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Published on 9 hours ago

Hark | 16 | Country is Speaking

Season 5 Episode 16

In this final episode of Hark, we think about listening with Indigenous storytellers on three different continents—and we have one more encounter with those magical Shark Bay dolphins.

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Published on 1 week ago

Hark | 15 | Whynotamus

Season 5 Episode 15

New technologies like artificial intelligence have helped to accelerate and open up the entire world of bioacoustics, launching us into a new era of communication with the more-than-human world. In t…

Published on 1 month ago

Hark | 14 | Disquieting

Season 5 Episode 14

Humans have filled the world with so much noise that the only sounds many of us often hear  on a daily basis are  our own. But all this sound isn’t great for our planetmates and it isn’t great for us…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Hark | 13 | Part of the Choir

Season 5 Episode 13

Homo sapiens joined the story of life on Earth just 300,00 years ago.  So when and how did we start making music and creating languages? In this episode, we explore these signature sounds and discove…

Published on 3 months ago

Hark | 12 | Trailblazers

Season 5 Episode 12

Elephants communicate through a variety of calls, trumpets, and rumbles. But despite being some of the largest land animals on Earth, elephants  can also be incredibly quiet. In this episode, we open…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Hark | 11 | Am I Not Lucky?

Season 5 Episode 11

Modern humans emerged into a world filled with and shaped by elephants. But for elephants, living with humans isn’t always easy. Elephants have survived by adapting to all the changes we’re making to…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Hark | 10 | Behold, the Wonderchicken

Season 5 Episode 10

More than 60 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth, wiping out nearly all the dinosaurs. The only dinosaurs to live through this mass extinction were birds. In this episode, we look at how the…

Published on 6 months ago

Hark | 9 | The Silent Type

Season 5 Episode 9

Birds, frogs, dolphins, and humans—we’re all big talkers. Turtles, on the other hand, are considered to be silent. Or are they? In this episode, we challenge what we know about some of our quieter pl…

Published on 7 months ago

Hark | 8 | The Queen's English

Season 5 Episode 8

Living together in a group is a strategy many animals use to survive and thrive. And a big part of what makes that living situation successful is listening. In this episode, we explore the collaborat…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago