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Owls are magnificent animals that share our cities with us, and live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. They range in size from hug...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
The flocking movements of homing pigeons are governed by a pecking order. Higher-ranked birds have more influence over how the flock moves. Leading...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
We often think of birds migrating south in the fall. But many species kick off their big trips surprisingly early in the year. Shorebirds nesting i...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
Northern Gannets, fish-eating seabirds, dive headfirst into the ocean at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour, pursuing their prey. Sometimes, they get...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
This week on Living Planet:
Deep Dive: Are we blind to our pets’ climate crimes?
Worldwide, we’re obsessed with our pooches, our kitty cats and ...
Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio Kansas, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jun 28, 2024
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 4
A flock of shorebirds flying wingtip to wingtip seems to act like a single organism, rolling and twisting in exquisite patterns. Flocks like these ...
Bought by KBIA and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 2
Birds were one of the earliest subjects for human artists. A cave painting in France over 30,000 years old shows the unmistakable outline of an owl...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When a hawk is about to capture a songbird, the songbird has one last trick: a fright molt. It’s when a bird loses feathers due to sudden stress. T...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
The slim, 4½-inch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is found over much of the East and Midwest and in parts of the West, too. It actively searches trees and bu...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
When a bird of prey flies over, a flock of crows may dive-bomb the predator and give it a noisy escort out of town. An Eastern Kingbird, like this ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In general, the bigger the bird, the higher the number of feathers. Someone counted the feathers on a Tundra Swan and came up with 25,216. At least...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Sam ‘Ohu Gon is the Senior Scientist and Cultural Advisor for the Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i. He's something of a rare combination: academically...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Visit a shallow wetland in summer, and you might see this slender, black-and-white shorebird with outrageous red legs. The Black-necked Stilt uses ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
By carrying more people in a single vehicle, mass transit can use less energy than cars. Taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can help t...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Black-crowned Night-Herons feed primarily on fish, but they will consume everything from earthworms to clams to eggs of nesting birds and refuse at...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Shorebirds' lives take them to many places other than the shore. Most of the shorebirds we see along our coasts migrate to the Arctic in summer. He...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
The rainforests of Eastern and Northeastern Australia harbor many species of birds found almost nowhere else. This Eastern Whipbird — which is more...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Over the last few years, writer Emily Raboteau has been going out and photographing a series of bird murals found throughout New York City commissi...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In Texas, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, people have reported seeing Northern Cardinals that are red on one side and brown on the other, indicating t...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Ornithologist J. Drew Lanham’s favorite bird is “the one with feathers.” But here, he shares a few species that have been especially on his mind la...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Feathers are amazing structures. But after about a year, constant use and exposure to the elements mean they have to be replaced. So how do you rep...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Today kicks off Coral Reef Awareness Week. Coral reefs are hotspots of biodiversity, but they’re threatened by warming ocean temperatures, pollutio...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
This American Kestrel evolved to nest in tree cavities or small caves in cliffs. We humans have made life difficult for kestrels. Development has s...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
A movie runs at 24 frames per second, just right for humans to sense as normal speed. Pigeons process the visual world several times faster. The fr...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Many people would tell you that hearing birdsong puts them in a good mood. Recently, scientists have tried to put numbers to this effect that many ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 01:45
