Coasts and Oceans

In Gary, Indiana, Audubon and partners are working on a vision for restoration rooted in community and climate resilience. 

This World Oceans Day, Congress is supporting forage fish and the seabirds that rely on them.

We can better protect birds on beaches by addressing human disturbance and habitat loss simultaneously.

From disaster to recovery, how the Deepwater Horizon explosion has affected the Gulf Coast for the last 15 years.

This case study demonstrates the connections between our environment and economy, fifteen years after the BP oil spill.

After five years in which almost no chicks survived, more of the shorebirds are fledging since Alabama Audubon and volunteers adopted some simple but effective measures to help them.

The BEACH Act expands a protected chain of undeveloped coastal areas by nearly 300,000 acres.

The state’s latest project will restore the swamp’s role as a haven for birds and a defense against flooding.

Better fisheries management is needed to improve the health of Ospreys in Chesapeake Bay.

The American Oystercatcher tells the story of hundreds of birds facing a complex conservation scenario today. With 213 breeding pairs, 426 eggs, 66 chicks, and 35 fledglings protected, we celebrate the successful result of Audubon's "Coastal Stewardship Program" adapted to Chile.

Conservationists hope new restrictions on harvesting and synthetic alternatives to a crab-blood compound used in biomedical testing can turn the tide for the ancient arthropods, whose eggs are a vital food source for Red Knots.

Birds need healthy oceans to thrive. Here are some of the things we're thinking about for World Ocean's Day.

In the world’s largest population of the fish-eating raptors, reproductive rates have fallen below DDT-era lows. Scientists say overfishing by one company is to blame.

Birds like plovers and terns need our help to safely raise their chicks on beaches this summer.

Students from chapters across the U.S. traveled to DC to speak on behalf of birds. What they took back home will serve them for years to come.

Local chapters, universities, Indigenous groups, and Audubon California collaborate to revitalize a shoreline that has long been left to the depredations of industrial action.

A century ago, Audubon Texas made a commitment to protecting birds along the Texas coast. They started here.

Audubon and partners are launching new efforts to save this declining seabird.