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Dwain Vaughns, II, worked as a pilot for 11 years until he developed a rare chronic pain condition called complex regional pain syndrome after an a...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
For birds and other animals with good natural insulation, winter provides a striking benefit as they scavenge. Bacteria function very slowly or not...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
To out-sip their competition, Sword-billed Hummingbirds have a distinct adaptation: these birds’ beaks are longer than their bodies. Found in tempe...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Male birds are often the larger, flashier sex that courts choosy females, who in turn raise their chicks. But not always. Female phalaropes -- like...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Great Black-backed Gulls have a reputation as serious predators of other birds. During the nesting season, they’ll prey on eggs and nestlings of ot...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Here and there along winter shorelines, little flocks of pale, silvery shorebirds probe at the water's edge, keeping pace with each wave's ebb and ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Palmyra Atoll is a ring-shaped island encircling a lagoon in the South Pacific. The atoll lost many native trees due to U.S. military activity duri...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
After Christine Okon was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012, she found herself falling behind on birding walks when the group trudged across...
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
The 22-inch Great Horned Owl has two tufts of feathers that stick up from the top of its head. This owl is difficult to see, but it's often heard d...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Kererū, green-blue pigeons native to New Zealand, like to sun themselves after dining on fruit. But in warm summer months, the bird’s sunbathing ha...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Nuthatches rank high on the list of favorite backyard birds. Compact and stub-tailed, they climb down tree trunks and along the underside of branch...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Gentoo Penguins live in the frigid waters of the Atlantic. Only recently have scientists begun to unravel why penguin feathers don’t freeze. An ele...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Driving down a country road in eastern Ontario, there’s a surprising sight by the roadside: dozens of vibrantly coloured, eclectic birdhouses sitti...
- Added: Nov 13, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Added: Nov 10, 2023
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s a challenge for birds to sing through the loud hum of traffic. Many just belt it out, but not all birds. Great Tits, Song Sparrows and House F...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A roosting owl often leaves visual clues to its whereabouts — a scattering of furry, oval objects below its perch — in the form of pellets. Because...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Like an expert angler, a tern can read the surface of the water to find where to catch its next fish. Scientists piloted a drone to track the fligh...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Puffins are icons of the seabird world. With clown-like faces and huge, multicolored bills, they stand upright on sea cliffs along the northern oce...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
This Band-tailed Pigeon may sound like an owl, but it's a case of mistaken identity. The song of the American Robin could be confused with that of ...
Bought by KBIA
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
When Juan Pablo Culasso spends time outside, he often encounters people thinking he doesn’t belong out there as a blind person – despite the fact t...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Trumpeter Swans land in a plowed field to forage for remnant potatoes, grain, and other waste crops. This swan is among the largest of all waterfow...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The Cuban Giant Owl, now extinct, was 3½ feet tall and weighed 20 pounds — the largest of all known owls. It had very small wings, running after it...
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- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Esha Munshi co-founded the Feather Library, a digital library that collects and documents the feathers of Indian birds. Launched in 2021, the libra...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Pigeons — and other birds with eyes on the sides of their heads — have a different view of the world from that of creatures with forward-facing eye...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The tiny Common Redpoll, one of the smallest members of the finch family, weighs only as much as four pennies, yet it survives the cold and darknes...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 01:45
