Audubon Magazine November-December 2009

The Audubon Guide to Binoculars

When it comes to birdwatching, what you choose to look through makes all the difference.

Dead Whales Make for an Underwater Feast

When whales decay the seafloor, their enormous carcasses give life to mysterious worlds inhabited by an assortment of bizarre creatures.

Doggone: Prairie Dogs Face a New and Deadly Threat

By Ted Williams

Prairie dogs have been eliminated from more than 95 percent of their grassland habitat. And now they, and the vast and complicated ecosystems they sustain, face a new and deadly threat.

Buying Time

By Les Line

For bobolinks, savannah sparrows, and other birds that make their nests in hayfields, a delayed harvest can spell the difference between life and death. 