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Highlighted Features

Seeking Auwo: Inside the Search to Find a Secretive Tropical Bird Lost to Science

Travel in the Time of Climate Crisis

At Last, a Real Possibility to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change

How Tribes Are Reclaiming and Protecting Their Ancestral Lands From Coast to Coast

The Weedkiller Dicamba Is Poisoning Wildlife Habitat. Will the EPA Finally Act?
Recent Stories

A Proposed Reset for Public Lands Could Be a Big Boost to Conservation

Meet the Fire Starters Restoring One of North America’s Greatest Forests

How the War in Ukraine Takes a Devastating Toll on Nature
Investigations

The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

A New Plastic Wave Is Coming to Our Shores

This Brutal Pesticide Creates a 'Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?
Profiles

Best-Selling Author Jeff VanderMeer Finds That Nature Is Stranger Than Fiction

Seventy Never Looked So Good: The Long, Wondrous Life of Wisdom the Albatross

How an Acclaimed Composer Found His Musical Voice Through Birdsong

Explore Our Archives
Essays

How Migrating Snow Geese Helped Stretch My Perspective

When a Battle Against an Invasive Weed Feels Like a Battle for Your Spirit

What a Songbird Lost at Sea Taught Me About Survival

In Quarantine, I Finally Understood the Magic of Birds

Remembering Toni Morrison, the Bird Whisperer

Sheltering in Place in Manhattan—With 18 American Chestnut Saplings
The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100
Take a scroll through these spectacular, artistic, and playful avian images, while reading the story behind each.

Dispatches

It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction

The Grand Dream of an International Park With Mexico Meets a Complicated Reality

Scientists Race to Uncover the Secrets of Madagascar’s Treasure-Filled Forests

Can the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Be Found in Cuba?

Land of the Lost Birds: Searching for Life in the Forests of Bioko

Can These Seabirds Adapt Fast Enough to Survive a Melting Arctic?

The Audubon Guide to Climate Action
Birding

This Wave Theory of Spring Migration Will Prepare You for Your Next Birding Outing

Appreciate These Magnificent Avian Nests—and the Next One You Find in the Field

The Big Tern Cheat Sheet: How to ID Four Common Species

The Audubon Guide to Buying Binoculars
Photo Essays

Fall In Love With the Ancient Dance of the Sharp-tailed Grouse

The Intimate Relationship Between Pinyon Jays and Piñon Pines Is Unraveling

Portrait of a Forest on the Climate Edge

Windows Into Another World: Take a Tour of Bird Blinds Across the Country
The Future of North American Birds
Audubon’s new climate report warns of massive avian losses if we don’t change course and stabilize global carbon emissions.

Birding Culture

Why You Should Scale Up Your Birding By Looking for Reptiles

Some of Music’s Biggest Names Create a Trove of New Tunes to Help Birds

A Ludicrously Deep Dive Into the Birds of Spelling Bee, Wordle, Scrabble, and More
Books

‘Flight Paths’ Unfurls the Wondrous History of Migration Science

A New Book Explores Our Disdain for Pests

Master Falconer Rodney Stotts Extols the 'Healing Power of Wildlife'

Ziggy Marley Is Here to Teach Kids About ‘Vulture Culture’

This New Field Guide Aims to Change Your Mind About Pigeons

5 New Climate Books to Empower Teens and Help Turn Anxiety into Action

Where Birds Inspire Art, Awe, and Action
The Audubon Bird Guide
Black Noddy

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Acadian Flycatcher

Bristle-thighed Curlew
