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Video: At the Bit
See how a natural gas boom is causing an environment bust in the Rocky Mountain West. |
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Going Local
The wilderness movement stages a comeback at the grassroots level. |
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Exhibit: Buckminster Fuller
From dome houses to three-wheeled cars, a new show at New York’s Whitney museum chronicles the preternaturally “green” inventions of an industrious polymath. |
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Video: Frigid Frogs
Auto-freezing amphibians have a unique way of hibernating. Learn how global warming could affect their shut-eye. |
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Denali’s New Wheels
Could hybrid buses help curb the toll tourism is taking on Alaska’s Denali National Park? |
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Exhibit: Leonardo da Vinci
In his Codex on the Flight of Birds, Leonardo da Vinci mused on avian aeronautics. The book now makes its first U.S. appearance at Alabama’s Birmingham Museum of Art. |
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Video: Plover Patch
On-the-ground footage reveals how piping plovers, those charismatic shorebirds, are faring in New York City. |
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Where the Wild Things Are
An abandoned reservoir in Queens, New York, is a birding mecca. Can local activists keep it that way? |
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Television: American Eagle
A new show on PBS’s NATURE homes in on the real-life antics of our national bird. |
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Exhibit: The Horse
The history of man’s “other” best friend comes to life at the American Museum of Natural History. |
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Up-hill Planters
Oak trees thrive on the southern slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Find out how they got there. |
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Avian Inspiration
Beijing’s National Stadium, home to the summer Olympics, is also know as the “Bird’s Nest.” Does it live up to its nickname? Audubon finds out. |
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Natural Visions
Bonus photos and lyrical nature writing from Earth Almanac’s Ted Williams. |
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Art of the Wild
Bonus images from this month’s Art of the Wild book, Audubon: Early Drawings. |
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Video: Creature Close-up
The making of Andrew Zuckerman’s Creature. |
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Audio: Wood Thrush
Listen to the call of a wood thrush. (Credit: Lang Elliot) |
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Cold Case
Recent osprey killings in Oregon send an urgent call for stricter penalties. |
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Heart of Palms
A tour of the Sabal Palm Audubon Center and Sanctuary gives you a good idea of what’s at stake with the south Texas border wall. |
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Retrospective: Roger Tory Peterson
A timeline chronicles some of the highlights of the prolific ornithologist’s life. |
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Q&A: Fueling the Future
Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund on his new book and the state of renewable energy. |
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The Watcher in the Egg
Even as egg-ensconced embryos, cuttlefish can’t keep their eyes off the world around them. |
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Book Excerpt: Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds
A new book takes off with a detailed perspective on migrating birds and their admirers. |
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Photo Gallery: Gliding on Glass
Transparent-winged butterflies are captivating in their mysteriousness. |
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Make Every Drop Count
How to see if you’re getting the most out of your sprinkler system. |
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Q&A: Micro-Size Me (An Extended Interview)
More wild food wisdom from chef-turned-forager Fergus Drennan. |
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Making the Connection
More animal portraits, more interspecies bonding, from the July-August Photo Essay. |
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Natural Visions
Bonus photos and lyrical nature writing from Earth Almanac’s Ted Williams. |
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Exhibit: Star of the Show
The star orchid is a stellar example of evolution. See it blooming at Darwin’s Garden, an exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden. |
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September - December 2006
January - June 2007
July - December 2007
January - June 2008 |
