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The Long, Exceptional Life of Frank Graham
December 22, 2025 — As Audubon magazine’s Field Editor for 45 years, Frank Graham, Jr. brought the beauty and resilience of nature into focus—as well as the tenacity of those striving to save it.
Artist Mara Silver sits at a table, natural light spilling in from a nearby window, with the clay nests she crafts by hand.
This Woman Is Saving New England’s Swallows, One Clay Nest at a Time
December 17, 2025 — Across the region, conservationist Mara Silver’s kiln-fired homes are helping dwindling species endure—and encouraging people to share their spaces with wildlife.
Conservation News
Carole Turek smiles watching a hummingbird hovering at a flower she's holding.
Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World
November 12, 2025 — In less than a decade amateur photographer and Hummingbird Spot founder Carole Turek has photographed more than 250 hummingbird species, including one that was long considered extinct.
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How One Determined 14-Year-Old Became an Award-Winning Bird Photographer
September 17, 2025 — As the Audubon Photography Awards' first youth prize winner from South America, Camilo Sanabria Grajales wants to document birds to educate people about the importance of conservation.
Audubon Photography Awards
Remembering Our Colleague Shiloh Schulte, PhD
June 29, 2025 — Audubon statements on the passing of our colleague and friend, Dr. Shiloh Schulte, who recently died in a helicopter crash while conducting conservation work in Alaska.
ALASKA
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A Life of Attending Alaska’s Birds: Celebrating Jim King
August 19, 2024 — A look back on the life of James Gore "Jim" King VI, a famed waterfowl biologist and pilot who was instrumental in the protection of millions of acres of Alaskan bird habitat.
ALASKA
Portrait of Sarah T. Dubb looking out over wetlands at sunset.
Twice-Shy Lovebirds Open Their Hearts in This Steamy (and Birdy!) Romance Novel
June 04, 2024 — Sarah T. Dubb’s debut rom-com, “Birding With Benefits,” celebrates love, new beginnings, and a really great checklist—all under the Tucson sun.
Books
Elderly man with black and blue checkered shirt scans a landscape of dead tress with his binoculars. There are snow capped peaks in the background.
Meet the 88-Year-Old ‘Unlikely Birder’ On a Quest to Link Two Famed National Parks
September 18, 2023 — A youthful spirit has powered Lowell Young’s decades of advocacy on behalf of birds and habitats, including his contributions to a campaign to create the proposed Range of Light National Monument.
We Might Not Have Trumpeter Swans Without George Meléndez Wright
April 14, 2023 — A conservation powerhouse and the subject of a new biography, Wright also changed how our national parks protect and manage wildlife.
Two people stand in a rocky and grassy landscape surrounded by cliffs and ocean under a dark cloudy sky.
The Bird Man of the Faroe Islands Who Helps Unravel a Seabird’s Secrets
March 06, 2023 — On a remote island, a self-trained naturalist collaborates with scientists to track and protect a species that does its best not to be seen.