Volunteers are keeping an Aroostook wildlife refuge going amid budget cuts
The refuge has nearly 13 miles of walking trails but it is primarily an oasis for over 500 native and migratory species of mammals, birds, plants and fish.
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The refuge has nearly 13 miles of walking trails but it is primarily an oasis for over 500 native and migratory species of mammals, birds, plants and fish.
Passage for people escaping from slavery, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.
Passage for escaped slaves, a bowling alley below a street and a 200-mile conduit to the coast are among the underground curiosities.
Fewer than 200 of the birds remain in the wild. Every spring, they put on a vibrant mating display.
Birds Tell Us to Act on Climate Pledge to stand with Audubon to call on elected officials to listen to science and work towards climate solutions. In April, biologists at the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge—a 10,000-acre stretch of tallgrass prairie an hour west of Houston, Texas—went out into the meadows in search of prairie-chickens. The spring breeding season was in full swing. Male Attwater’s Prairie-Chickens gathered in makeshift arenas called leks, their inflatable airsacs vivid on their chests and their booming calls and stamping dances carrying over the brush t...