Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto wrote this article, which originally appeared in Horizons magazine.

This list includes northern pintails, king eiders, black scoters, and long-tailed ducks. Of those, 42 were labeled “Red Alert” species with steep declining trends, and this list includes several ...

Among 31 species that rely on arid landscapes, none are showing population increases. Northern Pintails are a duck species listed as a “yellow alert” tipping-point species. One new development ...

Unlike most other bats, the northern long-eared forages along wooded hillsides and ridgelines — not above valley-bottom streams and along the edges of riparian forests. This species is also much more ...

“Sprig” is the part of the name associated with the species, considering northern pintails have a characteristic foliage-like tail. Young pintail ducks aren’t called bull sprigs. Male ...