A primer on the family Mimidae—mockingbirds, thrashers, catbirds, and tremblers—exploring their songs, mimicry, behaviors, evolution, and much more.
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LISTENBrood parasitism is a strange and fascinating breeding strategy seen in several hundred bird species.
Learn about the amazing birds in the family Picidae. Their special adaptations make them excellent at excavating wood.
When birds disappear at night, where and how do they sleep? Learn how sleep in birds is quite different from what humans do.
Birds around the world are in trouble. Let's look at the top 5 causes of their declines in recent decades.
An entire episode devoted to hummingbirds— their evolution, diversity, behavior, and more!
Most birds have an excellent sense of sight. Learn about avian eye anatomy, acuity, and much more.
This is Part 2 of 2. Here we get into the reasons that birds sing, as well as the variation in songs among birds and some other fun subtopics.
Birds are never very far from us. Even when we can’t see them, we can usually hear them. This episode is Part 1 of 2 about bird songs.
Migration is one of the most amazing things about birds— their seemingly miraculous feats of orientation and endurance on long-distance, annual flights.
The world's bird species— a total over 10,000— are spread across all seven continents, and across a vast majority of the world’s ecosystems.
