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Lights at Night Turn Nocturnal Pollinators Off

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Pollination is essential for the reproduction of many plant species. Some flowering plants rely on the wind or water …

August 7, 2017

Nine Reasons to Support IDA’s 2017 Matching Gifts Challenge

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Our annual Matching Gifts Challenge is underway with a goal to raise $140,000 to protect the night sky. If …

July 27, 2017

The Business of Being a Community

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IDA’s mission to protect our world’s dark skies from devastating light pollution calls out to everyone for their own …

July 27, 2017

Fireflies Need the Dark to Talk with Light

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The Effects of Light Pollution on Fireflies As light pollution spreads across our planet, we have to venture to …

July 26, 2017

The Night Sky and You v. 13

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By: Dawn Davies, Public Advocacy Volunteer IDA Public Advocacy Volunteer and amateur astronomer, Dawn Davies, shares the hidden wonders …

July 25, 2017

“All Living Things on Earth Need and Deserve a Night Sky”

Light Pollution

Growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific exposed me to one of the darkest and least light …

July 21, 2017

The Night Sky and You: Solar Eclipse

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By: Dawn Davies, Public Advocacy Volunteer IDA Public Advocacy Volunteer and amateur astronomer, Dawn Davies, shares the hidden wonders …

July 21, 2017

Like moths to a flame: National Moth Week, and how you can help our nighttime wildlife

Wildlife

Next week, as night falls, people across the USA and around the world will be found huddled in groups, …

July 17, 2017

Seabird Fatalities Caused by Artificial Lights

Wildlife

By guest writer Airam Rodríguez, postdoctoral researcher at Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Spain Human alteration of natural light …

July 14, 2017

NPR’s WGCU Brings Florida Listeners to Big Cypress National Preserve Dark Sky Park

Inspiration

Jessica Meszaros, the host of All Things Considered for WGCU News in Southwest Florida, takes listeners to a star …

July 14, 2017

The Night Sky and You

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IDA Public Advocacy Volunteer and amateur astronomer, Dawn Davies, shares the hidden wonders of the night sky to engage …

July 11, 2017

IDA Weighs In On Interior Department’s Review of 21 National Monuments

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In response to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s proposed rulemaking to review the status of 21 National Monuments, …

July 9, 2017