes | Antelopes | Camelids | Buffalo, Bison, Muskoxen, Cattle |

         Elephants
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2005 August 1-7 -- Elephant-back in Corbett National Park
2008 February 11-17 -- How Elephants Change the Forest
2008 March 3-9 -- The Pygmy Elephant of Borneo
2008 July 14-10 -- Fruit of the Elephant
2012 March 5-11 -- Asian Elephant Love, Part I
2012 March 12-18 -- Asian Elephant Love, Part II: The Movie
2013 January 7-13 -- Night Brings the Herd

         Horses & Allies
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2001 October 24-30 -- The Khur and Kiang of India
2012 December 31 - 2013 January 6 -- New Year, New Life
2018 June 4-10 -- Piebald Zebra
2020 September 21-27 -- Zebra Fight
2022 May 30 - June 5 -- Sharing the Waterhole

         Rhinoceroses
2006 February 27 - March 5 -- The Unicorn of India
2008 December 29 - 2009 January 4 -- Mom & Calf: Promise of a New Year of Conservation
2013 December 30 - 2014 January 5 -- Black Rhino Charge
2017 January 2-8 -- A Tree Needs a Rhino
2018 June 4-10 -- Piebald Zebra
2023 November 20-26 -- Rhino Target

         Pigs
2012 April 23-29 -- A Tiny But Large Conservation Success
2019 August 26 - September 1 -- What Warthogs Do
2022 January 10-16 -- Boar in the Meadow

         Hippopotamuses
2012 April 30 - May 6 -- What Hippos Do
2014 May 12-18 -- Hippo Pool Like You've Never Seen
2019 February 4-10 -- Hippo Old, Hippo New

         Deer, Moose, Caribou
2003 April 14-20 -- Chital
2006 February 13-19 -- Moose on the Run
2007 December 24-30 -- Santa's Reindeer On The Loose !
2009 March 2-8 -- The Dancing Deer of Asia
2012 September 3-9 -- The Hog Deer of South Asia
2018 June 11-17 -- Alarm Call at Night
2018 August 20-26 -- Muntjac
2020 February 10-16 -- Alaska Range North Face
2021 December 13-19 -- Caribou on Snow
2024 January 22-28 -- Timor Deer Close Up

         Giraffes
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2006 October 30 - November 5 -- Thorny Diets, Part II: Acacias & Giraffes in South Africa
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry

         Antelopes
2007 April 9-15 -- Territorial Pukus of the African Plains
2007 July 9-15 -- Roan on the Range
2007 November 19-25 -- Sable of the Grasslands
2008 June 23-29 -- Topi of the Savanna
2008 October 13-19 -- Animal Tracks in Masai Mara
2009 May 4-10 -- Impala Fight
2009 June 15-21 -- Red Hartebeest of the Savanna
2001 October 3-9 -- Tiny Antelope of the African Bush
2013 September 16-22 -- Remains of the Kill
2014 September 8-14 -- Bovid Ungulates of the Serengeti
2015 February 16-22 -- Duiker Bushmeat
2017 October 23-29 -- Antelope of the Thickets
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry

         Camelids
2006 October 23-29 -- Thorny Diets, Part I: Neneo & Guanacos in Patagonia
2015 August 10-16 -- Camelid of the Atacama
2018 November 26 - December 2 -- Lone Wanderer
2019 March 4-10 -- One Hump or Two?
2021 October 11-17 -- What Guanacos Do

         Buffalo, Bison, Muskoxen, Cattle, Allies
2003 May 12-18 -- Bison Wallow
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2009 September 21-27 -- The Largest Bovine in the World
2012 November 26 - December 2 -- Bharal: "Goat-sheep" of the Himalayas
2014 August 18-24 -- Muskox Madness
2016 January 25-31 -- Endangered ... and Dangerous!
2017 March 13-19 -- Khainag: But Nadim or Yaddik?
2020 June 8-14 -- Bharal of the High Plateau
2020 July 13-19 -- Pelts in the Ger



   Carnivores:
        Bears | Canids | Felids | Other |

         Bears
2009 July 6-12 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part I
2009 July 13-19 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part II
2021 January 10-17 -- Himalayan Black Bear

         Canids (dogs, foxes, etc.)
2006 June 12-18 -- An Unusual Partnership
2007 August 27 - September 2 -- Raccoon Dog of the Far East
2009 September 7-13 -- For Aspiring Videographers
2013 July 22-28 -- Cross Fox in the Snow
2015 June 29 - July 5 -- The Fox and the Hare
2016 November 7-13 -- Fate of the Wolf
2020 July 13-19 -- Pelts in the Ger
2021 February 8-14 -- Dog Days

         Felids (cats)
2005 August 8-14 -- Tigress Sighted
2007 December 10-16 -- Critically Endangered Asiatic Lions
2008 March 10-16 -- Lions on Fire
2008 March 31 - April 6 -- Fastest Cat in Repose
2008 April 7-13 -- Solitary Serval on the Hunt
2009 June 1-7 -- Lion Mosaic
2011 February 14-20 -- Ready to Pounce!
2012 April 9-15 -- Stripes, Spots, and Gangs
2013 April 15-21 -- The "Gray Ghost" of Asia, Part 1
2013 April 22-28 -- The "Gray Ghost" of Asia, Part 2
2013 September 23-29 -- Night Stalker
2014 April 14-20 -- Leopard in Repose
2014 April 21-27 -- A Tale of Two Manes
2021 May 17-23 -- Tiger Scratches

         Other carnivores
2003 September 15-21 -- Spotted Hyena: Extreme Scavenger
2010 November 22-28 -- Agile Climbing Carnivore: the Large-Spotted Genet
2010 December 20-26 -- Ice on the Lake, Otters at Play
2013 October 21-27 -- The "Stealthy Skunk" of Africa
2016 May 23-29 -- Mongoose at the Waterhole
2017 June 12-18 -- The Rare and Shy Marine Otter
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2
2021 June 7-13 -- Links in the Coronavirus Chain
2022 February 28 - March 6 -- Otter Burrows
2024 September 30 - October 6 -- Asian Palm Civet



   Bats
2003 October 6-12 -- A Tale of Four Wings
2005 September 26 - October 2 -- A Flying-Fox Spectacle
2007 May 21-27 -- Into the Batcave
2008 January 28 - February 3 -- Flying Foxes on the Wing
2008 March 17-23 -- Fruit-bats of Eastern Africa
2008 September 1-7 -- A Solitary Yellow-winged Bat
2010 January 4-10 -- Bug, Bat, Bird, or Bullet?
2010 August 16-22 -- Chiroptophobia and Why You Should Get Over It
2011 October 31 - November 6 -- The Ghost of the Mines
2013 February 11-17 -- Black Fox in the Trees
2019 August 19-25 -- Out on a Limb
2023 December 18-24 -- Fruit Bat With a Purpose

   Marine Mammals
2003 October 20-26 -- Sperm Whale Sounding
2005 May 9-15 -- Hawaiian Monk Seal
2006 August 28 - September 3 -- Hector's Dolphin of New Zealand
2007 March 5-11 -- Harbor Seal Afloat
2007 September 24-30 -- Sea Lion on the Docks
2009 November 2-8 -- Gray Whale Feeding
2009 November 30 - December 6 -- Rare River Dolphin on the Brink
2010 March 8-14 -- Boy Meets Sea Lion
2010 September 13-19 -- Close Encounters of the Cetacean Kind
2011 January 17-23 -- Sea Lion Attacks Iguana!
2012 July 16-22 -- Whalescape
2012 August 20-26 -- Walrus on Ice
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2015 March 30 - April 5 -- Bones of the Bowheads
2016 December 19-25 -- A Bearded Seal Holiday Scene
2017 October 30 - November 5 -- Fight for the Fish
2022 November 7-13 -- Feeding for Two
2023 March 20-26 -- Seal Dark, Seal Light

   Rodents
2003 June 30 - July 6 -- Tassel-eared Squirrel
2004 July 12-18 -- Silky Molerat
2006 August 14-20 -- Keystone of the Badlands: Blacktail Prairie Dog
2007 January 15-21 -- Magellanic Horned Owl's Retreat (small mammal prey)
2009 January 26 - February 1 -- The Sun Squirrel
2014 January 6-12 -- Gopher Tunnels Aren't Simple
2014 March 31 - April 6 -- The Giant Rat of Australia
2015 January 26 - February 1 -- Viscacha of the Atacama
2018 March 12-18 -- Mongolian Gerbil
2020 March 30 - April 5 -- By Any Name Not a Beaver
2020 May 25-31 -- Striped Bush Squirrel
2021 May 24-30 -- Salt Lick Squirrel

   Other Mammals
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2005 April 4-10 -- Nei Mongol Petroglyphs: Windows to the Past
2005 June 27 - July 3 -- Into the Aardvark Burrow
2007 January 15-21 -- Magellanic Horned Owl's Retreat (small mammal prey)
2011 December 19-25 -- The Bizarre Song of the Southern Tree Hyrax
2017 October 2-8 -- Life on a Kopje, Part 2

Invasive Species
2003 December 15-21 -- Invader in Your Garden: European Garden Spider
2004 February 9-15 -- Killer Ivy
2004 November 29 - December 5 -- Chinese Mantid
2004 December 13-19 -- Giant African Land Snail
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2005 August 22-28 -- A "Not-So Virgin" Virgin Island
2005 September 19-25 -- Orange Parasite on Grey Mangrove
2012 July 9-15 -- Alien Invasion
2022 January 17-23 -- A Lovely and Useful Invasive Plant
2022 February 7-13 -- Ruapehu Volcano

Patterns of Nature
2003 June 16-22 -- Skin Patterns
2003 November 17-23 -- Fibonacci Spirals Are Everywhere
2004 April 12-18 -- Humankind Timelines
2004 September 6-12 -- The Coastlines of Iceland
2005 July 11-17 -- Thorned Boles
2007 January 1-7 -- Stonecrop: Big Lessons From a Little Plant
2007 December 31 - 2008 January 6 -- Swirls of Wood and Stars
2008 April 21-27 -- One Family's Growth
2008 October 13-19 -- Animal Tracks in Masai Mara
2009 April 27 - May 3 -- Patterns in Glacial Ice
2009 July 20-26 -- All One World
2010 January 4-10 -- Bug, Bat, Bird, or Bullet?
2010 May 3-9 -- Daylight Sky on Fire !
2010 July 12-18 -- A Sign of Times Ancient and Modern
2011 March 7-13 -- Can You See This?
2011 May 30 - June 5 -- And To Nature We Return...
2012 May 21-27 -- A Mysterious Twist
2012 June 25 - July 1 -- Domain of the Pond, Part 1: Web of Life
2012 October 15-21 -- Appreciating the Unknown
2013 April 8-14 -- Ten Years of EPOW !
2014 October 13-19 -- A Tale of Two Scrapes
2015 April 20-26 -- The Gravest Unspoken Crisis
2020 July 6-12 -- A Symphony in Symmetry
2021 October 24-31 -- What Is The Message?
2022 January 3-9 -- Cascadia Quakes
2022 May 16-22 -- Broadleaf Stonecrop
2023 January 16-22 -- Cuckoo With A Lesson

Islands
Also see: Galapagos Islands and Norway Svalbard in the Index by Location
2003 June 2-8 -- Rare Parakeet
2003 December 8-14 -- A Gondwana Island Forest
2004 January 26 - February 1-- Southern Rata: Blooms Ablaze
2004 February 16-22 -- Kipukas: Islands Within Islands
2004 September 6-12 -- The Coastlines of Iceland
2005 February 21-27 -- Na'ena'e in Hawai'i
2005 March 7-13 -- Weeds, Cows, and Mites: Three Island Invaders
2005 August 22-28 -- A "Not-So Virgin" Virgin Island
2005 December 5-11 -- Sweetwater of The Bahamas
2006 July 17-23 -- Isla San Esteban Chuckwalla
2007 April 23-29 -- Ghost Crab of the Virgin Islands
2007 May 14-20 -- White Cliffs, Ancient Sea
2007 September 10-16 -- Mighty Brahmaputra: A Riverscape of Islands
2007 October 29 - November 4 -- Stranded on the Island of Death
2008 February 18-24 -- Saving the Silversword
2008 March 3-9 -- The Pygmy Elephant of Borneo
2008 November 10-16 -- Protecting Puget Sound
2008 December 8-14 -- Behold the Largest Heath
2009 January 12-18 -- Indian Cricket Frog in the Burrow
2010 March 1-7 -- Volcanic Field on the Rim of Fire
2010 October 4-10 -- A Tale of Two Iguanas
2010 November 29 - December 5 -- Island Beach of Urchins
2011 February 7-13 -- Tool-Users of the Islands
2011 March 14-20 -- Two Tortoises, One Scute
2011 March 28 - April 3 -- Painted Locust Trapped on the Islands
2012 May 14-20 -- Sally Lightfoot on the Rocks
2012 August 27 - 2 September -- Issues of a Remote Quarry Mine
2012 September 10-16 -- Heron with Lunch
2014 July 14-20 -- Oily Pectis of San Cristobal
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2015 April 27 - May 3 -- Lava Lizard Radiation
2020 May 4-10 -- Gavdos on the Edge
2020 August 31 - September 6 -- Loneliest Natural Monument
2021 June 21-27 -- Here, The Least Is The Most
2022 November 7-13 -- Feeding for Two

Oddities
2003 April 28 - May 4 -- Vegetable Caterpillar
2004 March 22-28 -- Spirit Groves in Africa
2004 March 29 - April 4 -- The O'Dell Monster
2004 December 6-12 -- Into the Maw: Darlingtonia, Insect-Eater
2005 January 24-30 -- The Unclimbable Monkey Puzzle Tree
2005 April 18-24 -- Massospondylus carinatus of the Limpopo
2005 August 15-21 -- The Boulder That Is A Tree
2006 August 7-13 -- Big-eyed Toad Bug
2007 October 1-7 -- Where to Find Life on Mars
2008 October 6-12 -- The Unicorn Chameleon
2009 April 20-26 -- Congo Giant Earthworm
2009 September 14-20 -- Spirits of the Forest
2010 April 19-25 -- Guardian Nature Spirits
2010 May 3-9 -- Daylight Sky on Fire !
2010 June 7-13 -- The World's Toughest Golf Course
2010 June 21-27 -- The Untold Story of Caves and Graves
2010 September 6-12 -- Oddities of the Ridged Frog
2011 March 7-13 -- Can You See This?
2011 July 18-24 -- Speech Scrolls of the Pre-Columbians
2012 May 21-27 -- A Mysterious Twist
2013 March 25-31 -- The Vanishing Phantom Crane Fly
2013 April 29 - May 5 -- Robber Fly Bizarre
2014 March 10-16 -- The Strange Story of Nahuel Huapi
2014 May 12-18 -- Hippo Pool Like You've Never Seen
2014 May 19-25 -- Signs of Civilizations Passed
2014 August 25-31 -- Insect Ghost Trails
2014 September 15-21 -- The Surprising Array of "Cleaner Species"
2014 October 13-19 -- A Tale of Two Scrapes
2016 October 24-30 -- A Stone's Throw From Shangri-La
2016 December 26 - 2017 January 1 -- Raining Rainbows
2018 March 5-11 -- Parrot Mutation
2019 December 9-15 -- Garuda, Enemy of Snakes
2020 April 13-19 -- A Global Arc
2020 July 13-19 -- Pelts in the Ger
2020 December 28 - 2021 January 3 -- The Next Turn
2024 May 13-19 -- Two of the Same But Different

Field Work
2003 June 30 - July 6 -- Tassel-eared Squirrel
    - Tassel-eared Squirrel Field Study (slide sequence)
2004 May 3-9 -- Expedition Perils
2004 May -- Van Dyke's Salamander Field Study (slide sequence)
2004 December 27 - 2005 January 2 -- A Year's End Respite
2005 May 23-29 -- Arizona Black Rattlesnake Roundup
    - Arizona Black Rattlesnake Field Study (slide sequence)
2009 July 6-12 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part I
2009 July 13-19 -- Polar Bear Expedition, Part II
2009 September 7-13 -- For Aspiring Videographers
2010 February 8-14 -- Of Red Flowers and Green Hummingbirds
2012 January 9-15 -- Give the 'Roos a Brake!
2012 June 25 - July 1 -- Domain of the Pond, Part 1: Web of Life
2012 July 2-8 -- Domain of the Pond, Part 2: A Chemical Mystery
2012 September 17-23 -- Hail to the Forest Guardians!
2013 June 17-23 -- Nyika-Vwaza Transect
2014 February 24 - March 2 -- Life After the Burn
2014 July 21-27 -- Slash, Burn, and Plant the Staple
2014 August 11-17 -- Photographic Legacy for Climate Change Research
2021 November 1-7 -- Tracking the Poachers
2022 June 27 - July 3 -- Tough Spot for Climate Change Study

Climate Change
2003 July 21-27 -- Greenland Ice Cap
2005 September 5-11 -- Alaska Muskeg Country
2007 June 25 - July 1 -- The Disappearing Glacier
2008 September 15-21 -- Glacial Valley of Enchantment
2009 February 23 - March 1 -- Glacial Shrinkage in the Andes
2011 April 11-17 -- "Dirty Ice:" Algae That Fuels the Arctic
2011 November 21-27 -- Sea Rise, Forest Decline
2012 January 16-22 -- Glaciers of Denali
2012 May 7-13 -- Rising Tides, Vanishing Swamp Forest
2012 December 24-30 -- A Holiday Caution For Our Ice Planet
2013 May 6-12 -- The Changing Arctic: Drained Lakes
2013 May 20-26 -- Life At Sea Level
2014 August 11-17 -- Photographic Legacy for Climate Change Research
2018 November 12-18 -- Drunken Forest
2020 November 16-22 -- Smoke-filled Skies
2021 December 13-19 -- Caribou on Snow
2022 June 27 - July 3 -- Tough Spot for Climate Change Study
2022 September 5-11 -- Greenland Melt
2022 September 12-18 -- Plateau Peaks of Tibet
2023 January 9-15 -- Islands in the Sky
2023 February 6-12 -- Climate Signals from the Moon
2023 February 27 - March 5 -- Warming at the Edge
tip: also Search for the phrase "climate change" for additional entries

"A Tale of ..." Series
2003 April 21-27 -- A Tale of Two Langurs
2003 June 9-15 -- A Tale of Two Echidnas
2003 June 23-29 -- A Tale of Two Pollinators
2003 October 6-12 -- A Tale of Four Wings
2004 January 19-25 -- Paradise Whydah: A Tale of Two Tails
2004 March 8-14 -- A Tale of Two Chinese Landscapes
2004 September 20-26 -- A Tale of Two Water-redstarts
2006 April 24-30 -- A Tale of Three Bark Piles
2006 September 25 - October 1 -- A Tale of Two Rainbows
2009 August 24-30 -- A Tale of Four Scales
2010 October 4-10 -- A Tale of Two Iguanas
2014 April 21-27 -- A Tale of Two Manes
2014 October 13-19 -- A Tale of Two Scrapes
2016 September 19-25 -- A Tale of Two Grebes

"Get Over It ..." Series
2014 January 27 - February 2 -- Arachnophobia And Why You Should Get Over It
2015 June 1-7 -- Ophidiophobia and Why You Should Get Over It
2010 August 16-22 -- Chiroptophobia and Why You Should Get Over It

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