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Columbidae

Animal Espionage: Acoustic Kittens, Pigeon-Cams & Navy Trained Dolphins

Arts, Culture & Media

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum and former spy for the CIA, about the history of animal espionage.

Scientists working to de-extinct some of nature’s missing species

Environment

“Trash”Animals

The World

Pigeon Impossible

Arts, Culture & Media

Pigeon Tending on the Rise in New York

Arts, Culture & Media
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Winged Rats or Wronged Warriors?

A history and appreciation of the pigeon.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… the passenger pigeon, 85 years gone.

Winged Rats or Wronged Warriors?

A history and appreciation of the pigeon.

The World

Birdfeeder Jeopardy

Mark Spreitzer, a high school sophomore in Chicago, used to celebrate the beginning of spring by filling up birdfeeders and watching for the mourning doves to return to their flower pot nest on his back porch. But now Mark has realized this may not be the best way to help his feathered friends.

Sound Art

Doves cooing, juniper branches crackling, wind blowing through the holes of a dead cactus. These are some of the sounds that artist Steve Peters recorded at an outdoor art space in New Mexico. Peters transformed the sound into an installation called “Hear-ings.” Paul Ingles produced our story.

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