Owling: A Field Guide to Finding Winter Owls

Here’s how to enjoy the winter owl show in your neighborhood.

Matthew L. Miller

How the House Finch Conquered Your Feeder…and a Continent

The dramatic spread of the non-native bird we love, the house finch.

Matthew L. Miller

The Carp Show: An Inside Look at the Jumping Fish Invasion

Your guide to one of the most notorious fish invasions.

Matthew L. Miller

Fear the Squirrel: How Wildlife Causes Major Power Outages

Squirrels may pose a bigger threat to the power grid than cyber-attack.

Edward Ricciuti

50 Fish, 50 States: Small Stream Wonders

An easy-to-overlook New York stream yields a strange and ferocious fish.

Matthew L. Miller

A Field Guide to Commonly Misidentified Snakes

Snake expert and biologist David Steen helps you determine what that snake is. Spoiler: It’s not always a copperhead or cottonmouth.

David A. Steen

Recovery: The Seal and Shark Invasion

Gray seals and great white sharks are rebounding in the Northeast U.S., but not everyone’s happy.

Ted Williams

Exploring and Protecting the Arkansas Bayou

A visit to the rumored home of the ivory-billed woodpecker.

Lisa Ballard

The Living Benefits of East Coast Dam Removal

Removing obsolete dams offer dramatic benefits for fish, the economy and the future.

Matthew L. Miller

A Field Guide to Elk Bugling

Enjoy one of fall’s greatest wildlife spectacles, the elk bugling season.

Kris Millgate

Think Drones are Bad for Wildlife? These Videos May Change Your Mind

Drones deservedly have a bad reputation for terrifying wildlife, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Matthew L. Miller

Hellbenders Need You to Stop Messing With Their Bedrooms

That streamside rock cairn you posted on Instagram? It’s killing ancient salamanders.

Christine Peterson