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Desert raptors get most of their water from eating prey animals. Biologist Blair Wolf explains, “if you think of any insect or a mouse or something...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
For years, biologists have been seeing migratory birds arriving earlier in the spring due to the effects of climate change. But surprisingly, the e...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
The American Dipper stands on a rock in a stream, bobbing up and down on its long legs - "dipping" - hence the name. But watch! This nondescript bi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
We make it a habit to detail the broad and beautiful spectrum of bird colors, but iridescent feathers are undoubtedly among the most mesmerizing. W...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
"A pair of Bald Eagles will reuse their nest each year and repair it with new tree branches. But recently in British Columbia, scientists came acro...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
In spring, we often hear woodpeckers hard at work, carving out nest holes in tree trunks. And now that fall has arrived, we may hear that excavatin...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
This Bar-tailed Godwit makes one of the longest migrations of any animal — a 7,200-mile non-stop flight each autumn from western Alaska to New Zeal...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
As most young male birds get ready to leave the nest, they learn their species’ song by hearing their male parent sing it again and again. They imp...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Knowing how clever parrots are, researchers wanted to see how they’d respond to another parrot saying hi on a tablet or phone. After being trained ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
A forest in New Zealand rings with the sound of bellbirds, also known as Korimako or Makomako. Many bellbirds sing together, especially in the morn...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Like most juvenile shorebirds, this young Black-bellied Plover was abandoned by parents that began their southbound flights from the Arctic Nationa...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Jack Gedney’s book, The Private Lives of Public Birds, is dedicated to the familiar birds we see and hear in our neighborhoods. Illustrated by Anna...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Aleutian Cackling Geese, which have a slighter build and shorter beak than Canada Geese, build their nests on a chain of islands off the western co...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
What could bring crowds of people out after sunset on a September evening to stare at ... a chimney? Swifts, of course! Scores of swifts form a fu...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Adjusting the flaps on an airplane’s wing allows a pilot to control lift and drag — and the design of these flaps was inspired by the wings of bird...
- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Writer Jen Sizeland has found peace through watching birds throughout her life, so she wanted that for her child, too. When she was pregnant, she s...
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- Added: Aug 14, 2023
- Length: 01:45
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Next week is Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot, the Jewish New Year for Animals. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global Jewish playlist highlighting...
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- Added: Aug 11, 2023
- Length: 59:00
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As we head back to the classroom, consider the value of outdoor learning. We speak with educators and students about what gardens at their high sch...
- Added: Aug 10, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of the World Ocean Explorer virtual aquarium project of the W2O, an innovative ...
- Added: Aug 09, 2023
- Length: 05:10
This week on World Ocean Radio we continue the RESCUE series with recommendations to further protect the ocean--by building ocean literacy into eve...
- Added: Aug 02, 2023
- Length: 05:06
The stars appear to rotate in the sky, raising the question of how birds can use stars to navigate during migration. Ornithologist Stephen Emlen br...
- Added: Jul 20, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Found throughout North America, the common sunflower can grow up to ten feet high, towering over other herbs and grasses. And that’s only half the ...
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- Added: Jul 20, 2023
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Ranging from metallic hisses to electronic yodels, sounds of grackles may not be music to our ears—but they have their own rough beauty, a distinct...
- Added: Jul 20, 2023
- Length: 01:45
Before the high-tech gadgets used to track bird migration today, there was moon-watching: a technique dreamed up in the 1940s by ornithologist Geor...
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- Added: Jul 20, 2023
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To distinguish one bird from a similar one, watch how the bird moves. Does it flick its wings? Bob up and down? Flip its tail? The White-breasted N...
- Added: Jul 20, 2023
- Length: 01:45
