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SciShow
Why City Birds Love Cigarettes
Urban birds like house finches and house sparrows are great at finding materials to repel pests and parasites from their nests. Unfortunately, one of those materials is used cigarette butts.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do birds learn to sing? _ Partha Mitra
A brown thrasher knows a thousand songs. A wood thrush can sing two pitches at once. A mockingbird can match the sounds around it - including car alarms. These are just a few of the 4,000 species of songbirds. How do these birds learn...
SciShow Kids
The Science of Spring!
It's finally spring where Jessi and Squeaks live! Join them as they take a look back at some of their favorite springtime subjects like why it rains, how plants grow, and all the amazing bugs you can find in the spring!
SciShow
We've Been Ignoring Female Birdsong for Centuries
Birdsong has historically been described as a male trait to compete for female mates, but there's a good chance that you've never learned about female birdsong, and they do indeed sing!
SciShow
How Do Parrots Talk Like Humans?
Are parrots just good at imitating sounds or is there something else that separates them from other birds?
SciShow
Attack of the Brain-Eating Killer Songbirds
Zombies aren't coming for you brains, but for an unfortunate species of bats, the terror of seemingly sweet songbirds developing a taste for brains is a horrific reality.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Bird migration, a perilous journey - Alyssa Klavans
Nearly 200 species of songbirds migrate south for winter, some traveling up to 7,000 miles. No easy task, the annual journey is dangerous to birds due to landscape change -- so much so, that only half the birds that migrate south will...
SciShow Kids
Why Do Birds Sing? Animal Science for Kids
It's spring where Jessi and Squeaks lives, and that means the air is filled with the sounds of birds singing! But have you ever wondered why birds sing and who they're signing to?
SciShow
Why Do Birds Sing in the Morning?
You’re having a dream, and for some reason that giant rabbit that’s about to eat you starts to sing like a bird. You wake up to find that birds are singing outside your window! Check out this SciShow Quick Question to find out why those...
Wonderscape
Amazing Migrations: The Fascinating Journeys of Birds Around the World
Science Kids Birds and Bird Migration V1-0003
Birds migrate along specific flyways, with some following wind patterns while others rely on landmarks. Songbirds like the black pole warbler use tailwinds in spring to reach their...
Birds migrate along specific flyways, with some following wind patterns while others rely on landmarks. Songbirds like the black pole warbler use tailwinds in spring to reach their...
KERA
How Zebra Finches Learn to Sing
Humans and baby birds appear to be very different creatures, but scientists are studying certain birds because they learn their songs in a similar way that humans learn speech. A new study from University of Texas Southwestern Medical...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is a Bird?: Different Kinds of Birds
Vivid, live-action footage of birds from throughout the world illustrate the lives of birds. Concepts and terminology: feathers, wings, skeleton, flight, and eggs.
Restoration Planet
Ep. 3 Edmonton, Alberta: Helping Nature Heal
No one is helping nature heal more than WILDNorth in Edmonton. Watching an injured hawk taking flight was a real highlight in our journey so far. They also gave us behind the scenes access to their facilities where we filmed a spunky...
Other
Described and Captioned Media Program: Ordinary, Extraordinary Junco
A collection of eight documentary videos presenting scientific research on the junco group of songbirds.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Bird in Hand to Save Those in the Bush
Join orinthologists at Braddock Bay, a prime stop for migrating birds, as they explain what can be learned from the songbirds they observe.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The 'Uncool' Passion of Jonathan Franzen
The best-selling novelist has a soft spot for birds.