Update: Attacks on Independent Science and How We’re Fighting Back
UCS is helping to rebuild federal science infrastructure and institutions from outside the government... to preserve what’s being dismantled within it.
Common Ground Video Game Lets Players Manage Cropland Transition in California’s Central Valley
What does a just land transition look like?
Audubon Pilots Adopt-a-Flyway Recognition Program to Enhance 700 acres of Migratory Bird Habitat in Minnesota
Roseville, Minn. (July 28, 2026) — Earlier this month, Audubon Upper Mississippi River was awarded $840,000 from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund to launch the Adopt-a-Flyway...
A Rare Opportunity to Support Indigenous-led Conservation in Canada
The Kaska Nation has spent years developing a vision for a proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) in Northwest British Columbia called Dene K’éh Kusān, which means Always Will Be...
TomKat Ranch Earns Audubon Bird-Friendly Land Certification
Pescadero, Calif. (July 27, 2026) — TomKat Ranch, based on California’s Central Coast, has achieved the National Audubon Society’s Bird-Friendly Land Certification. Earned through...
Nature Journaling Protects Birds and the Places They Need
At the western edge of Florida, just miles from the Alabama border, Shorebird Stewardship Senior Coordinator Brian Cammarano hops out of his National Audubon Society truck with a camera, scope, and...
Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back
Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.
French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight
A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and elsewhere.
Ave Maria University Student Documents Changes in Insect Populations Following Development
Insects are critically important to our world: They bolster the global food supply through pollination, recycle organic waste, support food webs that sustain countless species, and more. Yet they are...
Flocking together – how a birding hobby may boost your mental health and build community
With social media communities and naturalist apps, birding is easier to get into than ever. A psychologist explains why it may also be just what the doctor ordered.
Severe storms battered Pittsburgh twice as often as usual this spring – a meteorologist explains why
Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agriculture and American empire
Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.