This is Embodied, from PRX and WUNC. I’m Anita Rao. Long before he was a professional ornithologist...Drew Lanham’s life was defined by birds... like the many he grew up with in rural South Carolina.

From parrots mimicking greetings to magpies building intricate call sequences, bird vocal learning blends biology, environment, and social bonds. Some species chatter naturally, while others take ...

Birds can teach valuable lessons. Sitting in my upstairs office, I often see feathered friends stopping outside the window and perching in the branches of the dogwood tree. Most often they are just ...

An ornithologist and poet with a lifelong passion for birds explains what these creatures can teach us about wildness, joy and belonging. J. Drew Lanham’s life has been defined by birds. He grew up in ...