The Science of Birds

This is Episode 80. It's all about flightless birds, and about the evolutionary processes that lead to flightlessness.Fl... Read more

This is Episode 79. It's all about the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).This is one of North America’s most common ra... Read more

This is Episode 78 and today we’re doing an overview of parental care in birds. How do birds raise their babies?Parent b... Read more

This is Episode 77. It's an overview of seabirds. Some might call them Oceanic birds or Marine Birds.How do we define wh... Read more

In this episode—which is Number 76—I’ll be answering some interesting questions sent to me by my listeners. Questions ab... Read more

This is Episode 75. It’s all about shrikes—birds in the family Laniidae.These are true songbirds—members of the avian su... Read more

This episode—which is Number 74—is all about edible bird’s nests and Bird’s Nest Soup.Edible bird nests are a traditiona... Read more

This is Episode 73. It’s all about birds in the avian family Gruidae… the cranes.These tall birds are charismatic and su... Read more

This episode—which is Number 72—is about what happens to birds, not just in bad weather, but in really bad weather. We’r... Read more

This episode—which is Number 71—is about one particular scientific article.  An article that’s near and dear to my heart... Read more