One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life

Series produced by Atlantic Public Media

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From the Encyclopedia of Life: the wonders of nature—right outside your back door and halfway around the world. In our new season of audio broadcasts, we’ll be learning about life as small as yeast and as big as a bowhead whale.

Hear people's stories about nature and hone your backyard observation skills. We’ll be exploring the diversity of life—five minutes and One Species at a Time. Hosted by Ari Daniel Shapiro and brought to you by the Encyclopedia of Life, and Atlantic Public Media.

The host and producer is Ari Daniel Shapiro. Jay Allison and Viki Merrick edit.


58 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
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A lasting story between scientist and fisherman.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:28

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:30

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
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  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:28
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There’s a snake in the grass—but the viper in this Hungarian meadow is more threatened than a threat, at least to people. As new ways of farming re...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:27
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Like moths to a flame, some people are irresistibly drawn to the woods at night. Carrying bedsheets and armed with special lights and lures, they c...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:30

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
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Tiny creatures that live underfoot in the soil and leaf litter. Most people are not even aware they exist.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:30

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
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  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: asio otus, Credit: Piet Reens. CC BY-SA
Can the raptors of Beijing stage a comeback, in the face of runaway development?

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
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The bane of parents and school principals everywhere—or is it?

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:03

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:29

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Wild color + low tech methods = Tulip Mania

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hypholoma fasciculare., Credit:  Albert P. Bekker, CalPhotos. CC BY-NC-SA
Working under cover, it sends its ghostly tendrils into almost every corner of the terrestrial world.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Amorphophallus titanum, Credit:  Paul Morris, BY-SA
When you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Jos...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:29