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Audubon Magazine July - August 2015

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants
Conservation

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants

At the world’s remotest nesting colony, the Crazy Ant Strike Team beats back its seabird-killing enemy with spray guns, poison... and cat food.
One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants
Skeleton Crew: The Bones and Bodies Behind RISD's Nature Lab
Arts & Sciences

Skeleton Crew: The Bones and Bodies Behind RISD's Nature Lab

For 78 years, the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design has given art students a place to inspect—and draw inspiration from—the natural world.
Skeleton Crew: The Bones and Bodies Behind RISD's Nature Lab
The Birds of British Petroleum
From Audubon Magazine

The Birds of British Petroleum

By David Gessner

Five years after the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the author of The Tarball Chronicles grabs his binoculars and returns to the scene of the slime.

New York’s Fresh Kills Landfill Gets an Epic Facelift
Restoration

New York’s Fresh Kills Landfill Gets an Epic Facelift

By Elizabeth Royte

The biggest garbage dump on the planet once contained 150 million tons of reeking trash. No more.

Stop Cheating Our Wildlife
Misappropriation

Stop Cheating Our Wildlife

By Ted Williams

It’s time for Congress to fully fund and permanently authorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Jailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives
Flock Together

Jailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives

By Dave Good

A parrot rehabber defies the law to set her birds free.

Body of Evidence: How the White Pelican Spreads Oil
Science

Body of Evidence: How the White Pelican Spreads Oil

By Mark Neuzil

The Brown Pelican became the symbol of the BP oil spill, but the White Pelican is offering clues to its lasting stain on bird populations.

Reimagining the Band-Tailed Pigeon
Illustrated Aviary

Reimagining the Band-Tailed Pigeon

By Harry Campbell

Artist Harry Campbell challenges himself with a new subject.

Clear and Present Dangers
Audubon View

Clear and Present Dangers

By David Yarnold

The MBTA is updated to address modern threats to birds.

Shell Game
Letter From The Editor

Shell Game

By Mark Jannot

The Obama administration steps aside in the Arctic, and commits all of us to the ultimate sucker’s bet.

The Definition Of Insanity: Santa Barbara's Oil Spill
Santa Barbara

The Definition Of Insanity: Santa Barbara's Oil Spill

By Tyler Hayden

Here we are again. Another spill, another blackened beach. Are we destined to repeat ourselves until there’s nothing left to protect?

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