A group of children is cooling themselves down during a heatwave. Photo credit: Unsplash/Andrew Seaman. By Bridget Shirvell In the second instalment of our new series,…
Browsing: Science & Environment
I started paying attention to birds when my then four-year-old son, Alexander, asked me why the pigeons pecking at crumbs next to us had “that shiny…
The impacts of Lebanon’s dry conditions are evident at the Mseilha Dam in Batroun, Lebanon. Reuters / Mohamed Azakir By Anders Lorenzen Lebanon, a Middle Eastern…
Of all the hummingbirds in the Americas—which is to say, every last one of the family’s 350-plus species—birders in the United States are lucky enough to…
Strong winds and heavy rainfall batter Hangzhou, in the Zhejiang province. Photo credit: Li Zhong / China Daily. By Anders Lorenzen China, the world’s largest carbon…
In June, the state leadership agreed on a budget to end the 2025 legislative session. Audubon celebrated the passage of a state park protection bill, stopped…
Sorry, we’re closed! If only gopher tortoises could read. This poor tortoise, trying to find its way around in some very swampy habitat, was looking for…
Aerial footage shows the devastation caused by the Texas July floods. Image via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen Devastating flash floods in the US state of Texas…
Celebrate Latino Conservation Week at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary with free admission for all on Saturday, September 20. As part of this free event, guests are…
AI-generated stylised visualisation of a modern zero-carbon industrial park in China. By Niu Yuhan On 8 July, China launched a nationwide programme to construct zero-carbon industrial…