We’re Getting Better at Surveying Seabirds
Anna Vallery, Coastal Program Manager for Audubon Washington, has long been interested in improving methods used for monitoring seabird and waterbird colonies. She is excited to keep pushing this...
From the Mountains to the Coast: Communities Exchange Birdwatching Tourism Experiences in Oaxaca, Mexico
Birds connect territories. They can also connect the people who live in them, their knowledge, and the different ways of building opportunities through conservation.With that idea in mind, members of...
Can Teshekpuk Lake, a Vital Arctic Refuge, Be Saved? Gerrit Vyn Hopes His Images Will Help
In recent years, conservation photographer Gerrit Vyn has ventured repeatedly to a place most people have never heard of, much less visited: Teshekpuk Lake. Flat, buggy, and remote, this wetland...
Act 181 and Criterion 8C: A New Mechanism to Maintain Forests and Habitat
Vermont’s forests are the crown jewel of our landscape: they define the state and support healthy communities, robust and diverse ecosystems, and the economic vitality of the state. Healthy forests...
How Women Hunters Are Reviving a Fading Tradition—and a Vital Conservation Tool
This isn’t your typical girls’ weekend. Not that you can tell from the accommodations—a charming farmhouse in Montana’s picturesque Bitterroot Valley—or the wine bottles on the kitchen...
Using Your Audubon and Audubon Florida Naturalist Magazines to Make Art
What do you do when the Audubon or Audubon Florida's Naturalist magazines come to your door? Read them cover to cover of course! And since we know you want to remember them into the future, we come...
The Fight Over Toxic Mining Returns to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
When Jason Zabokrtsky first paddled Minnesota’s Boundary Waters in 1997, he was stunned by a vast wilderness. “It was powerful to see that there were still places like this in the world,” says...
How One Vermont Forester Brought a 175-Acre Woodland Back to Life
A black bear visited Ethan Tapper’s orchard in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains this spring. It grabbed a young pear tree, bit down, and ripped the trunk in half. Days after Tapper cut...
So Many Birds, So Little Time (or Bands)
The morning began just before sunrise with competing Great Horned Owls calling back and forth across Oliver Reservoir in the far southwest of the Nebraska panhandle. It was the first chilly fall-like...
Trump speculates on diesel fuel export ban as high prices ripple across US economy
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
Lessons for the 21st century from a 200-year-old book by ‘Frankenstein’ author Mary Shelley
The catastrophic story is familiar, but the insight, and the ending, offer an opportunity, and perhaps motivation, for modern readers.
Why AI has trouble predicting the fury of hurricane intensity
Storms like 2026’s Hurricane Polo that rapidly intensify can catch communities off guard and leave little time to prepare or evacuate. Being able to forecast those risks can save lives.