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4:43

Grace Smith-Viduarre and Tim Wright

Why can parrots talk?

Posted Jun 2022

4:03

Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

How pigeons took over the world

Posted 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

4:45

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

Posted Apr 2021

5:20

Lucy Cooke

3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration

Posted 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

Posted 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

Posted 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

Posted Sep 2015

16:09

Jim Al-Khalili

How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions

Posted Aug 2015

11:52

Kees Moeliker

How a dead duck changed my life

Posted Apr 2013

6:41

Munir Virani

Why I love vultures

Posted Nov 2012

25:01

Regina Dugan

From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone

Posted Mar 2012

11:43

Dyan deNapoli

The great penguin rescue

Posted Aug 2011

28:10

Tim Birkhead

The early birdwatchers

Posted Sep 2010

19:55

Carl Safina

The oil spill's unseen villains — and victims

Posted Jul 2010

15:09

Dee Boersma

Pay attention to penguins

Posted May 2010

5:34

Juliana Machado Ferreira

The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

Posted Mar 2010

16:38

Charles Anderson

Dragonflies that fly across oceans

Posted 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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