Growing Bird-Friendly Grasslands
Grasslands are among the most endangered ecosystems in North America—and grassland birds are paying the price. According to the most recent State of the Birds report, grassland birds have...
U.S. House Passes Legislation to Reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The American Water Stewardship Act (H.R. 6422), legislation that reauthorizes critical regional watershed initiatives through 2031, including the...
U.S. House Passes Legislation to Reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The American Water Stewardship Act (H.R. 6422), legislation that reauthorizes critical regional watershed initiatives through 2031, including the...
Their Birding Documentary Became a Surprise Hit, but the Reiser Brothers Are Just Getting Started
Look, Quentin and Owen Reiser know it’s all but impossible they’ll see an Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The last irrefutable sighting of the two-foot-tall bird in a southeastern forest was in...
Great Green Macaws Come to Life in This Incredibly Intricate Paper Sculpture
After about a decade creating paper art together, Nayan Shrimali and Venus Bird have their collaboration down to a science—and an art.“She’s the color girl,” says Shrimali, “and I’m the...
2026’s historic snow drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the West
The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.
The long shadow of Paul Ehrlich’s ‘Population Bomb’ is evident in anti-immigration efforts today
In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
Democracy Depends on Science—So Scientists Need to Show Up for Democracy
A shared commitment to facts and knowledge, produced independently from political interference, is critical to democracy—and worth fighting to protect.
This Women’s History Month, Make History for Black Women by Resisting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Attacks
The sustained practice of inclusion benefits not only Black women, veterans, and people with disabilities; it benefits the business and ultimately, everyone.
Conservation Is at a Crossroads with the New Farm Bill
If we are to conserve farmland for future generations, the version of the farm bill now being considered by Congress must do more than maintain the status quo.
Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy
US consumers, already feeling pain at the gas pump, can expect higher prices and prolonged shortages for goods of all sorts, including food, as additional consequences of slowed oil production.
What the historic snow drought means for water, wildfires and the future of the West
The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.