Bird Brain

Watch astonishing tests of avian aptitude: parrots that can plan for the future, jackdaws that can “read” human faces, and crows that can solve multi-step puzzles with tools like pebbles, sticks, and hooks. Could these just be clever tricks, based on instinct or triggered by subtle cues from their human handlers?

Season 44 Episode 20 Length 53:32 Premiere: 12/20/17

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Space Wars

S53 E12 Length 53:54 Premiere Date 10/07/26

Stone Age Masterpiece

S53 E11 Length 53:42 Premiere Date 09/30/26

Knowledge Keepers

S53 E10 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 09/23/26

The Battle to Breathe

S53 E9 Length 53:34 Premiere Date 09/16/26

Return to the Moon

S53 E7 Length 53:08 Premiere Date 04/29/26

Rain Bombs

S53 E5 Length 53:24 Premiere Date 04/22/26

Clips & Previews

Bird Brain Preview

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Do Birds Remember Faces?

Clip Length 01:49 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Can Birds Recognize Faces?

Clip Length 01:57 Premiere Date 12/20/17

These Birds Are Smarter Than You Think

Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 12/20/17

The Surprising Power of a Bird Brain

Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Should You Wash Your Hands?

Clip Length 04:40 Premiere Date 05/10/17

Is Fear Contagious

Clip Length 05:17 Premiere Date 02/15/17

Scientists Walking Confidently

Clip Length 01:06 Premiere Date 02/15/17

Snot 101

Clip Length 03:58 Premiere Date 02/08/17

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #2

Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 01/26/17

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #1

Clip Length 04:07 Premiere Date 01/26/17

What Makes Science True?

Clip Length 15:00 Premiere Date 01/19/17

Zika: The Untold Story

Clip Length 14:40 Premiere Date 12/07/16

Specials

Interview: The Fusion Future with Dennis Whyte

Length 1:30:21 Premiere Date 10/08/26

Interview: Talking Dogs, Grumpy Cats, and Animal Communication with Federico Rossano

Length 1:19:51 Premiere Date 09/24/26

Interview: How to Save The “Doomsday Glacier” with Brent Minchew

Length 1:29:07 Premiere Date 09/10/26

Interview: The Hidden Math Behind Everything with Jordan Ellenberg

Length 1:16:29 Premiere Date 08/27/26

Interview: Hobbits, Neanderthals, and Dragon Man with Ella Al-Shamahi

Length 58:04 Premiere Date 08/13/26

Interview: The Future of AI and Us with Daniela Rus

Length 1:08:49 Premiere Date 07/30/26

Interview: Good Anxiety, Exercise, and Connection on the Brain with Wendy Suzuki

Length 1:15:20 Premiere Date 07/16/26

Interview: T. Rex to Birds with Steve Brusatte

Length 1:24:42 Premiere Date 07/02/26

Interview: Dark Matter = Black Holes? with David Kaiser

Length 1:23:48 Premiere Date 06/18/26

Interview: Discovering Dark Energy and the Hubble Tension with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess

Length 1:16:19 Premiere Date 12/19/25

Interview: Evolution of New Species, Venom, Wings, and More with Sean B. Carroll

Length 1:24:09 Premiere Date 12/05/25

Interview: De-Extinction, Dire Wolves, and Jurassic Park with Beth Shapiro

Length 54:49 Premiere Date 11/21/25

Particles of Thought: The Extremophile’s Guide to Life

Length 1:11:15 Premiere Date 11/04/25

Interview: The Animal Translator with Erich Jarvis

Length 1:03:49 Premiere Date 10/21/25

Interview: Brain Guru with Heather Berlin

Length 1:28:59 Premiere Date 10/07/25

Interview: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea with Bob Hazen and Mike Wong

Length 1:11:13 Premiere Date 09/23/25

Interview: Black Hole Badass with Janna Levin

Length 1:19:54 Premiere Date 09/05/25

Interview: The Deepfake Detective with Hany Farid

Length 1:25:01 Premiere Date 08/26/25

Interview: Mind of a Fossil Hunter with Kirk Johnson

Length 1:37:18 Premiere Date 08/18/25

When Machines Prescribe

Length 17:19 Premiere Date 04/30/25

Sands of Time

Length 06:47 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Keepers of the Coastline

Length 11:56 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Tides of Tradition

Length 09:47 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Standing the Heat

Length 08:44 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices

Length 07:51 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Harvesting the Future

Length 09:22 Premiere Date 09/13/24

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 08/07/24

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 07/31/24

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 07/24/24

When Whales Could Walk (Español)

Length 53:30 Premiere Date 01/01/24

Ancient Builders of the Amazon (Español)

Length 53:21 Premiere Date 02/15/23

Ancient Maya Metropolis (Español)

Length 53:31 Premiere Date 01/26/22

Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

Length 1:52:37 Premiere Date 04/14/21

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower

Length 02:09 Premiere Date 12/09/16

A Labyrinth of Lava

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 11/02/15

From Mud to Rock

Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Finding Stromatolites

Length 01:23 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Stromatolites Were Kings

Length 01:05 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Ancient Life

Length 00:28 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk

Length 01:17 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas

Length 01:38 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Hell Creek Formation

Length 01:10 Premiere Date 10/22/15

No Dinosaurs Above the Line

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Mammal Survivors

Length 01:40 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Dinosaur Fossils

Length 01:53 Premiere Date 10/22/15

King of Gore

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Driving Dinosaur Diversity

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Pangea

Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock

Length 02:16 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Massive Volcanic Eruption

Length 01:14 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Rock Time Capsules

Length 01:18 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossil-Filled Limestone

Length 00:54 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks

Length 00:19 Premiere Date 10/21/15

From Lava to Land

Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Semi-Precious Pebbles

Length 00:57 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Five Steps of Volcanic Rock

Length 00:26 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Tearing North America Apart

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossilized Sand Dunes

Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Volcanoes of Sand

Length 01:33 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Rockies 2.0

Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Manhattan Schist

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Manhattan Skyline

Length 00:52 Premiere Date 10/21/15

New York's Mountains

Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Mendenhall Glacier

Length 02:51 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 1

Length 01:18 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 2

Length 01:48 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 1

Length 01:26 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 3

Length 00:28 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 4

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 1

Length 00:57 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 2

Length 00:24 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 3

Length 01:06 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 4

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Mount Kilauea

Length 01:30 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 1

Length 01:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 2

Length 01:05 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 3

Length 00:58 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 4

Length 00:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 1

Length 04:11 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 2

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 3

Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 4

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/12/15

The Mother of Hubble

Length 02:28 Premiere Date 04/14/15

Formation of a Typhoon

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 06/25/14

Flatfish Larvae

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/06/14

RNAi Explained

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dolphin Mirror

Length 03:18 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dogs' Sense of Time

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 04/13/14

Cockatoo Excerpt

Length 01:30 Premiere Date 04/08/14

How Solar Cells Work

Length 00:33 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Solar Power's Promise

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Microneedle

Length 01:41 Premiere Date 12/30/13

GM Plants

Length 01:27 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Non-Newtonian Gel

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Soft-Story Buildings

Length 07:36 Premiere Date 11/13/13

Levitation

Length 00:50 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Superconductor

Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 1

Length 02:35 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 2

Length 02:02 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 2

Length 01:07 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 3

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 4

Length 02:01 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Swarming Robots

Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Wilder

Length 06:14 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Virus Battery

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Robot Arm

Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Elephant Arm

Length 01:22 Premiere Date 10/19/13

FinGripper

Length 00:55 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Sail Wing

Length 01:02 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Hydrofoil

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Chicken Feathers

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

KillaCycle

Length 00:48 Premiere Date 10/19/13

How Batteries Work

Length 00:49 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muon Detection

Length 01:52 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muons

Length 01:25 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Plants White

Length 02:11 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Patch

Length 01:19 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Vaccine

Length 00:38 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Earthquake Test

Length 02:03 Premiere Date 10/19/13

David Drives

Length 01:27 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Shelley

Length 02:07 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Pitcher Plant

Length 01:48 Premiere Date 10/17/13

SLIPS

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Hagfish

Length 00:51 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Hagfish Defense

Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Slime Clothes

Length 01:00 Premiere Date 10/17/13

New York City One Year Later: Telecommunications

Length 03:14 Premiere Date 10/16/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Faster

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 10/15/13

David's Race

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Steffen's Plan

Length 01:59 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Traveling Salesman

Length 01:21 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Eye Robot

Length 01:51 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Corkscrew Robot

Length 00:32 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Slow Goldfish

Length 01:39 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Bee Toxin

Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Length 03:36 Premiere Date 10/07/13

Invisibility Cloak

Length 01:22 Premiere Date 09/24/13

Shape Memory Alloys

Length 00:32 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Jellyfish

Length 00:38 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Bird Wings

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Shrinking Chips

Length 01:06 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Pizza Transistor

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Graphene

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Wheat Straw Plastic

Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Solar Leaves

Length 00:53 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Battle Jacket

Length 01:49 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Oobleck

Length 00:40 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Magnetic Oobleck

Length 00:54 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Life-Saving Non-Newtonian Fluids

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Silicon Transistors

Length 00:50 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Starling 8

Length 00:44 Premiere Date 07/15/13

sandy-raw-1-2

Length 00:04 Premiere Date 07/08/13

sandy-raw-5-1

Length 01:02 Premiere Date 07/08/13

Chemotherapy Goes Small

Length 01:17 Premiere Date 07/01/13

The Making of a Cloud Old

Length 03:10 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Why So Many Cloud Types?

Length 03:35 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Clouds and Weather

Length 03:21 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Severe Storms

Length 03:37 Premiere Date 06/30/13

The Climate Wild Card

Length 03:02 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Life on Europa?

Length 02:25 Premiere Date 06/09/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_03

Length 01:41 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_04

Length 01:43 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_05

Length 01:04 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_06

Length 00:40 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_07

Length 03:07 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_01

Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/28/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_02

Length 00:31 Premiere Date 05/28/13

What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly?

Length 01:28 Premiere Date 05/13/13

How the 1918 Flu Infected People

Length 00:25 Premiere Date 05/13/13

Fertilizing the Amazon

Length 03:27 Premiere Date 04/21/13

Flu Probabilities

Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/16/13

Rare Earth Elements

Length 04:17 Premiere Date 04/01/13

CHNOPS: Ingredients for Life

Length 02:36 Premiere Date 03/12/13

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Length 00:44 Premiere Date 02/28/13

MODIS Sensor

Length 00:26 Premiere Date 02/28/13

Solving the Storage Problem

Length 02:26 Premiere Date 10/25/12

Putting Energy to Use Old

Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/08/12

Season 44 Episodes

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Bird Brain

S44 E20 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Building Chernobyl's MegaTomb

S44 E8 Length 52:55 Premiere Date 04/26/17

Bird Brain Preview

Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Do Birds Remember Faces?

Clip Length 01:49 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Can Birds Recognize Faces?

Clip Length 01:57 Premiere Date 12/20/17

These Birds Are Smarter Than You Think

Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 12/20/17

The Surprising Power of a Bird Brain

Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 12/20/17

Should You Wash Your Hands?

Clip Length 04:40 Premiere Date 05/10/17

Is Fear Contagious

Clip Length 05:17 Premiere Date 02/15/17

Scientists Walking Confidently

Clip Length 01:06 Premiere Date 02/15/17

Snot 101

Clip Length 03:58 Premiere Date 02/08/17

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #2

Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 01/26/17

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #1

Clip Length 04:07 Premiere Date 01/26/17

What Makes Science True?

Clip Length 15:00 Premiere Date 01/19/17

Zika: The Untold Story

Clip Length 14:40 Premiere Date 12/07/16

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Space Wars - S53 E12

Explore the escalating military struggle to control space and satellites. Learn why the satellites we rely on are vulnerable to attack, how debris is crowding Earth's orbits and what can be done to protect them.

Tuesday October 13, 2026 1:00 am ET on KET2
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Evolution: Brain Power - S53 E13

Learn how the human brain, and those of clever animals like the dolphin, evolved over time.

Wednesday October 14, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Evolution: Need to Feed - S53 E14

The surprising story of how our planet's diverse creatures became the furious feeding machines they are today.

Wednesday October 21, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Evolution: Body Builders - S53 E15

Discover the process behind the incredible variety of animal shapes and sizes.

Wednesday October 28, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Evolution: The Mating Game - S53 E16

Discover how the rise of sexual reproduction fuels diversity, pushing life to specialize and shaping everything from tiny single-celled organisms to towering ostriches.

Wednesday November 4, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Evolution: On the Run - S53 E17

An evolutionary ride from early aquatic ancestors to highly optimized runners like the horse.

Wednesday November 11, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Space Wars - S53 E12

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Stone Age Masterpiece - S53 E11

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Knowledge Keepers - S53 E10

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The Battle to Breathe - S53 E9

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Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire - S53 E2

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Bird Brain

Recent Episodes

Space Wars

Stone Age Masterpiece

Knowledge Keepers

The Battle to Breathe

Return to the Moon

Rain Bombs

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Clips & Previews

Bird Brain Preview

Do Birds Remember Faces?

Can Birds Recognize Faces?

These Birds Are Smarter Than You Think

The Surprising Power of a Bird Brain

Should You Wash Your Hands?

Is Fear Contagious

Scientists Walking Confidently

Snot 101

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #2

A Scientist Walks Into A Bar #1

What Makes Science True?

Zika: The Untold Story

Specials

Interview: The Fusion Future with Dennis Whyte

Interview: Talking Dogs, Grumpy Cats, and Animal Communication with Federico Rossano

Interview: How to Save The “Doomsday Glacier” with Brent Minchew

Interview: The Hidden Math Behind Everything with Jordan Ellenberg

Interview: Hobbits, Neanderthals, and Dragon Man with Ella Al-Shamahi

Interview: The Future of AI and Us with Daniela Rus

Interview: Good Anxiety, Exercise, and Connection on the Brain with Wendy Suzuki

Interview: T. Rex to Birds with Steve Brusatte

Interview: Dark Matter = Black Holes? with David Kaiser

Interview: Discovering Dark Energy and the Hubble Tension with Nobel Prize Winner Adam Riess

Interview: Evolution of New Species, Venom, Wings, and More with Sean B. Carroll

Interview: De-Extinction, Dire Wolves, and Jurassic Park with Beth Shapiro

Particles of Thought: The Extremophile’s Guide to Life

Interview: The Animal Translator with Erich Jarvis

Interview: Brain Guru with Heather Berlin

Interview: Bob and Mike’s Big Idea with Bob Hazen and Mike Wong

Interview: Black Hole Badass with Janna Levin

Interview: The Deepfake Detective with Hany Farid

Interview: Mind of a Fossil Hunter with Kirk Johnson

When Machines Prescribe

Sands of Time

Keepers of the Coastline

Tides of Tradition

Standing the Heat

Megadroughts and Indigenous Voices

Harvesting the Future

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

When Whales Could Walk (Español)

Ancient Builders of the Amazon (Español)

Ancient Maya Metropolis (Español)

Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower

A Labyrinth of Lava

From Mud to Rock

Finding Stromatolites

Stromatolites Were Kings

Ancient Life

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas

Hell Creek Formation

No Dinosaurs Above the Line

Mammal Survivors

Dinosaur Fossils

King of Gore

Driving Dinosaur Diversity

Pangea

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock

A Massive Volcanic Eruption

Rock Time Capsules

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon

Fossil-Filled Limestone

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks

From Lava to Land

Semi-Precious Pebbles