By Design: An Architectural Awakening Could Save Billions of Birds
As many as one billion North American birds die each year in after colliding with windows. Innovations can help them steer clear.
Fall 2018
Undercover federal agents risk it all to take on Miami's burgeoning passerine trade. An Australian naturalist with a checkered past turns his life into a rare-bird safari. A red-and-green faced pheasant brings out the best in sporters. Architects and avian lovers put their heads together to reduce gruesome glass collisions. Plus, grooving grebes, mysterious murrelets, cheery campers, swan saviors, and more in these plucky pages.
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A Long-Lost Parrot Is Rediscovered . . . Then Things Got Interesting
When John Young, Australia’s “Wild Detective,” proved that the Night Parrot hadn’t gone extinct, both man and bird got a shot at a comeback.
The Wildlife Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds
Multimillion-dollar sales of songbirds heap pressure on species already in decline. We go inside the covert investigation to capture traffickers.
Led by Tribal Scientists, Montana’s Trumpeter Swan Revival Is a Triumph
After two decades the Flathead Indian Reservation’s breeding program prepares for its swan song.
Recent Attacks on the Endangered Species Act Are a Boon for Industry
If approved, the Trump administration's plan would weaken the law in a number of ways, including stripping protections for birds on the brink.
A Nature Summer Camp Aims to Make Young Refugees and Immigrants Feel at Home in Idaho
The two-week New Roots program introduces teens to the flora and fauna of the Rockies, and answers a question oft-asked by new arrivals: Are there lions in the Boise foothills?
From Sea to Tree, Scientists Are Tracking Marbled Murrelets With Rising Precision
A network of experts in Oregon seeks to uncover the secrets of a threatened, enigmatic seabird.
Guardians of the Grebe
To protect climate-threatened Hooded Grebes, volunteers camp out at remote, high-elevation lakes in Patagonia for the entire breeding season.
Why Climate Change Is Also a Bird Issue
Polluting shouldn't be free; it's time for a price on carbon.
Great Horned Owl
Animator Christoph Niemann brings new life to his tool in a mixed-media rendition of a raptor.
How To Help Birds in the Long Run
Conservation wins take time to build—and quick action to protect.
How Prairie Birds Found an Unexpected Group of Heroes in Hunters
As critical habitat disappears, imperiled grassland species are finding refuge on land preserved for an exotic pheasant.
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