NEW YORK—Today, scientists with the National Audubon Society published a new study in Global Change Biology that analyzed 43 species of warblers and the conservation challenges they face along their ...

Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...

South Pelican Island belongs to the birds. Royal Terns circle and screech above this spit of sand and shrub, which juts out of North Carolina’s winding Cape Fear River. Grackles hop among the bushes ...

On March 25, 2025, the Gwich'in Tribal Council, Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun First Nation, Parks Canada and Yukon government took a significant step towards establishing a 3,000 square kilometer (741,316 acre) ...

In the late 1990s, as an ecologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Martin Wikelski guesses he drove every mile of the Prairie State’s backroads in a two-toned Oldsmobile. But these ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural traditions.

What: A sprawling network of seasonal lakes, pools, and marshes amid grasslands that supports waterfowl, shorebirds, and prairie species galore. Where: Stretching from Iowa through Minnesota, South ...

Juvenile Brown Pelicans aren’t exactly cooperative—like any tween they’re instantly recalcitrant when faced with authority. “One volunteer had their hat stolen by a pelican that was resisting being ...

In early spring, melted snow and rain trickle through forests, forming pools amid the leaf litter. Within these basins, life begins to sing. Frogs and salamanders migrate from winter dens to these ...

It is springtime in North America—a season of transformation. The arrival of migratory birds, blooming flowers, and longer days signal renewal and possibility. Across the Western Hemisphere, the ...

One June morning in 2017, Roger Crandall looked out the window of his southern Indiana home to see someone pointing a spotting scope at his pear trees. The stranger in his neighbor’s yard was Amy ...

Roughly 15 years ago Dave Mickelson began to see flocks of Sandhill Cranes floating gently onto his Wisconsin farm, their long legs extended like aircraft landing gear. Spring after spring the elegant ...