GARNER, NC—Every spring and fall we make one of our biggest calls to action—turn off unnecessary outdoor lights at night for migrating birds. This fall is no different, and with migrating birds...
Ten teenagers circled around a picnic table, their eyes focused on a cloth sack softly wriggling in Zach Hutchinson’s hands. Slowly opening the bag, he pulled out a Black-capped Chickadee and...
From boating out to Popasquash Island for Common Terns to banding sessions at the Green Mountain Audubon Center to early-morning survey sessions throughout the Champlain Valley, my summer became a...
All around Cook Inlet, young shorebirds are strengthening their wings. They’re the survivors, the chicks who made it to fledging. As they prepare for the next big challenge—their first...
Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.
Okay, I’ll admit it: taking the 5 or the 99 up through California’s Central Valley isn’t always the most beautiful drive for a road trip. Instead, most people would say to take the 1 to see...
Summer on the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon Society is a special time. Monsoon storms born in the Huachuca Mountains break the heat and inspire a collective sigh of relief...
Copper may be out where the U.S. Mint is concerned, but it is very much in with hunters who are also interested in bird conservation. Because when copper is made into ammunition, it can save the...
Construction of the SunZia Wind and Transmission Project is now complete, and the project's 550-mile transmission line is delivering renewable energy generated by 914 wind turbines from New Mexico to...
The success of green roofs depends on more than just good intentions and engineering – they need long-term love and care.
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.