Best-Selling Author Jeff VanderMeer Finds That Nature Is Stranger Than Fiction
From Audubon MagazineThe novelist attained fame with gripping works of eco-fiction. How hard could it be to rewild his own backyard?
Highlighted Features
This Tiny Brazilian Island Could Hold the Key to the Purple Martin’s Future
NewsVast numbers of the swallows pass through one roost in the heart of the Amazon before winging their way to North American birdhouses. Studying it could provide clues to the species’ decades-long decline.
A Global Antenna Network Is the Next Frontier of Migration Science
From Audubon MagazineMotus stations across the landscape pick up ‘pings’ from any radio-tagged birds that fly past. The data, open to everyone, are painting a fuller picture of the journeys the creatures make.
California Has a Peacock Problem
NewsFeral peafowl have turned neighbor against neighbor in Los Angeles, where they claw up gardens, peck at car fenders, and belt out their songs at all hours. Is a more harmonious coexistence possible?
Rebuilding an Iconic California State Park With Birds and Wildfire In Mind
ClimateIn 2020, a blaze consumed Big Basin Redwoods State Park, incinerating cabins, blackening ancient trees, and imperiling endangered murrelets. Staff now want to reimagine the park to better ensure the seabird’s future.
What's In a Bird Name?
From Audubon MagazineMore than 100 North American birds carry the names of people, some of whom were enslavers, supremacists, or grave robbers. A growing movement aims to do away with honorifics all together and bestow monikers that reflect each species' unique qualities
Recent Stories
From Audubon Magazine
The Flight of the Spoonbills Holds Lessons for a Changing Everglades—and World
By Hannah Waters
As sea-level rise transforms South Florida’s fringe of wetlands into open ocean, Roseate Spoonbills are moving north. Land managers are following their lead, restoring the ecosystem with an eye for resilience, too.
Audubon View
I'm Proud To Be Part of Your Flock
By Elizabeth Gray
An introduction to Elizabeth Gray, the first woman to hold the title president or CEO at Audubon.
Letter From The Editor
Seeing the Birds for the Forest
By Jennifer Bogo
Magazines face unprecedented challenges just getting to press, but we have our eye on the long game.
Investigations
The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem
From Audubon MagazineHow online sales of highly regulated, super-toxic rodenticides exploit gaps in the law and imperil wildlife.
A New Plastic Wave Is Coming to Our Shores
From Audubon MagazineA glut of natural gas has led to a U.S. production surge in tiny plastic pellets, called nurdles, that are washing up on coasts by the millions.
This Brutal Pesticide Creates a 'Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?
NewsCarbofuran, a century-old chemical, is increasingly being weaponized against birds and other wildlife, decimating entire food webs.
Profiles
How an Acclaimed Composer Found His Musical Voice Through Birdsong
CultureDecades after a songbird's whirling melody set him on a new artistic path, John Luther Adams is more determined than ever to help us hear the planet's power and wild beauty—and fight to protect it.
Seventy Never Looked So Good: The Long, Wondrous Life of Wisdom the Albatross
NewsThe Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird on the planet, an international icon, and still hatching eggs. This year she had her 39th chick.
Birds Saved Debi Shearwater. Is She Really Going to Call it Quits?
NewsAfter 40-plus years of leading sold-out pelagic birding tours off the California coast, the trailblazing conservationist says it’s time to retire.
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Essays
How Migrating Snow Geese Helped Stretch My Perspective
From Audubon MagazineThe seasonal movements of birds have captivated humans for millennia. Now we know enough about their flights to make surprising connections.
Seeking Home Aboard the Night Heron
COVID-19The pandemic prodded me to fulfill a lifelong dream of living on a boat. I’m learning the ropes surrounded by the birds of my North Carolina childhood.
What a Songbird Lost at Sea Taught Me About Survival
COVID-19Aboard a mission to explore the alien life of the deep ocean, a chance encounter with a migratory bird offered a point of connection—one that has felt poignant this past year.
In Quarantine, I Finally Understood the Magic of Birds
COVID-19It took a pandemic for me to see what my mother had been trying to show me my whole life.
Remembering Toni Morrison, the Bird Whisperer
CultureA year after Morrison’s passing, a journalist and birder reflects on how her time with the cherished author changed her relationship with birds—and with herself.
Sheltering in Place in Manhattan—With 18 American Chestnut Saplings
COVID-19Disease and logging nearly wiped out the towering trees in the early 20th century. Now the pandemic end