Call Boxes & Crow Effigies: Protecting Nesting Birds in Cape May

TNC is using call boxes, fake effigies, and bird decoys to protect nesting shorebirds on Cape May.

Matthew L. Miller

To Help Iconic Trees, Inject Them With Disease

To save American elms, conservationists are quite literally injecting disease into the trees. This Q&A explains why.

Jenny Rogers

Three New Natural History Books for August

Stunning photos of fungi, botanical essays, and stories from the Australia's natural history collections.

Justine E. Hausheer

The Power of the Emerald Edge

Old-growth forests in the Emerald Edge store carbon, support biodiversity, and sustain Indigenous stewardship.

The Editors

Meet the Tuatara: New Zealand’s Bizarre Ancient Reptile

Join ecologists as they search for tuatara — one of the world's most unique reptiles —in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary.

Justine E. Hausheer

Extraterrestrial Impact: Rare Geological Find Provides Evidence of  “Unimaginable Devastation”

An extraordinary find at North Carolina’s Paint Farm reveals evidence of one of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to ever hit the planet.

Matthew L. Miller

A Bird’s Eye View: Drones Search for Grassland Birds in Colorado

At The Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch Preserve, drones assist in the search for grassland birds.

Lucy Haggard

A Partnership for a Healthier Appalachian Forest

Restoring a healthy Appalachian forest has many benefits, for wildlife and local communities.

Matthew L. Miller

Protecting the Plains-wanderer, Australia’s Odd Inland Shorebird

Grazing lands can help protect one of the most unique — and endangered — birds in the world: the Australian plains-wanderer.

Justine E. Hausheer

California Quail: Encounters with a Suburban Gamebird

Many bird species are declining, but the California quail is thriving in farm fields and suburbia of the western United States. Here’s a look at the life and times of this charismatic bird.

Matthew L. Miller

Meet the Kangaroos That Live in Trees

Tree-kangaroos are one of the world’s most bizarre and fascinating mammals.

Justine E. Hausheer

Cool Green Summer Book Review 2025

Whether you bird or fish or love the beach or just love a good story, our summer book review has something you'll love.

Matthew L. Miller