National Audubon Society

Henry Rollins: The GOP's Disdain for Women Is Appalling

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Only a few short weeks into the new year and the GOP is busy. The president's recent inaugurati ... More >>

Army Corps' Eco-Disaster in Valley

Army Corps homophobia may have prompted destruction of 40 acres of habitat

Birding in L.A.: 7 Reasons to Do It, and How to Get Started

Bird-watching. A word that is synonymous with you don't really know because you've already lost interest just thinking about it for one second. Lucky for you this post isn't about bird-watching; it's about birding. I said MOTHERFUCKIN' BIRDING YOU GUYS! Sorry. I got a little overzealous trying to ... More >>

The Battle for Malibu Lagoon

Should humans destroy Mother Nature in order to save it?

Whittier Narrows 'Discovery Center' Sees Legal Appeal to Stop Development at San Gabriel River

Ted SoquiLet's build right here.​Opponents of a water museum on the Whittier Narrows nature area have filed an appeal to block the project, they announced Monday. The museum would essentially tear out a beautiful area along the rivers (the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo diverge here) to install a ... More >>

Vaux Swift Birds Flock to Chimney in Downtown Los Angeles

Last Friday, people of all ages and zip codes gathered to witness the roosting of the Vaux's swifts in the chimney of an abandoned building located off Broadway and Fifth Street. The swifts have been stopping in Los Angeles for quite a few years as they migrate down to Guatemala for winter. "Birds ... More >>

Cut the Mustard

What to do with Griffith, the most misunderstood park in the land?

Voters’ Guide

Making sense of the ballot measures L.A. City Measures:

Voters' Guide

Making sense of the ballot measures

Jigsaw Puzzle

How Tobin Bell prepares . . . to scare the crap out of you

Native Sun

Final Flight

The death of a majestic condor known as AC2

Ruffled Feathers

Audubon sues the DWP for the sake of songbirds

Letters

Don’t Mince Birds

Wind power for Los Angeles faces down a new foe

Fight of the Condors

Can the giant birds survive Tejon Ranch development?

The Invasion of the Elegant Trogons

Is Sierra Club’s anti-immigration insurgency for the birds?

Elsa Lopez, Winged Victory

Hi Hi, Birdies

The Gods of Small Things

The Center for Biological Diversity cares as much about the unarmored threespine stickleback as it does a cathedral forest of trees, which is why it is reinventing the environmental movement and could be saving Southern California in the process.

Get Wet

You Got Me, Babe

So who needs a bowling league?

Book Shops

Zealots Target Sierra Club

Immigration activists working to usurp Club elections