The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

In May, Alaska is still breaking free of winter’s last grip, and it seems like summer will never come. However, a remarkable transformation happens almost in an instant. In the span of just a couple ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

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.

Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now ...

Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most ...

A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes while preserving traditions at the heart of their culture.

The proposed U.S. Air Force project could disturb unique nesting habitat for multitudes of birds, including 10,000-plus Red-footed Boobies and more than a third of all Red-tailed Tropicbirds.

And while Baus has upgraded her gear over the years (she currently uses a Sony Alpha 1 camera with a 200–600mm lens; “I’m stopping here—well, maybe not”), she believes photographers at any level can ...

To give new life to shoreline habitats, a growing number of projects are harnessing the reef-building power of oysters.

The celebrated actor can now add author to her list of accolades after publishing “Turning to Birds,” a memoir-in-essays ...