A Dead Wild Male Ocelot May Still Have Offspring, If Scientists' Efforts Succeed South Texas is the one place in the U.S. where ocelots breed in the wild. After the death of a male, scientists tried something novel: artificial insemination from a wild ocelot into one at a zoo. Dominic Anthony Walsh
Lapping Mount Rainier to map its withering ice A specially outfitted plane documented the decline of the biggest collection of glaciers in the lower 48 states. For the first time in six years, Mount Rainier National Park is measuring its glaciers from the air. John Ryan
McDonald's Is Phasing Out Plastic Toys From Happy Meals In A Push To Be More Green The benefits of the change will be equivalent to more than 650,000 people not using any plastic for a year, the company said. Bill Chappell
A Hotter Climate Means Falling Trees — And More Power Outages Power outages are a growing problem in a hotter climate, and it's not just from bigger storms. Rising temperatures are also damaging trees, making them more likely to fall on power lines. Julia Simon
Here's Why Firefighters Are Wrapping Sequoia Trees In Aluminum Blankets The sequoias are "wrapped with house-wrapping material, kind of an aluminum-foil fabric that goes around the base of the trees," says Jon Wallace, who is helping to lead the firefighting effort. Bill Chappell
Western Washington's dry spell comes to a 'juicy' end "The system that came through over the weekend was just kind of juicy and special." Katie Campbell
California Firefighters Scramble To Protect Sequoia Groves Flames have already scorched a grouping of sequoias that mark the entrance to the groves, where the base of the world's largest tree has been wrapped in protective foil. The Associated Press
California Wildfires Make A Run Toward A Giant Sequoia Grove A shift in the weather accelerated the fires in the Sequoia National Park on Friday. The flames scorched a grouping of sequoias that mark the entrance to a grove of 2,000 sequoias. The Associated Press
Celebrate The End Of Summer With Monday's Harvest Moon The harvest moon is the last full moon of the summer. This year it will appear to be full for three days with peak illumination occurring at 7:54 p.m. ET Monday. Dustin Jones
Climate activists shut down Seattle's Fourth Avenue, two banks Climate activists shut down Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle and the downtown branches of two banks on Friday. John Ryan
