How to Green Your Pets
Illustration by Gaby D'Alessandro
How to Green Your Pets

We love our dogs and cats, but they do have an impact on the planet. Here’s what you need to know.

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D-Con Be Gone
August 14, 2014 — California bans rat poisons that are killing the state’s birds, but the fight isn’t over.
Collateral Damage
August 11, 2014 — Night-migrating songbirds fall from the sky when they collide with urban buildings. Some cities are switching off the lights to boost the birds’ chances of safe passage. 
Gathering Waters
August 08, 2014 — To steward the Mississippi River, Jaime Thibodeaux brings together a community.
Bound by Tradition
August 05, 2014 — In Peru, a festival that celebrates the Andean Condor could be hastening its demise.
How to Keep Birds Off Poisonous Ponds
July 28, 2014 — Laser technology might succeed where noise-making air cannons have not. 
King Bird
July 23, 2014 — Neil Hayward spent most of 2013 crisscrossing the continent on a quest to see as many bird species as he could in a calendar year. When it was all over, he’d seen more than anyone–ever–and broken the Big Year record.
New Trade Agreements Gut Environmental Protections
July 18, 2014 — Deals affecting U.S. neighbors to the east and west make the case that corporations are countries, too.
Duck Dynasty
July 14, 2014 — Of canvases and Canvasbacks: a look inside the high-stakes, duck-obsessed world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.
Going Deep
July 10, 2014 — Gannets are the bird world’s Olympians, capable of plunging a hundred feet through the air, then slicing through the ocean to chase down fish. 
Peter Matthiessen
June 25, 2014 — The literary giant and naturalist wrote more than 30 books as well as numerous magazine articles, including for Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ. A friend and writer shares his memories of the author's later years.
Drones Take Off as Wildlife Conservation Tool
June 13, 2014 — UAVs are poised to revolutionize ecology and even save scientists’ lives.
Editor's Note: Case Sensitive
May 09, 2014 — It was time to determine a single Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ style.
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