Special Section: Green Design
When it comes to building a sustainable tomorrow for how we live, learn, work, drive, and play, The Future Is Now.

Inspired by Nature
Where It All Begins
Scientists look to plants and animals for innovative solutions to some of our most stubborn challenges. We show you four examples of biomimicry.
By Kat Bagley
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Audubon Center
Making the Grade
A landfill on the Trinity River in Dallas is revitalized as an oasis and a place of educational breakthroughs.
By Alexa Schirtzinger
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Building the Future
The World of Tomorrow
Cutting-edge design is revolutionizing the way we build our homes, do our jobs, teach our children, even entertain ourselves.
By Rene Ebersole
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Auto Guide
Charge!
The push to make cars more energy efficient and less polluting is driving the automobile industry in a whole new direction.
By Susan Cosier

Fall Foliage
In Living Color
Form and function meet each autumn in our hardwood forests. Does global warming mean the end of this amazing annual display?
By Les Line

Audubon Field Guide
Birding in Our National Parks
They’re America’s true treasures and we love them for their familiar beauty. But at these 12 parks, the birding is just as spectacular as the scenery.
By Kenn Kaufman

Editor’s Note
By David Seideman

Audubon View
By John Flicker

Letters
Feedback from our readers.

Field Notes
Murre images; kings of the mill; a frog leaps forward; new funds for Superfund sites; more.
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Green Guru
Sweet smell of swamp gas; cleaning your air.
By Susan Cosier

Incite
Felines Fatales
Feral cats take a horrific toll on wild birds.
By Ted Williams

Earth Almanac
Pilot whales; fire-eating flowers; resilient reds.
By Ted Williams

Endangered Species
A Fighting Chance
The Puerto Rican parrot makes a comeback.
By Greg Breining

Reviews
Force for Nature
A new look at the larger-than-life John Muir.
By Frank Graham Jr.
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One Picture
Back on Track
A relict rail line transformed to an urban park.
Photo by Stephen Wilkes/Text by Les Line

On the cover: A close-up of the silica skeleton of a centric diatom, a species of marine algae. Photo by Dennis Kunkel

Banner images: 1) Left: Shark from a distance. Photo by Brian Skerry. Right: Sharkskin up close. Photo by Robert Clark and Rebecca A. Rudolph/American Museum of Natural History 2) Autumn leaves. Photo by Paul Rezendes 3) California Academy of Science. Photo by Tim Griffith/California Academy of Sciences 4) Trinity River Audubon Center. Photo by Michael Lyon