Catching Fireflies on Camera
By Julie Leibach
A photographer immerses himself in one of nature's most dazzling light shows.
Audubon Magazine May-June 2013
Hummingbirds At Home
Turn Your Yard Into A Hummingbird Spectacular
Make smart plant choices and, with a little bit of work, your backyard can host these tiny miracles (and help scientists save them).
Audubon Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill
By By The Audubon Editors
The unmistakable "flame bird" is one of North America's most unusual looking waders.
Books
Remarkably Curious and Intelligent, Crows and Ravens Deserve a Closer Look
By John Marzluff and Tony Angell
A new book offers a close look at the lives of these wonderfully smart, charismatic birds.
Conservation
Night Lights May Affect Urban Birds
By Daisy Yuhas
Birds exposed to artificial light in cities get an early start to mating season.
A Comeback for the Passenger Pigeon?
By Brandon Keim
A new project aims bring a famous bird back from extinction.
What Makes Bird Vision So Cool
By Tim Birkhead
They use their right and left eyes differently. Some may sleep on the wing. They may even be able to see the earth's magnetic field. Welcome to the amazing world of bird vision.
Volunteers Tap Trees for Climate Clues
By Emma Bryce
A project to collect core samples from trees could shed light on the effects of global warming.
Climate Solutions
Sea Urchins Illuminate How to Trap Carbon Dioxide
By Brianna Elliott
A marine creature shows researchers a new way to capture a potent greenhouse gas.
A Boost for Long Island Sound
By Jesse Greenspan
Investment in green infrastructure proves to be a boon for the waterway.
Drones Help Track Nests
By Justine E. Hausheer
Researchers use robots to survey and conserve breeding water birds.
Dung Beetles Navigate by the Stars
By Michele Berger
The Milky Way guides intrepid insects.
The Healing Power of Birds
By Emma Bryce
A Toyota TogetherGreen fellow uses stuffed animals and birdfeeders to treat people with dementia.
Young Guatemalans Take On Citizen Science
By Michele Berger
Student scientists track birds in mountainous cloudforests of Central America.
International Travel
The Falkland Islands: A Birder’s Grail Destination
By Scott Weidensaul
The otherworldly, windswept Falklands are home to such a vast and diverse array of wildlife—including five species of penguins—that the archipelago has become a grail destination for adventurous birders and nature lovers.
Roseate Spoonbills Send Warning Signs About the Florida Everglades
By Rene Ebersole
Decades after they staged a major comeback from plume hunting, one of the world's most bizarre and beautiful birds is struggling in South Florida. Does this spell trouble for the entire Everglades ecosystem?
Fight Club: A Ragtag Crew Races to Save Disappearing Trees
By Brian Kevin
Backcountry activists in the Mountain West defend the whitebark pine against climate change and beetle attacks.
