These Smart Devices Can Identify the Birds Outside Your Window
July 10, 2023 —
The Bird Buddy and the Haikubox offer new ways to get excited about birding from home.
From Audubon Magazine
Fieldwork for All
July 10, 2023 —
Eager young scientists dream of careers outdoors, studying and protecting wildlife and ecosystems. To succeed, they need something that’s proven elusive: a feeling of safety.
The Cerrado, the World’s Most Biodiverse Tropical Savannah, Is in Peril
July 10, 2023 —
A young bird expert is among the scientists racing to document Brazil's ancient and understudied biome—while simultaneously raising the alarm about what’s being lost.
The Single Most Important Way to Make Your Binoculars Last
June 30, 2023 —
Experts share how to keep your foremost birding tool in working order and what to do if yours breaks.
Black Vultures’ Northward Expansion Creates New Conflicts with Farmers
June 30, 2023 —
The newcomers occasionally prey on calves, leading livestock producers to take up arms. But are reports of the problem exaggerated?
Don’t Have Binoculars To Go Birding? Try Borrowing a Pair From the Library
June 30, 2023 —
Libraries across the country are lending gear to patrons, creating a new entry point to birding with no costs attached.
Unpaid Labor Is a Problem for Conservation
June 30, 2023 —
Failing to offer adequate pay to student and early-career biologists excludes many from the field, reducing diversity and creativity in science.
50 Years of Project Puffin: An Oral History of an Incredibly Audacious Idea
June 29, 2023 —
In 1973 a young biologist hatched a plan to bring a charismatic seabird back to Maine. It was the start of a five-decade scientific adventure that would ultimately revolutionize seabird restoration.
How to Have a Bird-Friendly Fourth of July
June 28, 2023 —
Fireworks can disturb birds and pets, spark wildfires, and pollute. Consider forgoing your own pyrotechnics, or joining a cleanup the morning after.
