Māori Management Techniques Might Help Struggling Birds

Research suggests traditional harvesting could help protect sooty shearwaters in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds.

Mar 6, 2020 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

How Seashells Feed Trees

Researchers track how the nutrients in shellfish are aiding plants and animals on land.

Mar 5, 2020 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Penguins Call Underwater

For the first time, researchers hear seabirds vocalizing while diving.

Feb 24, 2020 | 400 words, about 2 minutes

How a Beloved Bird Is Helping Save the Chesapeake Bay

Maryland farmers discover that what’s good for the northern bobwhite quail is good for the Chesapeake Bay.

Feb 18, 2020 | 1,800 words, about 9 minutes

Mending Coastal Marshes

Recycled plastic bottles get a new life as artificial islands on the Louisiana coastline.

Jan 20, 2020 | 1,600 words, about 8 minutes

The Secret of This Puffin’s Big Beak

The tufted puffin’s big, beautiful, orange beak bucks the trend.

Jan 16, 2020 | 400 words, about 2 minutes

Lack of Snow Is, Ironically, Helping Snow Geese

The birds’ population in northern Alaska is increasing by 35 percent per year.

Jan 13, 2020 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

From Healthy to Extinct in 350 Years

New genetic research shows that the great auk population was large and diverse—until hunters swiftly drove it to extinction.

Jan 6, 2020 | 1,100 words, about 5 minutes