Earthbound: How Birds Become Flightless

Earthbound: How Birds Become Flightless

This is Episode 80. It's all about flightless birds, and about the evolutionary processes that lead to flightlessness. Flightlessness in birds is, in my opinion, a fascinating scientific topic. And so here we are with this episode. Alive on the planet today, there are about 60 bird species that can’t fly. That’s only about 0.54 percent of the world’s approximately 11,000 species. It turns out there were way more flightless bird species out there before humans started exploring and colonizi...

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The Terror Birds

The Terror Birds

👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ Episode 139 of The Science of Birds takes listeners into prehistory to meet the Terror Birds: giant, flightless predators of the family Phorusrhaci...

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Random Bird Thursday: A Judgemental Songbird with a Long Tail

Random Bird Thursday: A Judgemental Songbird with a Long Tail

In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...

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Birds and the Scientific Method

Birds and the Scientific Method

👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ In this episode, host Ivan Phillipsen steps back from bird facts themselves to explore the process behind them: the Scientific Method. He breaks dow...

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Random Bird Thursday: A Highly Vocal Species With Female Helpers

Random Bird Thursday: A Highly Vocal Species With Female Helpers

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Grebes

Grebes

👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ Enter the murky aquatic realm of the family Podicipedidae in Episode 137 of the The Science of Birds podcast. Often mistaken for ducks, loons, or c...

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Random Bird Thursday: A Citrus-themed Species with Runny Mascara

Random Bird Thursday: A Citrus-themed Species with Runny Mascara

In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...

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From the Field: Australia

From the Field: Australia

👕 Bird Merch — Get yourself some bird shirts! ~~~ In this "from the field" episode of The Science of Birds, Ivan Phillipsen takes you on a journey through some iconic landscapes in Australia. Fulfi...

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Random Bird Thursday: A Duet-singer That Uses Bones for Decoration

Random Bird Thursday: A Duet-singer That Uses Bones for Decoration

In each Random Bird Thursday (RBT) episode, the goal is to highlight a bird species that probably isn't going to get featured in a full-length podcast episode. These are birds we might overlook, even ...

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