Happy National Bike to Work Day! After you lock up your wheels, read today's green news:

1. If climate scientists overwhelmingly agree on global warming, why doesn't the public? (NY Times)
2. Want healthier tomatoes? Grow them with LEDs. (TreeHugger)
3. Jaguars are large, beautiful and thankfully thriving in the Peruvian Amazon. (Mongabay)
4. It's Earth's most iconic summit. And it's melting. Fast. (Huffington Post Green)
5. Vehicles in the U.S. hit an estimated 1-2 million animals every year. (Scientific American)

You'll feel like you're on a virtual vacation when you look at our Nature Photo of the Week. This breathtaking photo was captured the morning after a big storm at Big Sur, California. More

Bears, elk and whales — these three close encounters with animals will leave you on the edge of your seat and serve as a reminder of the true wonders of the natural world and the importance of protecting in. More

Sharing today's top green news headlines... with a side of bugs!

1. How can you fight this summer's wildfires without firefighters? (Washington Post)
2. The eagle death toll at wind farms shows renewable energy comes with consequences. (AP)
3. Half of common plants and a third of animals could lose habitat. We'll let you guess the cause... (BBC Nature)
4. How would you spend $50 million for the planet? (Grist)
5. Let them eat bugs! Fighting world hunger with... insects. (Telegraph)

Scouring the web for today's top green news stories. Read on and have a great, green weekend!

1. Google time-lapse images reveal startling impacts made by humans to our planet. (Huffington Post Green)
2. Me: male, critically endangered, ugly fish. You: Female Mangarahara cichlid ready to mate! Apply within. (BBC)
3. A guide to the greenest colleges. Is your alma mater on this list? (CleanTechnica)
4. Déjà vu? 3M years ago, the Arctic was warm. Is an ice-free Arctic in our future? (Guardian)
5. How mussel farming can clean and save a city's waters. (Yale360)

What a great capture! Flickr photographer carolynpepper caught these three Mergansers at just the right moment, perfectly in sync on Lake Vermillion in Minnesota. Thanks for sharing your image through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr group! More

Serving up lots of cool, breaking green news today. Read on!

1. Would you like a side of mercury with that? Arctic foxes on the decline due to their diet. (BBC Nature)
2. Case closed: climate change, not aboriginal people, killed off Australia's megafauna. (The Australian)
3. In cool bat tongue news, high-speed video reveals interesting feeding technique. (Scientific American)
4. Jackson Pollock, watch your back. This retired race horse is now an abstract painter. (Discovery News)
5. And today's green news wouldn't be complete without THE guide to sustainable beer. Cheers! (Grist)

Brush up on today's top green news stories and then make plans to get outside this weekend!

1. Can science stop the stinkbug invasion? (BBC Nature)
2. It's official: meteorologists confirm 2012 to be among the top 10 warmest years. (Bloomberg)
3. On a related [hot] note, from Maine to North Carolina, the Atlantic Ocean's temps are the hottest ever. (Grist)
4. Sand tiger sharks turn to cannibalism inside the womb. (Washington Post)
5. We're geeking out over these photos of natural fractals! (Mother Nature Network)

We are wowed by the juxtaposition of this photograph: dark craggly rock in the foreground against the clear, bright blue skies. Flickr photographer rajalqadar captured this stunning image of the Almafi Coast in Italy. More

Never thought I'd say this, but today's green news has me marveling at cicadas.

1. NYC's urban jungle and the real jungle aren't so different when it comes to evolution. (TreeHugger)
2. Yes, they're annoying, but learning how a cicada keeps its wings clean is pretty rad. (Science World)
3. This just in: plants could offset 1% of global warming worldwide. (Daily Mail)
4. When words aren't an option, fish use sign language to communicate. (National Geographic)
5. Save the bees, ban pesticides, says the EU. (BBC Nature)