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Past Issues

��APP is an independent journalism enterprise within the ��APP. We publish a quarterly print issue, as well as daily online. To become a member and subscriber,All magazine stories can be found here.

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2025

After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Signs of Major Success

After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Signs of Major Success

Summer 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

Limpkins Are Everywhere All of the Sudden. What Is Going On?

Limpkins Are Everywhere All of the Sudden. What Is Going On?

Fall 2024

The 2024 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2024 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2024

Saline Lakes Are Dying—Scientists Hope This Unusual Shorebird Can Help Save Them

Saline Lakes Are Dying—Scientists Hope This Unusual Shorebird Can Help Save Them

Spring 2024

2023

A Single Mexican Island May Be Our Best Hope for Saving Black-footed Albatrosses

A Single Mexican Island May Be Our Best Hope for Saving Black-footed Albatrosses

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 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2023 ��APP 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 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2022 ��APP 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 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2021 ��APP 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 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2020 ��APP 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

Inside the Race to Save China's Mysterious ‘Bird of Legend’

Inside the Race to Save China's Mysterious ‘Bird of Legend’

Winter 2019

A Field Guide to the Future of North American Birds

A Field Guide to the Future of North American Birds

Fall 2019

The 2019 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners

The 2019 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners

Summer 2019

Mixed Blessings

Mixed Blessings

Spring 2019

2018

A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska's Pristine and Imperiled Arctic Refuge

A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska's Pristine and Imperiled Arctic Refuge

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 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

The 2018 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

Summer 2018

If You Care About Birds, Protect the MBTA

If You Care About Birds, Protect the MBTA

Spring 2018

2017

Can These Seabirds Adapt Fast Enough to Survive a Melting Arctic?

Can These Seabirds Adapt Fast Enough to Survive a Melting Arctic?

Winter 2017

Inside the Race to Save the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, North America’s Most Endangered Bird

Inside the Race to Save the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, North America’s Most Endangered Bird

Fall 2017

The 2017 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

The 2017 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

Summer 2017

Meet the Brave Bodyguards Protecting Belize’s Scarlet Macaws From Poachers

Meet the Brave Bodyguards Protecting Belize’s Scarlet Macaws From Poachers

Spring 2017

2016

Behind the Scenes With the World’s Top Feather Detective

Behind the Scenes With the World’s Top Feather Detective

Winter 2016

After 100 Years, Scientists Are Finally Starting to Understand the Mysterious Great Gray Owl

After 100 Years, Scientists Are Finally Starting to Understand the Mysterious Great Gray Owl

Fall 2016

Land of the Lost Birds: Searching for Life in the Forests of Bioko

Land of the Lost Birds: Searching for Life in the Forests of Bioko

Summer 2016

The 2016 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

The 2016 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

May - June 2016

Walking the Sustainability Walk

Walking the Sustainability Walk

March - April 2016

Meet the Creatures of the Arctic Polar Night

Meet the Creatures of the Arctic Polar Night

January - February 2016

2015

How Plastic Birds Are Bringing Crested Terns Back From the Brink

How Plastic Birds Are Bringing Crested Terns Back From the Brink

November - December 2015

A Definitive Guide to Congress' Attacks on Conservation Law

A Definitive Guide to Congress' Attacks on Conservation Law

September - October 2015

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants

One Remote Island's Battle Against Acid-Spewing Ants

July - August 2015

The 2015 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

The 2015 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

May - June 2015

Lost at Sea: Starving Birds in a Warming World

Lost at Sea: Starving Birds in a Warming World

March - April 2015

Raising Dinos From the Dead

Raising Dinos From the Dead

January - February 2015

2014

Stalking the Wild Ur-Chicken

Stalking the Wild Ur-Chicken

November-December 2014

A Flight Plan for Birds in a Warming World

A Flight Plan for Birds in a Warming World

September-October 2014

Going Deep

Going Deep

July-August 2014

Plastic Ingestion Killing Shearwaters

Plastic Ingestion Killing Shearwaters

May-June 2014

Africa's Social Weaverbirds Take Communal Living to a Whole New Level

Africa's Social Weaverbirds Take Communal Living to a Whole New Level

March-April 2014

A Walk Through the Winter Woods

A Walk Through the Winter Woods

January-February 2014

2013

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

November-December 2013

Stalagmites Reveal Ancient Secrets

Stalagmites Reveal Ancient Secrets

September-October 2013

Safer Waters for Sharks

Safer Waters for Sharks

July-August 2013

��APP Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

��APP Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

May-June 2013

Saving Species on the Brink

Saving Species on the Brink

March-April 2013

Farmers Delay Harvesting for Birds

Farmers Delay Harvesting for Birds

January-February 2013

2012

Fighting to Protect Panama Bay

Fighting to Protect Panama Bay

November-December 2012

Editor's Note

Editor's Note

September-October 2012

A Mail Carrier's Mission to Protect Bluebirds

A Mail Carrier's Mission to Protect Bluebirds

July-August 2012

Bird Talk with Jane Alexander

Bird Talk with Jane Alexander

May-June 2012

The Staying Power of Snapping Turtles

The Staying Power of Snapping Turtles

March-April 2012

��APP View

January-February 2012

2011

Saving the World's Most Famous Garden of Biodiversity

Saving the World's Most Famous Garden of Biodiversity

November-December 2011

Soldiering On

Soldiering On

September-October 2011

Second Article Test

Second Article Test

July-August 2011

Stepping Out

Stepping Out

May-June 2011

Food Cycle: Savor

Food Cycle: Savor

March-April 2011

Saddle Sores

Saddle Sores

January-February 2011

2010

Life Under the Snow

Life Under the Snow

November-December 2010

Windfall

Windfall

September-October 2010

The Mother Lode

The Mother Lode

July-August 2010

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

May-June 2010

Rufous Hummingbirds Turning Up in Unusual Places

Rufous Hummingbirds Turning Up in Unusual Places

March-April 2010

2009

Buying Time

Buying Time

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

Meet Me at the Oasis

Meet Me at the Oasis

May-June 2009

Flight Plan

Flight Plan

March-April 2009

Paper Chase

Paper Chase

January-February 2009

2008

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays

September-October 2008

Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts

July-August 2008

The Spectacle of Wings

The Spectacle of Wings

May-June 2008

Natural Wonders on the Caribbean's Island of Dominica

Natural Wonders on the Caribbean's Island of Dominica

March-April 2008

Let’s Make a Deal

Let’s Make a Deal

January-February 2008

2007

An Experiment in Ecotourism Thrives on St. John

An Experiment in Ecotourism Thrives on St. John

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

Scarface: The Damage Wrought from Mountaintop Mining

Scarface: The Damage Wrought from Mountaintop Mining

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

Climate Change Spurs Remarkable Melting in Greenland

Climate Change Spurs Remarkable Melting in Greenland

September-October 2006

Brown Bear Watching on Alaska's McNeil River

Brown Bear Watching on Alaska's McNeil River

July-August 2006

2005

365 Days of Christmas

365 Days of Christmas

November-December 2005

2004

��APP's Legacy: Where It All Began

��APP'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