A primer on the family Mimidae—mockingbirds, thrashers, catbirds, and tremblers—exploring their songs, mimicry, behaviors, evolution, and much more.
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LISTEN2021 is over, yo! So it's time for the Annual Review Episode! We’ll be looking back at some highlights of bird science in the year 2021.
This episode is all about birds in the family Hirundinidae. These are the swallows and martins, all of which are aerial insectivores.
Ecologists have made some fascinating discoveries about the relationships between wildfire and birds.
This is a special episode, and the first of its kind. I'm answering questions about birds from my listeners.
This episode is about the seven bird species in the family Cathartidae: the New World vultures and condors.
Birds amaze and inspire us with the grace and power of their flight. So just how are they able to defy gravity?
This episode is all about penguins—the birds of the family Spheniscidae. They're superbly adapted for a life of diving in frigid oceanic waters.
This episode is all about bird species in the genus Geococcyx: the Greater Roadrunner and the Lesser Roadrunner.
Learn about eBird and how this digital archive of bird observations is used in research and conservation.
