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Greater wax moths have evolved the ability to hear sounds at frequencies even their predators can't detect.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Seabirds and their eggs help scientists track global pollution.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
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Unborn baby sharks gobble up their brothers and sisters in the womb.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...

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  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
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Climate change could make snowshoe hare camouflage less protective.

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

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  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Giant East African land snails are wreaking havoc in South Florida.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Brent Sicard, President and CEO of Lueken’s Village Foods grocery stores, announced plans for the local chain to grow and sell its own produce, as ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 20:16
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Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Mysterious “fairy circles” on African plains are caused by termites, which destroy patches of grass but help the surrounding grass thrive.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
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Air Occupy presents voices from the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. on February 17. Interviews with rally participants and sounds fro...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
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Fur seals sleep with on half of their brain at a time.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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A world of bacterial life inhabits storm clouds high in the atmosphere.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Dung beetles use the Milky Way to roll their dung balls in a straight line.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Migraine headaches are associated with lightning storms.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Fireflies are inspiring the design of more efficient LED lights.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Kevin Drum
The policy decisions we make today will have an impact on the next hundred years and beyond. It kind of makes you think, what policy decisions from...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
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Some dinosaurs may have used feathers to show off, much like some modern birds.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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A type of plant can sense mating chemicals from fruit flies, and builds up its defenses when it does.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Female songbirds sometimes have a hard time separating truly worthy male crooners from the fly-by-night wannabees.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Big brains are detrimental in some animal species.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
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