This week, we learned …
… Boy Scouts are peacekeepers in the embattled Central African Republic. Read of the week!

Photograph by Pierre Holtz for UNICEF. CC-BY-2.0
Use our short resource to learn a little about the scouting movement.
… what it took to cross the Sahara in the 14th century.

Map by Burt Silverman, National Geographic
… how a small brush fire turned into the deadliest wildfire in California history.

Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic
Use our short resource to take a refresher in “Wildfire 101.”
… it just got a little easier to identify gulls.

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic
Just in time for the Christmas Bird Count during the Year of the Bird!
… termites have been constructing a metropolis in Brazil for more than 4,000 years.

Photograph courtesy Stephen J. Martin, et. al. “A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds.” Current Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061
What other otherworldly wonders have termites created?
… there aren’t enough organic farms in the U.S.

Map by U.S. Department of Agriculture
What is the geography of a suburban organic farm?
… fresh ways educators can interpret negative experiences in the classroom.

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic
Let our educators share tips for dealing with negative experiences.
… people have been using vanilla for thousands of years longer than we thought.

Photograph courtesy Al Goetze
Why does vanilla have such a sweet smell of success?
… pirates are killing tigers in Bangladesh.

Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic
… what are the most pressing questions in science—and why a lot of them don’t have answers.

Illustration courtesy NASA