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Those Big Orange Bills Also Help Puffins Stay Cool After a Workout
December 20, 2019 — Good for more than just attracting a mate, the clownish feature appears to keep the subpar fliers from overheating.
Inside the Race to Save China's Mysterious ‘Bird of Legend’
December 20, 2019 — The Chinese Crested Tern was written off as extinct decades ago. Since its rediscovery in 2000, scientists have been working to ensure that Asia’s rarest seabird keeps a firm foothold in reality.
Could the Corvid Conservation Corps Replant a Forest After Fire?
December 20, 2019 — Island Scrub-Jays are acorn-planting machines. Flying foresters might be just what today's scorched Western landscapes need.
Birding With Benefits: How Nature Improves Our Mental Mindsets
December 20, 2019 — Mounting scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of the outdoors is helping shape innovations in medicine, education, and more.
Three Perspectives on Discovering the Mental Health Benefits of Nature
December 20, 2019 — The outdoors may help us focus or heal, but many grow up isolated from it.
Dramatic Swings in Great Lakes Water Levels Make Life Tough for Birds
December 20, 2019 — On Wisconsin's Cat Islands and around the region, wildlife managers are working to create avian safe harbors from the climate-fueled fluctuations.
As Demand for New Technology Increases, Mining Threatens Pristine Places
December 20, 2019 — From smartphones to electric-car batteries, minerals are essential. Can places like Alaska's Bristol Bay survive unscathed?
Birds Saved Debi Shearwater. Is She Really Going to Call it Quits?
December 20, 2019 — After 40-plus years of leading sold-out pelagic birding tours off the California coast, the trailblazing conservationist says it’s time to retire.
Reimagining the Great Cormorant
December 19, 2019 — Martin Haake's collage-style design enlivens the bird's dark plumage—and gives it a fish to snack on.
It’s the Start of a New Year, and Time to Act
December 19, 2019 — Let’s take the momentum from 2019 and translate it to lasting change.