Hollow Homes: Meet the Warblers That Nest in Tree Cavities

Meet the prothonotary and Lucy’s warblers, two birds with very interesting nesting needs

Ken Keffer

Strange and Surprising Facts about Opossums

Death fainting! Walking embryos! And other weird facts about the underrated Virginia opossum.

Matthew L. Miller

More Cool Facts About the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

Meet the scientist who’s a sucker for sapsuckers.

Lauren D. Pharr

Saving Animals by Mapping Their Migrations

Maps that display migration data with the human connections and livelihoods can help advance sustainable conservation.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Bald Eagle Cams Are Active. Here Are 4 of the Best

Baby eagles are hatching: it’s time to tune into nest cams!

Kris Millgate

Book Picks: Nighthawk’s Wing

A mystery series for nature lovers.

Matthew L. Miller

How Cattle Egrets Took Over the World

In the past 150 years, cattle egrets have self-populated nearly every continent on earth. Just how, and why, remains somewhat of a mystery. 

Justine E. Hausheer

Holes and Weeping Trees: What’s up with the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker?

The sapsucker needs, well…sap. And lots of it. Here’s how it gets it.

Lauren D. Pharr

Earth Day Book Review 2021

Six books to celebrate the planet’s biodiversity and conservation.

Matthew L. Miller

Stayin’ Alive at the Seabird Disco

Seabird discos - complete with fake birds, mirrors, and a sound system - help restore breeding bird populations in the Caribbean.

Justine E. Hausheer

Tracking a Night-Time River of Birds

Many birds migrate at night. Here’s how researchers track them.

Hannah Welzbacker

Beaver? Otter? Muskrat? A Field Guide to Freshwater Mammals

Think you saw a beaver or a mink? Here’s how to tell for sure.

Matthew L. Miller