It was a golden afternoon, the sky velvet at its edges with dust and smoke and distance. Long hills smudged blue-gray spread away from the draw where botanist Molly Boyter led a small band of...
Nestled in the heart of “North America’s bird nursery” are vast landscapes, wetlands, and coastal habitats that are home to billions of migratory birds during the breeding season. Many are...
Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are already immune to all classes of insecticides used to control malaria.
In nature, as in horse racing, sometimes you can win by a neck. A new study shows that Brown-headed Cowbirds hatch from their eggs with extra-strong neck muscles, an evolutionary win that helps them...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.
A shared commitment to facts and knowledge, produced independently from political interference, is critical to democracy—and worth fighting to protect.
The sustained practice of inclusion benefits not only Black women, veterans, and people with disabilities; it benefits the business and ultimately, everyone.