From Audubon Magazine
The Rise of Billion-Dollar Disasters
By Carlyn Kranking
As extreme weather and climate events cause increasing devastation, people and birds are paying the price.
Audubon Magazine Winter 2021
From Audubon Magazine
Where Have All the Rare Bird Alerts Gone?
Long before eBird, birders simply called up an avian hotline to learn where to chase unusual birds. Today these phone services are themselves sliding toward extinction—with one notable exception.
From Audubon Magazine
The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem
How online sales of highly regulated, super-toxic rodenticides exploit gaps in the law and imperil wildlife.
From Audubon Magazine
The Grand Dream of an International Park With Mexico Meets a Complicated Reality
By Francisco Cantú
Much has changed since F.D.R. called for a great transboundary conservation area spanning the Rio Grande, but the vision lives on. Is it an idea whose time has come—or come and gone?
From Audubon Magazine
How to Feed Birds Safely This Winter
By Lauren Leffer
Follow these tips to ensure that you’re creating a healthy environment for wildlife visitors you attract to your yard.
Culture
Add These Bird and Environmental Books to Your Holiday Reading List
By Xian Chiang-Waren
No matter what you’re in the mood for, these great reads from 2021 have you covered.
From Audubon Magazine
On Oneida Wetlands, Bird Surveys Affirm Tribal Conservation Success
By Xian Chiang-Waren
A recent collaboration between Wisconsin birders and the Oneida Nation demonstrates how the tribe's decades-long habitat restoration paid off.
Culture
How to Plan Your Financial Future While Investing in a Healthier Planet
By Jessica Leber
Sustainable investing has gone mainstream. Is it time to put your money where your mouth is?
Audubon View
Birds and Bold Activists Take the World Stage in Glasgow
By Elizabeth Gray
At the U.N. climate summit, Audubon’s CEO urged leaders to hear what birds are telling us and learned from youth and Indigenous campaigners.
Letter From The Editor
The Surprises We Find In Pursuit of Truth
By Jennifer Bogo
Our latest issue offers a reminder that, even when we think we know where stories are going, they often take us to unexpected places.
Behind The Shot
These Scrappy Photos Capture the Action-Packed World Beneath a Bird Feeder
By Carlyn Kranking
A photographer pursues common yard wildlife from a different perspective.
From Audubon Magazine
It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction
By Jessica Bruder
Raising the world’s entire population of Bermuda Petrels, or Cahows, requires undivided attention—and a relentless drive to see them succeed.
From Audubon Magazine
Behind the Mystery of Armenia's Oil-Covered White Storks
By Nyree Abrahamian
In the half decade since oiled birds were first spotted, volunteers and conservationists have raced to care for the iconic animals—and pushed the government to address pollution sources.
Illustrated Aviary
Reimagining the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
By Julie Leibach
Artist John Paul Brammer finds inspiration in Oklahoma’s expansive skies and colorful Native American regalia.
Boreal Forests
An Indigenous Alliance Rallies to Conserve the Summer Home of Millions of Birds
By Xian Chiang-Waren
The Sayisi Dene and their Cree, Dene, and Inuit neighbors are surveying the remote avian habitats of the Seal River Watershed to help support their case for permanent protection.
