Cholao, a small Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is becoming a well-known character among Audubon's social media followers. Why? Because of its migratory journey, which started in the Cauca...
This piece originally was published by InsideSources on June 11, 2026. People and businesses nationwide are reckoning with rapidly rising electricity costs. Last year, 80 million people struggled to afford their utility bills. At the same time, electricity demand is newly surging from the AI-driven buildout of massive data centers, threatening even higher electricity costs
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
At an outdoor concert in Cali, Colombia, Esteban Valdivia is selecting his next instrument from what looks like a museum display. There’s an Incan deer skull, a Carchi syrinx, a flute made from the...
It’s hard to imagine North America without grasslands. From the Great Plains to the Chihuahuan Desert, patchworks of grasses, wildflowers, and sedges carpet vast landscapes, laying the literal...
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
Birding can be transformative, even healing. This is part of what drives Carmen Meuret’s work—both as Vice President for Winnebago Audubon in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and in her professional life as...
The Trump administration is canceling oceanic research, as our world's oceans overheat. What could go wrong?
Clean energy’s favorable economics, its environmental and health advantages, the ability to build it quickly, and its awesome momentum keep pushing it to greater heights—despite the forces looking to drag it down.
La energía solar distribuida puede reducir el costo de las facturas de electricidad.
Governor Newsom’s May Revise budget raises urgent concerns about California’s ability to protect birds, restore habitat, and maintain public access to nature.California has made critical...