Bird Brains
We know birds sing in courtship, but Ofer Tchernichovski, a professor of Biology at CUNY, has been researching the way in which songbirds learn their “language” of song, while drawing some comparisons to human culture along the way.
Episode 72 of the Talk to Me podcast, hosted by WNYC, titled "Bird Brains" was published on May 26, 2010 and runs 25 minutes.
May 26, 2010 ·25m · Talk to Me
Summary
We know birds sing in courtship, but Ofer Tchernichovski, a professor of Biology at CUNY, has been researching the way in which songbirds learn their “language” of song, while drawing some comparisons to human culture along the way.
Episode Description
We know birds sing in courtship, but Ofer Tchernichovski, a professor of Biology at CUNY, has been researching the way in which songbirds learn their “language” of song, while drawing some comparisons to human culture along the way.
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