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After David Shephard moved to Hawai‘i to study botany, he realized that the “main character” of the islands is birds — many plants have co-evolved ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Many birds – like this Indigo Bunting – can be found in ecotones, the borders between two habitats. Indigo Buntings breed in the ecotone between fo...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Emily Raboteau’s book, Lessons for Survival, begins with a painting of two Burrowing Owls on the security gate of a local business in West Harlem, ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In the spring, Rufous Hummingbirds journey from Mexico to the northwest U.S., some as far north as Alaska! That’s almost 1000 miles one way for a b...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode, Lillian Holden — a Chicago-based environmental educator — introduces us to the African American Heritage Water Trail, a 7-mile str...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
On this episode of Audacious, meet Dr. Dawn Wright! She is the first and only Black person to ever descend to the lowest point on Earth, known as "...
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on Living Planet:
Deep dive - The hidden toll of roadkill.
In the US alone, over 1 million animals are killed on roads every day. Globa...
Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: May 02, 2024
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
For her PhD, Deja Perkins is studying datasets generated by the public, also known as participatory science projects. These projects include eBird,...
Bought by KCNP
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
While Dara Wilson was working at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C., she introduced visitors to the Amazonia exhibit. She would describe the so...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When Adé Ben-Salahuddin stopped to help a trapped young bird on his way home from work, he found an unexpected source of help: an older Black woman...
Bought by KBIA and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 2
This episode narrated by Marcus Rosten explores the history and the birdlife of the Niagara River Corridor. Just downstream from the falls, Long-ta...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode, neuroscientist Lola Neal explores how birds are used as models to understand many neural processes, as they have cognitive abiliti...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, Nicole Jackson and Emma Brittain announce the fifth year of Black Birders Week, a week-long celebration with events and activities...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In 2019, several co-workers at the National Audubon Society formed a team for the World Series of Birding that focused on identifying female birds....
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Red-headed Woodpeckers excavate cavities in large, dead trees called snags. Yet, over much of the Red-head's range, snags are frequently cut down a...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
As darkness descends on a May evening, the voices of many birds go quiet. But for some birds, especially those known as nightjars, the music is jus...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode of BirdNoir, Private Eye Michael Stein gives a word of advice to Ollie, an up-and-coming gumshoe. Ollie thinks he has heard his fir...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Waterfowl like this Muscovy duckling spend up to 30 days in the egg, so they’re able to walk, swim, and feed themselves as soon as they hatch. We c...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Some birds have always called nocturnally, but other species are relative newcomers to the nighttime music scene, specifically in urban areas. Bird...
Bought by KBIA and Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 2
Seabirds have no problem drinking sea water. The salt they take in is absorbed and moves through their blood stream into a pair of salt glands abov...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When you think of habitat, think of home. For a jay that lives in the forest, the forest is its habitat – where it finds food, water, shelter, and ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Unlike many shorebirds, Willets breed inland. When nesting is done, they migrate south to both Atlantic and Pacific coastlines in the U.S. and Cent...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Sometimes in spring or summer, you might see a fledgling songbird. Like a toddler, it’s unsteady, awkward, and learning the ropes. And you might wo...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When migratory birds fly through populated areas at night, buildings with lights on can cause them to become disoriented. And birds don’t see clear...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In shallow waters off the coast of Massachusetts, ocean predators come from far and wide to hunt. Humpback whales join Great Shearwaters and many o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 01:45
