
Maddie Burakoff
Associate Editor at Audubon
the best is yet TK / associate editor @ audubon magazine + member @thebirdunion 🪶 / board @uproot_project 🌱/ past stops @ap @spectrumnews1wi @report4america
Articles
Hummingbirds Rapidly Evolved Longer Beaks to Slurp More Nectar from Yard Feeders, New Study Suggests
3 weeks ago |
audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff
It’s a common sight up and down the Pacific Coast: a shimmering, pink-throated Anna’s Hummingbird, slurping up sweet fuel from a nectar feeder. Now, research suggests that feeding hummingbirds—a beloved backyard pastime—is also a powerful evolutionary force that has reshaped the birds themselves.
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3 weeks ago |
audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff
When the U.S. government started setting aside public land more than 150 years ago, its goal was twofold: to protect the scenery and wildlife of these special places and to allow people to enjoy them, long into the future. For decades, though, land management agencies have struggled to fulfill that original mission as Congress has trimmed their funding, leaving them understaffed.
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4 weeks ago |
audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff
It’s a common sight up and down the Pacific Coast: a shimmering, pink-throated Anna’s Hummingbird, slurping up sweet fuel from a nectar feeder. Now, research suggests that feeding hummingbirds—a beloved backyard pastime—is also a powerful evolutionary force that has reshaped the birds themselves.
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1 month ago |
usgs.gov | Maddie Burakoff
"The blessing and the curse of PFAS is that they’re hard to destroy. These remarkably durable molecules contain super-strong carbon and fluorine bonds that don’t occur in nature. They resist high heat and corrosion. They repel both water and oil. Chemists created the first PFAS in the 1930s and were quick to put their innovation to use, including in the Manhattan Project, which built the first atomic bomb.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson believes humans can restore and protect nature while staring down a planetary crisis. She’s convinced we can limit warming, prevent climate disasters, transform our culture, and find a way to have abundant and healthy life on Earth. But don’t call her an optimist. “Hope can be a very passive emotion,” says Johnson, a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. “I think it’s insufficient.
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