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The Long, Exceptional Life of Frank Graham
December 22, 2025 — As 探花精选 magazine鈥檚 Field Editor for 45 years, Frank Graham, Jr. brought the beauty and resilience of nature into focus鈥攁s well as the tenacity of those striving to save it.
Artist Mara Silver sits at a table, natural light spilling in from a nearby window, with the clay nests she crafts by hand.
This Woman Is Saving New England鈥檚 Swallows, One Clay Nest at a Time
December 17, 2025 — Across the region, conservationist Mara Silver鈥檚 kiln-fired homes are helping dwindling species endure鈥攁nd encouraging people to share their spaces with wildlife.
Conservation News
Carole Turek smiles watching a hummingbird hovering at a flower she's holding.
Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World
November 12, 2025 — In less than a decade amateur photographer and Hummingbird Spot founder Carole Turek has photographed more than 250 hummingbird species, including one that was long considered extinct.
A young person stands in front of a camera with a long lens, binoculars are hanging from his shoulders.
How One Determined 14-Year-Old Became an Award-Winning Bird Photographer
September 17, 2025 — As the 探花精选 Photography Awards' first youth prize winner from South America, Camilo Sanabria Grajales wants to document birds to educate people about the importance of conservation.
探花精选 Photography Awards
Portrait of Sarah T. Dubb looking out over wetlands at sunset.
Twice-Shy Lovebirds Open Their Hearts in This Steamy (and Birdy!) Romance Novel
June 04, 2024 — Sarah T. Dubb鈥檚 debut rom-com, 鈥淏irding With Benefits,鈥 celebrates love, new beginnings, and a really great checklist鈥攁ll under the Tucson sun.
Books
Elderly man with black and blue checkered shirt scans a landscape of dead tress with his binoculars. There are snow capped peaks in the background.
Meet the 88-Year-Old 鈥楿nlikely Birder鈥 On a Quest to Link Two Famed National Parks
September 18, 2023 — A youthful spirit has powered Lowell Young鈥檚 decades of advocacy on behalf of birds and habitats, including his contributions to a campaign to create the proposed Range of Light National Monument.
We Might Not Have Trumpeter Swans Without George Mel茅ndez Wright
April 14, 2023 — A conservation powerhouse and the subject of a new biography, Wright also changed how our national parks protect and manage wildlife.
Two people stand in a rocky and grassy landscape surrounded by cliffs and ocean under a dark cloudy sky.
The Bird Man of the Faroe Islands Who Helps Unravel a Seabird鈥檚 Secrets
March 06, 2023 — On a remote island, a self-trained naturalist collaborates with scientists to track and protect a species that does its best not to be seen.
A man wearing camouflage pants and holding a camera and large backpack stands in a field and looks through binoculars.
Birding In a War Zone: How Ukraine鈥檚 Top eBirder Pursues His Passion Amid Tragedy
February 21, 2023 — A writer鈥檚 budding friendship with Oleksandr Nastachenko offers a window into the besieged country鈥檚 small but resourceful community of birders and what they have lost since the Russian invasion.
When a Battle Against an Invasive Weed Feels Like a Battle for Your Spirit
March 22, 2022 — I was feeling discouraged in life, when I began volunteering at a local park. That鈥檚 when the project鈥檚 leader, Eleanor Osgood, changed my outlook.
Essays