Conservation

December 20, 2018 — New research has found that a third of the avian population that winters in the mainland United States might not survive till spring. But why?

December 19, 2018 — Decades after the brown tree snake wiped out Guam’s birds, biologists have an ambitious plan to bring native species back to the stunning island.

December 19, 2018 — Programs benefitting bird habitat see new growth, while sneak attacks on the environment get plowed under.

December 17, 2018 — While we can't predict every unintended consequence, we know enough to head them off.

December 17, 2018 — Despite headwinds, Audubon landed a number of wins in 2018. There’s plenty to build on next year.

December 14, 2018 — The raptors are already some of the most persecuted birds in Africa. Now their eggs are being stolen for witchcraft—but few seem to know or care.

December 12, 2018 — From the Everglades to the Great Plains and streamside thickets in the Southwest, the draft rule targets a wide range of important bird habitat.

December 10, 2018 — A campaign against a lethal painkiller, paired with “restaurants” that supply clean carcasses, may just save these species.

December 06, 2018 — New management plans would roll back protections in seven states, lifting restrictions on more than 80 percent of the bird's most vital habitat

December 06, 2018 — Current rules protect Alaska’s Teshekpuk Lake and its throngs of waterbirds. The Trump Administration is rewriting them.