Science Shows Cover Crops Increase Soil Health

Soil scientists find evidence of soil health improving in the first few years of cover crop use on farms.

Cara Cannon Byington

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

Mapping Tree Cover Disparity

Trees provide valuable cooling services in cities, but they are not equally distributed. And the problem is worse than originally thought.

Rob McDonald

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

Linking Birds, Farmer Attitudes and Conservation

A new paper examines how farmer attitudes towards birds affect on-farm conservation practices.

Matthew L. Miller

The Butterfly of Spring: Meet the Mourning Cloak

Have you seen the mourning cloak butterfly? It may well be flying around your neighborhood right now, a sure sign of spring.

Ken Keffer