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An aerial view of sprawling coastal plains dotted with caribou. A river winds through the landscape and mountains loom in the distance.
The Federal Government Plans to Unleash Industry on These Five Alaskan Bird Havens
June 20, 2025 — A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.
Conservation News
A circular cardboard enclosure, divided into quadrants and lined with sand, used to hatch Piping Plover chicks. One chick is actively breaking out of its shell while another has fully left its shell.
After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Signs of Major Success
June 20, 2025 — With dedication and ingenuity, a recovery team has been helping the endangered shorebirds overcome old and emerging threats while reaching new heights.
Conservation News
Thousands of seabirds nesting and circling overhead on an otherwise vacant island.
A Remote, Protected Seabird Paradise May Soon Host a Rocket Landing Site
June 20, 2025 — The proposed U.S. Air Force project could disturb unique nesting habitat for multitudes of birds, including 10,000-plus Red-footed Boobies and more than a third of all Red-tailed Tropicbirds.
Conservation News
A female mallard is harnessed with a tracking device.
To Solve the Mallard's Mysterious Decline, Researchers Turn to Hi-Tech Trackers
June 20, 2025 — Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most common duck's population drop.
Bird Science
A hummingbird hovers near water droplets in midair, catching one on its beak.
How a Photographer Transformed Her Yard Into a Hummingbird Portrait Studio
June 20, 2025 — Nectar-rich flowers and lots of patience are the keys to Soo Baus's success. (And lazy Susans.)
Photography Tips and How-Tos
An aerial view of the Platte River diversion in Nebraska.
On Nebraska’s Platte River, a Migratory Bird Oasis Is Caught Up in a Water Rights Fight
June 20, 2025 — For the last few years, conservationists have fought a precedent-setting proposal to send excess water from the basin south to another part of the state. They argue the region has none to spare.
Conservation News
A black and white American Oystercatcher, with its distinct skinny orange bill, stretches its wings atop a bed of oysters.
Inside the All-Out, 16-State Mission to Save the American Oystercatcher
June 20, 2025 — A massive network of conservation groups bet big on a business plan to reverse the striking shorebird’s decline—and won.
Conservation News
An aerial view of a concrete wall in a mangrove-surrounded bay.
Oysters Are ‘Nature’s Architects’—and Coastal Conservation’s Secret Weapon
June 20, 2025 — To give new life to shoreline habitats, a growing number of projects are harnessing the reef-building power of oysters.
Conservation News