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4:03
Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles
How pigeons took over the world
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Mar 2022
0:00
Thomas W. Cronin
Which animal has the best eyesight?
Posted
Jan 2022
0:00
Steve Rothstein
Would you raise the bird that murdered your children?
Posted
Dec 2021
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Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara
The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight
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Apr 2021
5:20
Lucy Cooke
3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration
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Dec 2020
12:56
Arjan Dwarshuis
What birdspotting can teach us about conservation
Posted
Nov 2019
4:28
Gillian Gibb
Why can't some birds fly?
Posted
Oct 2018
10:46
Lauren Pharr
How vultures can help solve crimes
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May 2018
13:07
Washington Wachira
For the love of birds
Posted
Nov 2017
15:55
Anne Lamott
12 truths I learned from life and writing
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Jun 2017
19:26
Carl Safina
What are animals thinking and feeling?
Posted
Nov 2015
19:15
Mac Stone
Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades
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Sep 2015
16:09
Jim Al-Khalili
How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions
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Aug 2015
11:52
Kees Moeliker
How a dead duck changed my life
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Apr 2013
6:41
Munir Virani
Why I love vultures
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Nov 2012
25:01
Regina Dugan
From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone
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Mar 2012
11:43
Dyan deNapoli
The great penguin rescue
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Aug 2011
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Tim Birkhead
The early birdwatchers
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Sep 2010
19:55
Carl Safina
The oil spill's unseen villains — and victims
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Jul 2010
15:09
Dee Boersma
Pay attention to penguins
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May 2010
5:34
Juliana Machado Ferreira
The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil
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Mar 2010
16:38
Charles Anderson
Dragonflies that fly across oceans
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Dec 2009
5:46
Julian Treasure
The 4 ways sound affects us
Posted
Oct 2009
15:38
Adam Savage
My obsession with objects and the stories they tell
Posted
Mar 2009
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