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In Research, Ignoring Female Birds Harms Scientific Understanding

Audubon Society - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 17:09
NEW YORK (January 30, 2025) -- A new published study by several Audubon scientists shows that improving identification and observation of female birds can help scientists conserve birds and their...
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New year, new chemical bans in Washington state

Safer Chemicals Blog - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 14:42

It is the start of 2025, and we are celebrating the implementation of the first restrictions under both the Safer Products for Washington Program and the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act!  Some of these are first-in-nation bans and all of them together make Washington the leader in protecting the health of people and the environment from harmful […]

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Audubon Secures $750,000 to Advance Conservation and Education Efforts

Audubon Society - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 17:03
(Gibbon, NE and Bremen, ME – January 29, 2025)— The National Audubon Society is proud to announce a $750,000 award from explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation, to...
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New webinar recording: insights from the latest Retailer Report Card

Safer Chemicals Blog - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 14:40

This week, we held a webinar to share the key findings, trends, and recommendations from our 2024 Retailer Report Card. In case you missed it, you can watch the webinar recording in the video below and download slides from our presentation.   In the year ahead, we look forward to seeing how retailers address our […]

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Chlorpyrifos is just too dangerous

Environmental Action - Wed, 01/29/2025 - 11:44
The brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos poses an unacceptable risk to both the environment and our health.
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Fix Our Forests Act Advances in Congress, Spotlighting the Growing Wildfire Risk to Forests and Communities, But Further Improvements Needed

Audubon Society - Tue, 01/28/2025 - 20:48
WASHINGTON (January 28, 2025) – Wildfire is a growing risk and every year it consumes millions of acres of forests and grasslands, devastating communities, local businesses, and the natural...
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Follow that Bird! How Drones Are Helping Scientists Track Wildlife

Audubon Society - Tue, 01/28/2025 - 18:24
The sun hasn’t yet risen over Montana’s Blackfoot Valley, but Laura Dykstra has already hiked miles in the dark—through lumpy, ankle-breaking fields, over creeks, fences, and barbed wire. She...
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Long Overlooked and Understudied, the Fish Crow Is Worth Your Attention

Audubon Society - Mon, 01/27/2025 - 18:03
What bird is more familiar than the crow? Across nearly the entire continental United States the clever and sociable corvids are ubiquitous, and they reward the close observer with their antics. But...
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Is It Audobon or Audubon?

Audubon Society - Fri, 01/24/2025 - 17:44
Hello, and welcome to the National Audubon Society's website. Maybe you got here by accident, or perhaps you were earnestly trying to figure out how to spell our name. No matter why you're here...
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Flock Together for the Great Backyard Bird Count

Audubon Society - Fri, 01/24/2025 - 00:36
NEW YORK, NY—Share in the joy of birds during the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and help make your community stronger for you and the birds. Bird and nature lovers everywhere unite in the...
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A New Documentary About a Hummingbird Rehabber Peeks At Life on a Different Scale

Audubon Society - Thu, 01/23/2025 - 17:10
About 70 minutes into Every Little Thing, an energetic young bird named Jimmy goes on a rampage. Weeks into his rehabilitation after a fall from his nest, the orphaned Allen’s Hummingbird is ready...
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Decision in Favor of Greater Sage-grouse Habitat

Audubon Society - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 20:24
14672 SAN FRANCISCO (January 17, 2025) -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a 2020 district court decision that struck down the basis for oil and gas leasing on more than a million...
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Responsible Offshore Wind Development is a Clear Win for Birds, the U.S. Economy, and our Climate

Audubon Society - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 18:00
Too often, the debate over climate solutions centers on perceived trade-offs between habitat conservation and the clean energy transition, preserving community and allowing development, or reducing...
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Where Do Hummingbirds Go in the Winter?

Audubon Society - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 15:43
It’s so hard to imagine how a bird that weighs as little as a few pennies can withstand a cross-country migration that people have invented myths to explain it. According to one particularly...
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Conservation, Sporting Groups Urge Bureau of Land Management to Finish Habitat Management Plans for Greater Sage-Grouse 

Audubon Society - Thu, 01/16/2025 - 19:47
(Washington, D.C., January 16, 2025)— The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced finalized Resource Management Plans for Colorado and Oregon that represent an important step forward in...
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Legislative Session Begins in Arizona

Audubon Society - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 21:24
At Audubon Southwest, we engage with the Arizona State Legislature to support legislation that stewards our lands and waters; and to oppose legislation that would harm them. Working across the...
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What the Audubon Photography Awards Expansion to Chile and Colombia Means for Audubon

Audubon Society - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 17:00
Birds like the Blackburnian Warbler and Red Knot illustrate how birds connect people across the Western Hemisphere. Blackburnian Warblers migrate from Canada’s Boreal Forest to Colombia’s...
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The Audubon Photography Awards Expands to Chile and Colombia

Audubon Society - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 17:00
NEW YORK / SANTIAGO / BOGOTA (January 15, 2025) – Audubon today announced that the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards is expanding to include submissions from Chile and Colombia in addition to the...
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Our Favorite Fascinating Bird Behaviors From the 2024 Audubon Photo Awards

Audubon Society - Tue, 01/14/2025 - 17:38
“To be is to do.” Socrates said that once. Or maybe he didn’t, since the quote has been attributed to many others as well. Birds don’t care about such questions; sometimes they seem content...
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Idaho’s wolves deserve a safe future

Environmental Action - Tue, 01/14/2025 - 07:11
Among the most recent victims of Idaho’s cruel anti-wolf policy: Three defenseless pups.
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