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Six small binoculars lined up on a park bench.
With These Tiny Binoculars, You Can Always Be Birding
October 08, 2026 — Compact and pocket bins are great for travel or daily carry. Here are six pairs worth a spot in your bag.
Binoculars
Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson outside with binoculars in the movie The Big Year.
How Movies and TV Made Birdwatchers Uncool—and Then Cool Again
October 07, 2026 — A century of screen history shows how heroic conservationists became tweed-clad caricatures, and when Hollywood finally started to ditch the tired trope.
Movies & TV
A Nēnē goose sits in a gravel area of a parking lot at night with buildings and colorful lights in the background.
The Nēnē Survived Near-Extinction. Can It Survive Modern Hawaiʻi?
October 01, 2026 — As the world’s rarest goose adapts to golf courses and strip malls, an unexpected collision with feral cat colonies and speeding traffic threatens to derail decades of recovery.
Conservation News
Plant This, Not That
September 25, 2026 — Plant suggestions for the Valley of the Sun
SOUTHWEST Native Plants
A person stands inside the hollow base of a walking maple tree, surrounded by a swamp.
Mac Stone Puts His Photography to Work to Save Southern Swamps
September 25, 2026 — Wading alongside gators and cottonmouths, the conservation photographer uses striking imagery to protect the Southeast’s most underappreciated—and imperiled—wetlands.
Profiles
Four Fallen Songbirds Live on Through Origami
September 25, 2026 — Teenage artist Miles Wu memorializes the window-strike victims he documented while volunteering as a Project Safe Flight collision monitor in New York City.
The Aviary
A crowd gathers in a parking lot taking pictures of a huge flock of Purple Martins flying overhead.
Across the South, Purple Martin Parties Are the Hottest Ticket in Town
September 25, 2026 — Every summer, hundreds of thousands of roosting swallows draw eager crowds to urban parking lots for an unforgettable spectacle.
Bird Migration