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Meet the Metalhead Turned Anthropologist Who Plays Ancient Instruments Inspired by Birds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (246+ words) This is one of the most incredible objects," Valdivia says, holding up a two-chambered clay bottle decorated with a bird perched on a tiny house. It's a replica of an artifact from the Chorrera culture on the Ecuadorean coast, circa…...
Introducing Our 2026 Coastal Leadership Program Cohort
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (234+ words) We're excited to introduce the 2026 Coastal Leadership Program cohort. Beginning this July, a group of early professionals with backgrounds spanning environmentalism, education, and the arts will be dedicating four and a half months to diving into the many aspects of…...
Celebrating Audubon's River Gates and a Career Dedicated to Shorebirds
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (222+ words) National Audubon Society River brought to Audubon more than two decades of experience studying and conserving migratory birds. Her career has taken her from Alaska's Arctic tundra and the Copper River Delta to Taiwan and throughout Central and South America,…...
Biologists Are Racing to Protect These Elusive Shorebirds. But First They Have to Catch Them
1+ week, 4+ day ago (289+ words) To tag a bird, first you have to catch it. And Lesser Yellowlegs don't make it easy. "We've come up with so many strategies," Garc'a says. To address these threats, four years ago Audubon launched its first working lands program…...
Birds of the Rainbow
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (285+ words) As the hot days of summer begin to settle in and the excitement of spring migration slows down, human celebrations are picking up. June is a month to celebrate freedom, a feeling that birds have always inspired. From Juneteenth to…...
Audubon's Assessment for a Resilient Great Salt Lake
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (121+ words) National Audubon Society A healthy network of saline lakes in the Western United States is crucial to the survival and wellbeing of millions of waterbirds that depend on these ecosystems for nesting, breeding, refueling, and rest Great Salt Lake is…...
Report Series: Life in the Heart of the Arctic | Audubon
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (175+ words) Report Series: Life in the Heart of the Arctic National Audubon Society Report Series: Life in the Heart of the Arctic The Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the heart of America's Arctic. Glacial rivers create the…...
New Species Documented This Spring at Pine Island
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (464+ words) From the banks of Currituck Sound to extensive grassy marshes, old duck impoundments, and upland maritime forests, Pine Island is home to globally rare habitat that'continues to remain'protected from development.' In May, scientists, staff, and volunteers spent a weekend counting…...
A Golden-winged Warbler Sounds the Alarm
1+ week, 4+ day ago (126+ words) National Audubon Society Private landowners have restored thousands of acres of the birds" preferred forest habitat in hopes of helping populations rebound. And Murphy points out that there are easy ways for individuals to help, whether by planting native pollinator…...
Senate Agriculture Committee Releases Farm Bill Proposal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (125+ words) National Audubon Society (Washington D. C. --June 24, 2026)--Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-Ark.) this week released text for a Senate companion bill to the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H. R 7567), passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year…...