Making Waves at California Ocean Day
On April 28th, 2026—officially proclaimed by Governor Newsom as California Ocean Day—hundreds of students, birders, surfers, fishermen, tribal members and community leaders came together in...
The Utqiaġvik Migratory Bird Festival Returns for a Fourth Year
UTQIAĠVIK, Alaska—The fourth annual Utqiaġvik Migratory Bird Festival will be held at the Fred Ipalook Elementary School and birding hotspots throughout the community from June 12 to 14, 2026...
Hurricane season is here: Federal flood insurance carries 2 moral hazards – which you face depends largely on how wealthy you are
Subsidized insurance makes waterfront property seem safer than it is for wealthier buyers, while many low-income homeowners face repeat disasters with no help.
Nuclear Injustice in New York
What happened at this year's review conference of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons?
Tiny Tags, One Million Tricolored Blackbird Detections, and New Clues for Conservation
In spring, Tricolored Blackbirds stage one of California’s great birding spectacles, amassing in the tens of thousands to breed in the Central Valley. This season, the largest colony documented so...
Carving Out a Niche
Least Terns are small seabirds that nest on the beach, typically in large colonies. These coastal birds depend on expanses of clean, healthy habitats to raise their families, and are increasingly...
Great Salt Lake Conservation Gains Momentum with $1 Billion Federal Push and Renewed State Commitment
As the crisis facing Great Salt Lake continues to garner ongoing local and national attention and concern, National Audubon Society welcomes the growing array of committed organizations and...
A Scientific Method of Resisting
This post originally appeared on If You Can Keep It, a publication of Protect Democracy. The second Trump administration has set about dismantling the institutions of American science. Over the past 16 months, the administration has eliminated thousands of federal scientific positions, imposed sweeping funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation
PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues
Your body likely contains an accumulation of various PFAS types, making it difficult to trace them to their sources.
New Florida Scrub-Jay Mural Delights Visitors in Downtown DeLand
Visitors to downtown DeLand’s Artisan Alley are now treated to a giant, colorful mural of one of the Sunshine State’s most iconic birds: the Florida Scrub-Jay.What is a Florida Scrub-Jay?Florida...
New Florida Scrub-Jay Mural Delights Visitors to Downtown DeLand, Florida
Visitors to downtown DeLand’s Artisan Alley are now treated to a giant, colorful mural of one of the Sunshine State’s most iconic birds: the Florida Scrub-Jay.What is a Florida Scrub-Jay?Florida...
Keep It Running or Shut It Down? The Diablo Canyon Debate
We analyze the pros, cons, and unknowns.