Episode 89
The Inner Lives of Birds
Birds can do amazing things. Let's take a look under the wing...
Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists · Will Tingle
August 19, 202028m 40s
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Show Notes
Tweet tweet! We're talking birds, and the incredible things they can do. Today we're spotlighting five of the coolest recent stories in bird genetics: hummingbirds powering their lightning-fast flight; a gene that controls migration; why males have different colours to females; how light pollution makes sparrows sicker; and the bird trapped for thousands of years under the Siberian ice... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
bird geneticsbird dnahummingbirdshummingbird metabolismice birdsexual dichromatismwest nile virusbird migration