Keeping the Magic AliveSpotlight 04.19.2022Paired black-browed albatrosses perform elaborate bonding rituals, but climate change may lead to higher divorce rates.
Standing GuardPhoto Essay 12.24.2019The population of this critically endangered bird has stabilized thanks to the conservationists who look after them, but what happens if the caretakers leave?
Golden HourSpotlight 01.17.2018For these spectacular South American birds, the key to attracting a mate is finding—and fighting for—the right time and place to shine.
Paradise Under PressureArticle 01.09.2018The fences protecting the unique biodiversity of Maui’s Kīpahulu Reserve have helped to keep invasive species at bay, but climate change is now carrying new threats up its slopes.
Fight or ForageSpotlight 08.29.2017At the bottom of the Earth, this dauntless bird finds calories wherever it can.
Please Pass the VoleSpotlight 08.23.2017Doting falcon fathers deliver meals to their young even after they’ve left the nest.
World TravelerSpotlight 05.31.2017This tiny songbird treks cross-hemisphere over deserts, oceans, and mountain ranges in one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive migrations.
March of the FlamingosPhoto Essay 06.21.2016In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.
Wyoming’s Bird of ParadiseSpotlight 05.31.2016As if in defiance to the many threats they face, sage-grouse perform one the West’s most impressive mating rituals.
