Agatha Szczepaniak

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule has conserved nearly 60 million acres of pristine forests across the United States for a quarter of a century. Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has moved to rescind the Roadless Rule, giving the public a narrow window to weigh in during a comment per...

Researchers at American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and its Ecuadorian Seabird Bycatch Reduction Program (ESBRP) are voicing concerns over the alarming number of dead and starving seabirds currently being found along the coasts of Ecuador.

If you've ever gotten a glimpse inside the beak of a bold duck or goose that approached you at a local park or elsewhere, you may have done a double take. Were those … teeth?! We're here to answer all of your questions about ducks' eating habits and shed light on those famously funny-shaped beaks.

Just as communities throughout history understood seabird nests (or their absence) as signs of resource abundance or scarcity, scientists today monitor seabird breeding productivity as an indicator of ocean health, and so we’re keenly aware of threats the birds and the waters they inhabit face.