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A walk in the woods on a nice day in early May in the Shawnee Forest; showcases several of the birds that visit the area each summer.
- Added: May 12, 2012
- Length: 00:03:12
You can’t see them on the surface. But at the bottom of some of the world’s largest bodies of water are areas called dead zones where fish and othe...
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 00:28:59
We go back to one of the first lessons kids learn about science, and what it says about how human minds develop. As children discover the natural w...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 00:08:16
- Purchases: 1
Ancient horses shrank when conditions when global temperatures rose.
- Added: Mar 12, 2012
- Length: 00:01:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...
- Added: Feb 06, 2012
- Length: 00:05:13
Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 00:07:09
- Purchases: 1
Mountain Lions were once common in southern Illinois. Recent first hand sightings suggest that they may be back.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 00:05:09
- Purchases: 1
In this piece you will explore the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois during the spring warbler migration.
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 00:06:19
When the famous naturalist John James Audubon traveled through southern Illinois in 1811-12 he saw many animals that are no longer in the prairie s...
- Added: Dec 30, 2011
- Length: 00:05:18
The annual Christmas Bird Count involves birders all over the Americas as citizen scientists tracking population and environmental changes. Miami, ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 00:02:55
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America have recently revamped their image and program with new badges focusing on skills like robotics and...
- Added: Nov 04, 2011
- Length: 00:28:57
From Sarah Lilley
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...
Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 21, 2011
- Length: 00:06:25
- Purchases: 2
Silence is golden when you can catch a free performance from the wild. In this edition of Wildersmith Fred describes the natural symphony that the ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 00:05:23
Following one day in the life of Maine's Black Bear Monitoring Team, which braves bear dens in order to count the number of new-born cubs.
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 00:07:40
- Purchases: 3
Japan's recent tsunami and nuclear disaster have devastated its fishing industry. Fish are at the heart of Japanese culture, yet worldwide stocks o...
- Added: Apr 29, 2011
- Length: 00:02:00
Not all owls hunt at night and nest in trees. Burrowing owls greet the sun from abandoned prairie dog dens. What else makes these tiny birds unique?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Big Bend National Park is home to many rare and endangered species, but the Big Bend gambusia lives particularly close to the edge of extinction. H...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Some birds sing. Others twitter, tweet or trill. But the common nighthawk goes boom in the night. This noise isn’t all that sets nighthawks apart i...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Learning to vocalize is a surprisingly unusual ability in the animal world. How do young songbirds master their musical talents?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
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The 21 oak species in our region assume many forms and are survivors of the last Ice Age. Who are these tenacious trees? And what animals depend on...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
Journalist Mark Hertsgaard on HOT: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth and children’s book author and illustrator Thomas Yezerski on his pict...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 00:59:00
You’ve seen their sprawling, barren mounds, like little moonscapes in your field or lawn. But what lies beneath harvester ants’ conspicuous mounds?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
These tiny crustaceans come to life for just a short while during our rainy season, but their eggs can wait decades to hatch and ride the wind for ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:00:59
- Purchases: 1
Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 00:04:30
- Purchases: 1
