Why Closer Is Not Always Better When Photographing Birds
February 03, 2017 —
The impulse to shoot your subject at close range can be powerful, but there are several reasons why that's not best for the animal—or the image.
[UPDATED] The Gas Industry Leaks Enough Gas to Power Three Million Homes Each Year. Congress Is About to Say That's Fine.
February 03, 2017 —
A rule that restricts wasteful gas leaks and keeps a powerful greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere will likely get overturned any day now. Here's why that's bad for everyone.
A Beak Boom Millions of Years Ago Created the Diversity of Bird Bills We Know Today
February 02, 2017 —
The variety of fantastic bill shapes we know today first came about in a sudden burst, and then slowly evolved over the next 65 million years, according to a new study.
New Federal Lead Rule Will Have Hunters and Fishers Looking to Safer Alternatives
February 01, 2017 —
Twenty-five years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned lead shot for waterfowl hunting, the agency is expanding its protections.
Reminder: Scott Pruitt Is Still an Abysmal Choice to Lead the EPA
January 31, 2017 —
The former Oklahoma attorney general is likely to be approved this week, but there are a slew of reasons why he shouldn't be. Here are some of them.
How Lasers Are Revealing Hidden Evolutionary Clues in Ancient Bird Fossils
January 31, 2017 —
Using a special lighting technique, researchers have already made several surprising discoveries about one early species of feathered dinosaur.