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Sam Snow: To Catch a Bird

October 27, 2017

In China, ornithologist Sam Snow and his colleague gather as much data about a species of bird as possible -- but it comes at a cost.

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In Ecology Tags ornithology, birds, field work, China, Yale University, Sam Snow

Charles van Rees: Suffering For Science

March 10, 2014

Charles Van Rees desperately pursues a bird through the desert for the sake of data.

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Tags Charles van Rees, field work, season 4, birds, conservation

Colin Jerolmack: How a sociologist became The Pigeon Guy

February 17, 2013

Colin Jerolmack was floundering in grad school until he found deep insights into human nature... from pigeons.

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Tags Colin Jerolmack, season 3, pigeons, birds, grad school, sociology

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