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How Hurricane Michael Affected the Florida Panhandle's Coastal Landscape
The devastation to human communities is overwhelming, but the story for birds is more complex.
Audubon Vows to Fight Trump Administration’s Rollback of Bird Protections
Calls Plan to Rewrite Rules Bad for Birds and Business
Audubon Calls for Natural Coastal Resilience, Reports on Lessons from Florence
Thirty-day hurricane damage assessment highlights need for strengthening natural infrastructure for birds and people.
Birding Blind: Open Your Ears to the Amazing World of Bird Sounds
For the visually impaired, learning to bird by ear can be a fun challenge that also makes nature more accessible. Here, one birder shares his story.
Climate Change Is Hitting National Parks Harder Than Anywhere Else in the Country
And yet, despite warming twice as fast, our parks still remain the best protection for wildlife adjusting to changing environments.
Raptors Around the World Are Still Being Massacred. What Can Be Done?
A series of high-profile poisonings and shootings has drawn attention to age-old fears and conflicts that fuel these wildlife crimes.
Get to Know the Yellow-eyed Junco
Or, as locals in the Southwest once called it, the "lightning bird."
How This Year's Devastating Red Tide Has Wreaked Havoc on Florida's Birds
Sick Red Knots, Sanderlings, and Ruddy Turnstones have been turning up at hospitals in record numbers as toxic algal blooms take their toll.