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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
Hundreds of little glowing lights float around a dark, forest floor.
Love Fireflies? Here's How You Can Help Scientists Save Them.
June 20, 2025 — Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now researchers are relying on community science to track the beloved beetles.
Conservation News
A bright metallic green hummingbird drinks nectar from an orange flower.
This Summer, Catch a Kaleidoscopic Variety of Hummingbirds Out West
June 20, 2025 — To witness dazzling displays of migrating hummers on the move, the western United States is the place to be during the warmer months.
Travel
Lili Taylor stands in a lush, green forest holding binoculars and smiling.
Lili Taylor Leaps From Stage to Page With a Birdy New Memoir
June 20, 2025 — The celebrated actor can now add author to her list of accolades after publishing “Turning to Birds,” a memoir-in-essays about falling in love with the avian world.
Books
A piñata with three Ivory-billed Woodpeckers perched on a branch, photographed outside under a flowering tree.
Layers of Paper—and Meaning—in Roberto Benavidez’s Ivory-billed Woodpecker Piñata
June 20, 2025 — With “Woodpecker Trinity,” the artist reimagines a famous APP watercolor to pay tribute to the long-debated woodpecker, while adding his own symbolic twists.
The Aviary