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Celebrate Mother’s Day!

4 The Love Of Animals

Not just the human kind? This episode takes a look at four very different animals; the Lemon Shark, Emperor Penguins, Red Kangaroos, and Parasitic Wasps. Tags: books giveaways tv. Want to celebrate all the mothers? Then I have a show and book for you! The show airs on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 9:00pm ET/PT.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. The Bay of Islands is a very popular area for tourists, both those looking for natural history and for human history.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Get yours today!

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Tiritiri Matangi Island

10,000 Birds

There are also a number of Takahe , one of which, named Greg, has learnt that humans equal food, and will hang around the day visitors in the hope of a snack. Greg the Naughty Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) Tags: Destinations , new zealand • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

10,000 Birds

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. Humans can probably just find their own little place to thrive.

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