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Tweet In-Chirp-Pretations - Birds, Karuizawa, JapanSunday, April 21
3:10 pm on NHK 9.4Recent studies have revealed that all those chirps and chatter we thought birds were making just for fun are actually words and sentences. They have a language all their own! Experts have found what they believe are "schools" where chicks learn to speak. What's more, forest animals already seem to have become bird-lingual! Squirrels in Japan's north learn the language of birds as a means of survival, taking advantage of their feathered friends' keen eyesight and ability to spot enemies quickly. -
Tweet In-Chirp-Pretations - Birds, Karuizawa, JapanSunday, April 21
8:10 am on NHK 9.4Recent studies have revealed that all those chirps and chatter we thought birds were making just for fun are actually words and sentences. They have a language all their own! Experts have found what they believe are "schools" where chicks learn to speak. What's more, forest animals already seem to have become bird-lingual! Squirrels in Japan's north learn the language of birds as a means of survival, taking advantage of their feathered friends' keen eyesight and ability to spot enemies quickly. -
Tweet In-Chirp-Pretations - Birds, Karuizawa, JapanSunday, April 21
4:10 am on NHK 9.4Recent studies have revealed that all those chirps and chatter we thought birds were making just for fun are actually words and sentences. They have a language all their own! Experts have found what they believe are "schools" where chicks learn to speak. What's more, forest animals already seem to have become bird-lingual! Squirrels in Japan's north learn the language of birds as a means of survival, taking advantage of their feathered friends' keen eyesight and ability to spot enemies quickly. -
Tweet In-Chirp-Pretations - Birds, Karuizawa, JapanSaturday, April 20
9:10 pm on NHK 9.4Recent studies have revealed that all those chirps and chatter we thought birds were making just for fun are actually words and sentences. They have a language all their own! Experts have found what they believe are "schools" where chicks learn to speak. What's more, forest animals already seem to have become bird-lingual! Squirrels in Japan's north learn the language of birds as a means of survival, taking advantage of their feathered friends' keen eyesight and ability to spot enemies quickly. -
Mad Dash - Gentoo Penguin, Falkland Islands, UkSunday, April 14
3:10 pm on NHK 9.4A 120-meter-wide penguin highway finds thousands of the cute creatures in a long uphill stampede toward some unseen destination. What's the hurry? Amazingly enough, this is a daily affair for them. -
Mad Dash - Gentoo Penguin, Falkland Islands, UkSunday, April 14
8:10 am on NHK 9.4A 120-meter-wide penguin highway finds thousands of the cute creatures in a long uphill stampede toward some unseen destination. What's the hurry? Amazingly enough, this is a daily affair for them. -
Mad Dash - Gentoo Penguin, Falkland Islands, UkSunday, April 14
4:10 am on NHK 9.4A 120-meter-wide penguin highway finds thousands of the cute creatures in a long uphill stampede toward some unseen destination. What's the hurry? Amazingly enough, this is a daily affair for them. -
Mad Dash - Gentoo Penguin, Falkland Islands, UkSaturday, April 13
9:10 pm on NHK 9.4A 120-meter-wide penguin highway finds thousands of the cute creatures in a long uphill stampede toward some unseen destination. What's the hurry? Amazingly enough, this is a daily affair for them. -
A Helping Hand to a Brighter Future ― White-Tailed EagleSunday, April 7
3:10 pm on NHK 9.4The rising number of white-tailed eagles in Japan's far north is resulting in more road accidents and other adverse consequences. A team of specialists is coming to the rescue of these regal raptors. -
A Helping Hand to a Brighter Future ― White-Tailed EagleSunday, April 7
8:10 am on NHK 9.4The rising number of white-tailed eagles in Japan's far north is resulting in more road accidents and other adverse consequences. A team of specialists is coming to the rescue of these regal raptors. -
A Helping Hand to a Brighter Future ― White-Tailed EagleSunday, April 7
4:10 am on NHK 9.4The rising number of white-tailed eagles in Japan's far north is resulting in more road accidents and other adverse consequences. A team of specialists is coming to the rescue of these regal raptors. -
A Helping Hand to a Brighter Future ― White-Tailed EagleSaturday, April 6
9:10 pm on NHK 9.4The rising number of white-tailed eagles in Japan's far north is resulting in more road accidents and other adverse consequences. A team of specialists is coming to the rescue of these regal raptors. -
No Pup Left Behind - African Golden Wolf, TanzaniaSunday, March 17
3:10 pm on NHK 9.4Energetic African golden wolf pups get attacked by their parents while docile pups get pampered. What gives? It's all part of an incredible educational system designed for the savanna. The young are taught to protect themselves while scavenging and seeking out small rodents in the tall grass. Yet all this time no pup is left behind. Those showing initiative are soon encouraged to leave and become independent. The timid variety may stay with the parents and help raise the next generation. -
No Pup Left Behind - African Golden Wolf, TanzaniaSunday, March 17
8:10 am on NHK 9.4Energetic African golden wolf pups get attacked by their parents while docile pups get pampered. What gives? It's all part of an incredible educational system designed for the savanna. The young are taught to protect themselves while scavenging and seeking out small rodents in the tall grass. Yet all this time no pup is left behind. Those showing initiative are soon encouraged to leave and become independent. The timid variety may stay with the parents and help raise the next generation. -
No Pup Left Behind - African Golden Wolf, TanzaniaSunday, March 17
4:10 am on NHK 9.4Energetic African golden wolf pups get attacked by their parents while docile pups get pampered. What gives? It's all part of an incredible educational system designed for the savanna. The young are taught to protect themselves while scavenging and seeking out small rodents in the tall grass. Yet all this time no pup is left behind. Those showing initiative are soon encouraged to leave and become independent. The timid variety may stay with the parents and help raise the next generation. -
No Pup Left Behind - African Golden Wolf, TanzaniaSaturday, March 16
9:10 pm on NHK 9.4Energetic African golden wolf pups get attacked by their parents while docile pups get pampered. What gives? It's all part of an incredible educational system designed for the savanna. The young are taught to protect themselves while scavenging and seeking out small rodents in the tall grass. Yet all this time no pup is left behind. Those showing initiative are soon encouraged to leave and become independent. The timid variety may stay with the parents and help raise the next generation. -
Marvelous Mystery Tour - Mushrooms, JapanSunday, March 10
3:10 pm on NHK 9.4Next time you pass by a mushroom, consider this: underneath that cap and stalk lies a network of thread-like filaments that could spread out up to a radius of one kilometer! Welcome to the "Marvelous Mystery Tour!" There are between 5,000 and 10,000 species of mushroom just in Japan. Yet only about 3,000 have names. And they come in all shapes, sizes, colors ... and odors! Mushrooms are without a doubt integral to forest ecology. Join us as we enter a whole new world just by lowering our gaze? -
Marvelous Mystery Tour - Mushrooms, JapanSunday, March 10
8:10 am on NHK 9.4Next time you pass by a mushroom, consider this: underneath that cap and stalk lies a network of thread-like filaments that could spread out up to a radius of one kilometer! Welcome to the "Marvelous Mystery Tour!" There are between 5,000 and 10,000 species of mushroom just in Japan. Yet only about 3,000 have names. And they come in all shapes, sizes, colors ... and odors! Mushrooms are without a doubt integral to forest ecology. Join us as we enter a whole new world just by lowering our gaze? -
Marvelous Mystery Tour - Mushrooms, JapanSunday, March 10
4:10 am on NHK 9.4Next time you pass by a mushroom, consider this: underneath that cap and stalk lies a network of thread-like filaments that could spread out up to a radius of one kilometer! Welcome to the "Marvelous Mystery Tour!" There are between 5,000 and 10,000 species of mushroom just in Japan. Yet only about 3,000 have names. And they come in all shapes, sizes, colors ... and odors! Mushrooms are without a doubt integral to forest ecology. Join us as we enter a whole new world just by lowering our gaze? -
Marvelous Mystery Tour - Mushrooms, JapanSaturday, March 9
8:10 pm on NHK 9.4Next time you pass by a mushroom, consider this: underneath that cap and stalk lies a network of thread-like filaments that could spread out up to a radius of one kilometer! Welcome to the "Marvelous Mystery Tour!" There are between 5,000 and 10,000 species of mushroom just in Japan. Yet only about 3,000 have names. And they come in all shapes, sizes, colors ... and odors! Mushrooms are without a doubt integral to forest ecology. Join us as we enter a whole new world just by lowering our gaze? -
Big Mouth - Bering WolffishSunday, March 3
2:10 pm on NHK 9.4A mysterious fish from the depths has lured the Darwin team into the chilly waters off Northern Japan for a closer look. The result: shocking dining habits and terrifying battles over spawning rights. -
Big Mouth - Bering WolffishSunday, March 3
7:10 am on NHK 9.4A mysterious fish from the depths has lured the Darwin team into the chilly waters off Northern Japan for a closer look. The result: shocking dining habits and terrifying battles over spawning rights. -
Big Mouth - Bering WolffishSunday, March 3
3:10 am on NHK 9.4A mysterious fish from the depths has lured the Darwin team into the chilly waters off Northern Japan for a closer look. The result: shocking dining habits and terrifying battles over spawning rights. -
Big Mouth - Bering WolffishSaturday, March 2
8:10 pm on NHK 9.4A mysterious fish from the depths has lured the Darwin team into the chilly waters off Northern Japan for a closer look. The result: shocking dining habits and terrifying battles over spawning rights.