NPR: raptors https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=434424348 raptors en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 21:06:05 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: raptors https://www.npr.org/tags/434424348/raptors The story of two bird-saving brothers in India gets an Oscar nom, an HBO premiere Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, <em>All That Breathes</em> explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:53:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/27/1131319953/birds-fall-to-earth-from-delhis-toxic-skies-these-brothers-are-there-to-save-the https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/10/27/1131319953/birds-fall-to-earth-from-delhis-toxic-skies-these-brothers-are-there-to-save-the All That Breathes, which was just nominated for an Oscar and is premiering on HBO on Feb. 7.'/>

Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.

]]> Kamala Thiagarajan Saturday Sports: Hard Chargers And Ravenous Raptors NPR's Scott Simon discusses the week in sports with ESPN's Howard Bryant, including impressive wins by the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:00:27 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15/677015818/saturday-sports-hard-chargers-and-ravenous-raptors https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15/677015818/saturday-sports-hard-chargers-and-ravenous-raptors NPR's Scott Simon discusses the week in sports with ESPN's Howard Bryant, including impressive wins by the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers.

]]> Scott Simon In Washington, D.C., A Program In Which Birds And People Lift Each Other Up For 25 years, the Earth Conservation Corps has been cleaning up the capital's polluted Anacostia River. Volunteers have turned their lives around and now work to help others do the same. Sat, 20 May 2017 13:44:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2017/05/20/527630520/in-washington-d-c-a-program-in-which-birds-and-people-lift-each-other-up https://www.npr.org/2017/05/20/527630520/in-washington-d-c-a-program-in-which-birds-and-people-lift-each-other-up

For 25 years, the Earth Conservation Corps has been cleaning up the capital's polluted Anacostia River. Volunteers have turned their lives around and now work to help others do the same.

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]]> Hannah Bloch Squirrels Mimic Bird Alarms To Foil The Enemy It can take more than just a keen ear to figure out what animals are saying. Sometimes, scientists are learning, you have to talk back to map the rich networks of conversation in a forest. Thu, 03 Sep 2015 04:59:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2015/09/03/434400838/warning-calls-decoded-squirrels-take-up-bird-alarms-to-foil-the-enemy https://www.npr.org/2015/09/03/434400838/warning-calls-decoded-squirrels-take-up-bird-alarms-to-foil-the-enemy

It can take more than just a keen ear to figure out what animals are saying. Sometimes, scientists are learning, you have to talk back to map the rich networks of conversation in a forest.

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