Episode 44: A life with birds and insects with Dr. Bernd Heinrich
by Shoba Narayan | Jul 2, 2022 | Issue, Species
About ravens, tree swallows, great horned owls, woodpeckers, golden-crowned kinglets, crows and more. Our guest today is distinguished academic, author and ultra-marathoner, Dr. Bernd Heinrich. He talks about owls, ravens, tree swallows, painted snipes, great horned...
Episode 13: Birdology and the Hummingbird's gift with Sy Montgomery
by Shoba Narayan | May 23, 2021 | Species
To research books, films and articles, Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. She has been...
Episode 6: Jennifer Ackerman on the genius of birds
by Shoba Narayan | Aug 28, 2017 | Person
Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for 30 years. Her most recent book, The Genius of Birds (Penguin Press, April 2016), explores the intelligence of birds.
A contributor to Scientific American, National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, and many other publications, Jennifer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including an NEA Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Institute Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.