Illustrated Aviary
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
By Gaby D'alessandro
Gaby D'alessandro channels her love of Dominican home into her art.
Audubon Magazine March - April 2015
Climate Change
Slip Sliding Away
While locals on the Outer Banks tussle over whether global warming is real and causing oceans to rise, the islands themselves are gradually, inevitably going under.
Portrait
Building a Modern Ark
Joel Sartore wants a close-up of every captive species on earth—as many as 12,000 animals—before it's too late.
International Trade
Turning Poland's Vistula River Into a Shipping Superhighway
By Raillan Brooks
Before reopening one of its historic waterways, Eastern Europe takes a look at the environmental benefits—and the downsides.
News
NOAA Selects Florida’s Biscayne Bay as a Habitat Focus Area
By Alexandra Ossola
Conservationists hope that intervening at a pivotal moment can save it from disaster.
From Audubon Magazine
Profile of an American Rapper
By Jonathan Rosen
Though no Avian Elvis, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is ready for the spotlight.
From Audubon Magazine
Star Trek: How Birds Use Electromagnetic Cues to Travel
By Peter Friederici
The quest to understand how birds manage nocturnal navigation has consumed scientists for decades. The effects of “electrosmog” may now point to an answer.
Investigation
Lost at Sea: Starving Birds in a Warming World
By Alisa Opar
The Pacific Coast saw record numbers of dead Cassin’s Auklets this winter. We dive in to see what went wrong.
From Audubon Magazine
Big Oil's Best-Kept Secret
By Tessa Stuart
To keep itself off the Toxics Release Inventory, the fossil fuel industry might have a new trick up its sleeve—putting state attorneys general on the payroll.
International
Britain's Birders Campaign to Legalize Cannabis
By Purbita Saha
A grassroots group in the U.K. is supplying birds with seeds from a forbidden plant.
Audubon In Action
Coming Attractions: Spring 2015
By Purbita Saha
Events for bird lovers across the country.
From Audubon Magazine
A More Perfect Union
By Mark Jannot
Audubon plus Audubon equals a spectacular new website.
