An Islip volunteer was recently recognized for his work maintaining a local nature preserve that he fell in love with decades ...

The grain-heavy county (corn, soybeans, and wheat dominate) is part of the vast Prairie Pothole Region, a network of ecologically rich, depressional wetlands covering 100,000 square miles in the ...

State of the Birds Report highlights the urgent need for conservation as North American bird populations continue to fall.

For several decades, waterfowl stood out as a conservation bright spot with duck populations growing nationwide even as many ...

Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in ...

The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival is about much more than just the majestic birds it’s named for. Since the first festival ...

Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains’ prairie pothole region have taken a toll. Among all waterfowl, numbers are down 20% since 2014 ...