The United States Will Be Worse off for Losing International Scientists
The US has long benefited from the scholarship of international scientists. The Trump administration's policies are forcing many to reconsider their careers here.
Forecasting Water Supplies for Birds and Communities
Sadly, the times when I’m most likely to get a peek at the Platte River are only when I’m crossing over it on I-80, driving to or from the many meetings where I sit in a room and talk to people...
“Cranes on Parade” returns to Kearney
A familiar Kearney art tradition is returning this year- but with a new twist! Residents and visitors to Kearney have likely seen 6-foot tall, colorful crane sculptures around the city. These...
Why fuel prices may go higher still
Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.
Celebrating the Magpie River on World Rivers Day!
Every year on the fourth Sunday in September, people around the world celebrate the many values of Earth’s waterways. It’s World Water Day! We are celebrating by highlighting the incredible...
Plant This, Not That
Who can resist the home supply stores, nurseries, and even supermarkets all seeming to burst with eye-catching blooms, winter vegetables, shrubs for every nook and cranny, and trees? Fall is by far...
New Colorado River Rules Buy Time. They Don’t Solve the Crisis
The Colorado River has been telling us something for more than half a century, and this year the message got harder to ignore. In the 1960s, the river stopped flowing regularly into its delta, once a...
Marine National Monuments and Sanctuaries: Reminders of Our Shared Past and Connected Future
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument would stretch from Manhattan to Omaha if laid out across the continental United States. Yet, you may never have heard of this diverse oceanic site in...
Crane Season Take a Flock
Every spring, people from across the country and around the world make their way to Rowe Sanctuary to experience one of nature’s great migrations: the Sandhill Cranes roosting along the Platte...
Crane Season Takes a Flock
Every spring, people from across the country and around the world make their way to Rowe Sanctuary to experience one of nature’s great migrations: the Sandhill Cranes roosting along the Platte...
Points of Connection
The photo essay opening this issue brings you to Teshekpuk Lake in Alaska’s Western Arctic. I traveled there to see a place Audubon has long worked to help protect. Before I arrived, I understood...
The Big Picture
The cover of the issue you are holding might be your first brush with a Yellow-eared Parrot, a species so rare that fewer than 100 were known to exist in the late 1990s. Or perhaps it’s the first...