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2025

North Carolina's Cape Fear River Is a ‘Forever Chemical’ Hotspot—What Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?

North Carolina's Cape Fear River Is a ‘Forever Chemical’ Hotspot—What Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?

Spring 2025

2024

How Much Longer Can These Cold-Loving Birds Last in the Rapidly Warming Rockies?

How Much Longer Can These Cold-Loving Birds Last in the Rapidly Warming Rockies?

Winter 2024

This Man Is on a Quest to Document Hawaii’s Far-Flung Bird Specimens—and Maybe Even Bring Some Home

This Man Is on a Quest to Document Hawaii’s Far-Flung Bird Specimens—and Maybe Even Bring Some Home

Fall 2024

Bring the Լ��Ƶ Mural Project to Your Town

Bring the Լ��Ƶ Mural Project to Your Town

Summer 2024

In the Arctic, Beavers Are Climate Winners. Should We Let Them Take Over?

In the Arctic, Beavers Are Climate Winners. Should We Let Them Take Over?

Spring 2024

2023

Can a Scientist and an Owl Be Friends?

Can a Scientist and an Owl Be Friends?

Winter 2023

As Avian Flu Ravaged Wild Condors, One Chick Became a Ray of Hope

As Avian Flu Ravaged Wild Condors, One Chick Became a Ray of Hope

Fall 2023

The 2023 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2023 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2023

What Is Causing the American Kestrel’s Perplexing Decline?

What Is Causing the American Kestrel’s Perplexing Decline?

Spring 2023

2022

The Flight of the Spoonbills Holds Lessons for a Changing Everglades—and World

The Flight of the Spoonbills Holds Lessons for a Changing Everglades—and World

Winter 2022

It’s the Moment of Truth for the Northern Spotted Owl

It’s the Moment of Truth for the Northern Spotted Owl

Fall 2022

The 2022 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2022 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2022

This Pioneering Collaboration Will Open a New Window Into Bird Migration

This Pioneering Collaboration Will Open a New Window Into Bird Migration

Spring 2022

2021

It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction

It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction

Winter 2021

This Iconic Everglades Bird Is Moving to the ‘Burbs

This Iconic Everglades Bird Is Moving to the ‘Burbs

Fall 2021

The 2021 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2021 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2021

The Decades-Long Effort to Save the Masked Bobwhite Is Finally Taking Off

The Decades-Long Effort to Save the Masked Bobwhite Is Finally Taking Off

Spring 2021

2020

How Researchers Hope to Save the Florida Scrub-Jay From an Inbreeding Crisis

How Researchers Hope to Save the Florida Scrub-Jay From an Inbreeding Crisis

Winter 2020

Can This Critically Endangered Bird Survive Australia's New Climate Reality?

Can This Critically Endangered Bird Survive Australia's New Climate Reality?

Fall 2020

The 2020 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2020 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2020

This Brutal Pesticide Creates a ‘Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?

This Brutal Pesticide Creates a ‘Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?

Spring 2020

2019

Could the Corvid Conservation Corps Replant a Forest After Fire?

Could the Corvid Conservation Corps Replant a Forest After Fire?

Winter 2019

Reimagining 200 of Լ��Ƶ’s Birds

Reimagining 200 of Լ��Ƶ’s Birds

Fall 2019

The 2019 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners

The 2019 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards: Winners

Summer 2019

Training the Next Generation of Conservation Icons

Training the Next Generation of Conservation Icons

Spring 2019

2018

When Problems Present, So Do New Opportunities to Help

When Problems Present, So Do New Opportunities to Help

Winter 2018

Meet the Undercover Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds

Meet the Undercover Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds

Fall 2018

The 2018 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards Winners

The 2018 Լ��Ƶ Photography Awards Winners

Summer 2018

Snakes That Eat Other Snakes Could Help Birds in the South

Snakes That Eat Other Snakes Could Help Birds in the South

Spring 2018

2017

Five Hotspots for Photographing Bald Eagles

Five Hotspots for Photographing Bald Eagles

Winter 2017

The Alarming Decline of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Is a Wake-Up Call

The Alarming Decline of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Is a Wake-Up Call

Fall 2017

For Spectacular Shorebird Shots, Go Low

For Spectacular Shorebird Shots, Go Low

Summer 2017

This Spring, Help Birds by Growing Native Plants

This Spring, Help Birds by Growing Native Plants

Spring 2017

2016

6 Nearby Tropical Birding Hotspots to Escape to This Winter

6 Nearby Tropical Birding Hotspots to Escape to This Winter

Winter 2016

The Respect and Compassion Vote

The Respect and Compassion Vote

Fall 2016

Behind the Scenes at Connecticut’s Biggest Baby Bird Nursery

Behind the Scenes at Connecticut’s Biggest Baby Bird Nursery

Summer 2016

Learn How Scientists Turned Extinct Birds Into Life-Like, 3-D Animations

Learn How Scientists Turned Extinct Birds Into Life-Like, 3-D Animations

May - June 2016

Meet the Bird Brainiacs: Common Raven

Meet the Bird Brainiacs: Common Raven

March - April 2016

How One Alaskan Community Is Attempting to Adapt to Climate Change

How One Alaskan Community Is Attempting to Adapt to Climate Change

January - February 2016

2015

Can Two Frozen Testicles Bring Back the Spix's Macaw?

Can Two Frozen Testicles Bring Back the Spix's Macaw?

November - December 2015

How to Keep Birds Out of the Outhouse

How to Keep Birds Out of the Outhouse

September - October 2015

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants

July - August 2015

Too Close for Comfort

Too Close for Comfort

May - June 2015

Big Oil's Best-Kept Secret

Big Oil's Best-Kept Secret

March - April 2015

Welcome to Birding Without Borders

Welcome to Birding Without Borders

January - February 2015

2014

Stalking the Wild Ur-Chicken

Stalking the Wild Ur-Chicken

November-December 2014

Why U.S. Forests Are Fueling Europe

Why U.S. Forests Are Fueling Europe

September-October 2014

Reimagining the Roseate Spoonbill

Reimagining the Roseate Spoonbill

July-August 2014

“Come on Over to the Dark Side,” Moth-lover Urges Birders

“Come on Over to the Dark Side,” Moth-lover Urges Birders

May-June 2014

Birds Through a Spotting Scope

Birds Through a Spotting Scope

March-April 2014

A Buddhist Ritual Gets an Ecologically Correct Update

A Buddhist Ritual Gets an Ecologically Correct Update

January-February 2014

2013

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

November-December 2013

8 Great Fall Birding Trails

8 Great Fall Birding Trails

September-October 2013

Repurposing Waste to Create Art

Repurposing Waste to Create Art

July-August 2013

Turn Your Yard Into A Hummingbird Spectacular

Turn Your Yard Into A Hummingbird Spectacular

May-June 2013

Avian Inspiration Takes Flight to New Heights

Avian Inspiration Takes Flight to New Heights

March-April 2013

The Tale of a Northern Flicker Family Captured on Film

The Tale of a Northern Flicker Family Captured on Film

January-February 2013

2012

Photographs that Blend Reality with Fantasy

Photographs that Blend Reality with Fantasy

November-December 2012

The Battle Over a North Carolina Beach Continues

The Battle Over a North Carolina Beach Continues

September-October 2012

On Safari in Botswana

On Safari in Botswana

July-August 2012

Bird Talk with Jane Alexander

Bird Talk with Jane Alexander

May-June 2012

Controlling Pests With Birds

Controlling Pests With Birds

March-April 2012

A Nature Preschool Enhances Early Childhood Brain Development

A Nature Preschool Enhances Early Childhood Brain Development

January-February 2012

2011

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

November-December 2011

Rays That Pay

Rays That Pay

September-October 2011

Tarred and Feathered

Tarred and Feathered

July-August 2011

Gold Standard

Gold Standard

May-June 2011

The Truth Behind Food Labels

The Truth Behind Food Labels

March-April 2011

Pecking Order

Pecking Order

January-February 2011

2010

Kiwi Country

Kiwi Country

November-December 2010

The Great Escape: Touring North America by Train

The Great Escape: Touring North America by Train

September-October 2010

The Mother Lode

The Mother Lode

July-August 2010

Balance of Power

Balance of Power

May-June 2010

Phony Wildlife Photography Gives a Warped View of Nature

Phony Wildlife Photography Gives a Warped View of Nature

March-April 2010

2009

Beauty Contest

Beauty Contest

November-December 2009

Where It All Begins

Where It All Begins

September-October 2009

Fall Migration Hot Spots

Fall Migration Hot Spots

July-August 2009

The Endless Race

The Endless Race

May-June 2009

How a Flock of Birds Can Fly and Move Together

How a Flock of Birds Can Fly and Move Together

March-April 2009

Paper Chase

Paper Chase

January-February 2009

2008

Slings and Arrows

Slings and Arrows

September-October 2008

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

July-August 2008

Polar Distress

Polar Distress

May-June 2008

The Long View

The Long View

March-April 2008

On the Edge

On the Edge

January-February 2008

2007

A Canoe Trip Down the Yellowstone River

A Canoe Trip Down the Yellowstone River

November-December 2007

The Virtues of Switchgrass as an Alternative Fuel

The Virtues of Switchgrass as an Alternative Fuel

September-October 2007

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

July-August 2007

Happy Meals

Happy Meals

March-April 2007

War Rages on Cape Hatteras

War Rages on Cape Hatteras

January-February 2007

2006

Beauty and the Bomb: Puerto Rico's Vieques

Beauty and the Bomb: Puerto Rico's Vieques

November-December 2006

Selling the Wind

Selling the Wind

September-October 2006

A Father-Son Adventure in Peru's Amazon

A Father-Son Adventure in Peru's Amazon

July-August 2006

2005

365 Days of Christmas

365 Days of Christmas

November-December 2005

2004

Լ��Ƶ's Legacy: Where It All Began

Լ��Ƶ's Legacy: Where It All Began

November-December 2004

Banding Hummingbirds to Solve their Mysterious Ways

Banding Hummingbirds to Solve their Mysterious Ways

September-October 2004

July-August 2004 Cover

2003

The Puffin Man

The Puffin Man

November-December 2003

5 Days, 5 Nights, 3,000 Miles, and 10 Hours of Sleep—but Who's Counting?

5 Days, 5 Nights, 3,000 Miles, and 10 Hours of Sleep—but Who's Counting?

March-April 2003

1995

July-August 1995

1977

In Search of the Imperial Woodpecker

In Search of the Imperial Woodpecker

November-December 1977

1973

November 1973

1970

Time Capsule: Canal Threatens Florida's Oklawaha River

Time Capsule: Canal Threatens Florida's Oklawaha River

July-August 1970

1942

From the Archives: Aldo Leopold's ‘Odyssey'

From the Archives: Aldo Leopold's ‘Odyssey'

May-June 1942

March-April 1942