Coasts and Oceans

Salt Marsh Steward Prepares for Pre-Law
August 20, 2025 — After four summers with Audubon, Amelis Medina knew she wanted to keep making positive change.
Coastal Resilience
Four Red Knot shorebirds on the beach
Fall Migration is Underway!
August 20, 2025 — Florida's coastline plays a critical role for sea and shorebirds in all seasons.
Coastal Stewardship
Birds in flight over a beach colony
Wings and Other Things in the Air
August 18, 2025 — The effects of paramotors and other ultralight aircraft on nesting birds.
Coastal Stewardship
A bird flying with green grass in the foreground and blue water in the background
Twenty Years Later: How Hurricane Katrina Changed the Coast—And the Birds That Call It Home
August 18, 2025 — Meet some of the leaders driving Gulf restoration in Louisiana and Mississippi.
A pile of rubble and a destroyed house at night.
Rethinking Disaster Response for a More Resilient Future
August 15, 2025 — FEMA reforms must take a smarter, fairer approach that includes nature-based solutions.
Building Resilience in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
August 15, 2025 — Twenty years later, restoration and recovery continue in this vulnerable coastal city.
Black skimmers in flight over a beach
Communication and Connections: Building Trust and Customizing our Conservation Message
August 15, 2025 — By Ana Sosa, Collier County Anchor Steward
Coastal Stewardship
The head and partial neck of a sauropod skeleton in a museum.
Coastal Birds Share Nesting Habits of Some Dinosaurs
August 13, 2025 — There are many traits linking birds with dinosaurs. On our coasts, bird nesting habits look a lot like those of their prehistoric ancestors.
Coastal Stewardship
Two seabirds eating something on the sand
Year of the Oystercatcher
August 04, 2025 — Following a stormy season in 2024, these beach-nesting birds had a better-than-average year in Florida
Coastal Stewardship
A Roseate Spoonbill perches in a green, leafy tree.
Louisiana Pulls the Plug on the Nation’s Largest Ecosystem Restoration Project
July 31, 2025 — In a departure from science-driven, nonpartisan coastal protection, Gov. Landry cancelled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.