Audubon Magazine Summer 2019

Prepare to be delighted by the variety of birdlife and the story behind each stunning image.

Almost 300 community scientists collected valuable data about the health of this hallowed habitat and its residents.

Decades of studies show avian eggs and tissues are chock-full of widely used PFAS. Now officials are finally taking action for public health.

A new machine-learning system for tracking vessel activity could provide relief for albatrosses in harm's way.

Nicky Fijalkowska's quirky odes to wildlife now inspire others to protect it.

The rediscovery of a long-lost duck spurred the creation of two protected areas in the country. Now researchers are scouring these spots for other endemic species before it's too late.

In Wyoming, the Black Rosy-Finch, one of the continent’s least-known, least-accessible birds, may prove a bellwether for a retreating alpine ecosystem—if an intrepid scientist can track its numbers.

Returning to her roots, illustrator Melinda Beck gives new life to the waterfowl’s stunning plumage.

Despite extensive efforts, nobody had ever definitively documented the pollination of the ghost orchid, a mysterious plant that grows in the towering trees of the Everglades—until now.

Turn your love of birds into a powerful force of good.

If images only show avian species, you’re leaving out the bigger picture.

A new ranching generation is taking cues from historical bison herds to help prairies, wildlife, and their businesses survive the next century.