Duck boxes provide vital nesting sites for wood ducks and other cavity-nesting species, combating habitat loss and protecting ...

Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still putting them up today.

Braving the cold of winter, volunteers build boxes to help wood ducks nest and hatch their young in spring.

So, my friends, we might take courage from the Wood Duck, ruffle our feathers, and leap! Not expecting to fly right away, but ...

Wood storks typically build their nests in trees or shrubs located above standing water, a strategy that helps protect colonies from ground predators. They nest in cypress swamps, mangroves, flooded ...

Braving the cold of winter, volunteers build boxes to help wood ducks nest and hatch their young in spring. Snag editor-approved sneakers, top-rated hiking boots and other ultra-comfy styles at a rare ...

A few months after we devoted an entire issue to looking at how animals and ecosystems are responding to a changing planet, National Geographic has come face to face with this very issue, in our own ...

As winter proceeds, we’re seeing record low numbers of migratory ducks in Marin. Have you noticed that lately? As a wildlife observer who finds reassurance in abundance, I’m disquieted. Maybe it’s ...

Steinert was hunting public lands in Southwest Oklahoma in Nov. 2025 when he shot what he and biologists suspect is a mallard ...

Quick Take Up to 1 million Sandhill Cranes are expected to converge on the Platte River during the 2026 migration. Narrowing ...

Wildlife recovered beyond expectation, but every return rewrote human rules, proving conservation success is just a first chapter.