Audubon Magazine March-April 2012

The most eco-friendly options for grocery bags and trash can liners.

A podiatrist-turned-photographer finds elegance in an ancient horticultural art.

Gardening behind bars offers prisoners fresh chances.

The Audubon network has achieved major accomplishments where climate and energy are concerned. It's prepared to take on more.

Planting the past, and preserving biodiversity in the process, is easier than ever.

Fifteen years ago the yellow-eared parrot was presumed extinct. Its rediscovery in Colombia forced the Catholic Church to abandon an age-old tradition, and brought about one of the most amazing comebacks in the Americas.

Yellowstone’s rebounding grizzly bear population is an undeniable success. But figuring out how to manage the threatened omnivores—in light of potential food shortages and deadly human-grizzly interactions—isn’t so easy.

Striking a balance between the needs of threatened birds and humans isn't always easy.

A new book looks at the fascinating world of animal voices, and the insight they might provide into human communication.

Peruvians living high up in the Andes may not know the phrase, "climate change," but they're worried about its effects.

A serious effort to save some of the earth’s oldest, largest, and most successful predators is finally under way. But it needs to move faster.

Public and private groups work together to build better wildlife habitat in the Mississippi River valley.

Sure, snapping turtles are sometimes irascible and always prehistoric-looking. But these relics, which have been around for 90 million years, are the ultimate survivors.

For centuries the study of bird migration has been riddled with mystery and unanswered questions: Where do birds go in winter? How far do they fly? Can they navigate a hurricane? Scientists are tapping new technologies to find 

Drizzling your flapjacks with bona fide maple syrup tapped from northern hardwood forests provides a mouthwatering breakfast—and a boon to birds. 

Our cottontail; ode to a devil's urn; more.