A Chilean purse seiner catches jack mackerel. NOAA hide caption
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Nonnative pythons, like this one, are invading the Florida Everglades. As a top predator, the snakes have crippled the populations of rabbits, raccoons and other animals. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Without a centralized national repository for nuclear waste, the radioactive material is currently being kept at various sites across the country. Above, large concrete canisters, each holding 14 55-gallon drums of waste, are loaded on a truck in 2005 in Richland, Wash., where they were later shipped to a facility in New Mexico. Jeff T. Green/Getty Images hide caption
The new version of the map includes 13 zones, with the addition for the first time of zones 12 (50-60 degrees F) and 13 (60-70 degrees F). U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption
Even in the remote Faroe Islands, some children have high levels of perfluorinated compounds in their blood. The chemicals may interfere with the immune system. Stig Nygaard/Flickr hide caption
A veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure outside Salina, Kan. Joel Sartore hide caption
One Man's Quest To Capture America's Endangered Zoo Animals (With A Camera)
Altering the upper atmosphere could block enough sunlight to offset the warming effects of climate change and protect food crops. But what are the risks? iStockphoto hide caption