Stratford, CT – Restoration along Connecticut’s coastline is showing exciting progress: Since Audubon Connecticut and its partners broke ground on a major restoration project at Great Meadows Marsh in late 2021, the area has seen notable improvements in habitat conditions for native plants and wildlife.

A driving force behind the restoration at Great Meadows Marsh is protecting the rapidly declining Saltmarsh Sparrow species. Encroaching development, disposal of dredged soils, abundance of non-...

Deep in the forest of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex in Savannah, NY, volunteers plant the pointed blade of a specialized extraction tool into the soil. With a forceful downward push, the tool’s long metal handle becomes a giant lever, prying stubborn roots from the ground. These volunteers are “honeysuckle popping”—a deceptively funny name for the hard work they’ve been putting in.

The bush honeysuckle these volunteers are removing is an invasive shrub species that originated in Europe. If lef...

Last month, as rainbow flags waved from apartment balconies, store windows, and parade floats, a different type of Pride parade was taking place elsewhere. With binoculars in hand, birders across the country set out down winding, tree-lined trails to celebrate Pride—the birdy way.  

Since 2018, the National Audubon Society has celebrated Pride Month with “Let's Go Birding Together” bird walks at Audubon Centers across the country. When Jason St. Sauver from the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Cent...

ARLINGTON, Texas – You’ve goat to be kidding me!

Arlington police officers found themselves hoofing it through neighborhood streets Tuesday morning as they worked to corral a herd of escaped goats near the Crystal Canyon Natural Area.

Officers responded to the call around 7:30 a.m. when the herd was seen wandering in a neighborhood near Brown Boulevard and Winding Hollow Lane. A section of Brown Boulevard was closed temporarily while the team worked to return the goats to their enclosure.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ever since he was a kid, Jorge Garcia thought he wanted to be a doctor. But now, as an adult, you won’t find him in a hospital or clinic. Instead, Garcia spends his workdays surrounded by scaly, furry and hard-shelled coworkers.

Garcia is a naturalist at River Legacy Park and Nature Center, where he leads nature education programs for groups of all ages and helps care for River Legacy’s wildlife ambassadors, including rats Alfredo and Linguini, Buttons the opossum and a three