This week, we learned …
… there really is a black panther in Africa.

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic
What are black panthers? Who are Black Panthers? Who is Black Panther?
… three tests the Green New Deal must pass in order to work.

Photograph by Lauren Ayres, My Shot
How can policymakers—and your own students—make informed environmental decisions? Use our lesson to find out.
… to encourage girls to enter STEM fields, we need to talk about action—not identity.

Photograph courtesy Explorer magazine
Listen to our explorers tell your students what they’re up to with this month’s incredible line-up of female scientists and researchers in Explorer Classroom.
… brave cartographers are fighting the tyranny of the rainbow.

Map by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch
What impact does color have on how students are introduced to mapping activities?
… climate change is powering Switzerland.

Photograph by James Balog, National Geographic
Despite the booming hydropower melting glaciers are bringing to Switzerland, the nation is still trying to protect the ice of the Alps.
… the deep blue sea is getting bluer.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas
… two endangered birds have been rediscovered in Hawaii.

Photograph by USFWS, Andre Raine/Kaua’i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project. CC-BY-NC 2.0
What other birds are “on the edge”?
… there’s an Atlas of Endangered Alphabets.

Learn how one speaker created a dictionary to help preserve her indigenous language.
… the beauty of public transportation.
Navigate public transportation around the world with our fun GeoStory.
… how to become better storytellers.

Photograph by Jen Shook, National Geographic
Learn how one zoo educator uses the power of storytelling in conservation.
… the winners of the World Data Visualization Prize.

By Interacta – Nikita Rokotyan, Olya Stukova and Dasha Kolmakova
Learn a little about the Data Visualization Lab here at Nat Geo!
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