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Smile, whale shark, you’re on candid camera -- the high seas version.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Aquaculture is a great way to provide sustainably farmed seafood for the planet. They also produce an excessive amount of organic waste. You know, ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Well, it seemed like a good idea. Replace paper grocery bags with plastic grocery bags. Save a tree! But, we know what happened.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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To prepare for climate change, sometimes it’s good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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You’ve heard about following your bliss. Well, here’s a creature that’s simply following dinner.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Giant pandas are about as cute as an animal can get -- and, just as endangered.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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The hand bone's connected to the wrist bone, the wrist bone's connected to the arm bone, and so on and so on. That was a great campfire song. Turn...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Watch out! The shadowy world of espionage has a new agent, the elephant seal. And, they’re working as spies in an ocean near you.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Rooftop solar panels are finally becoming affordable, for the rest of us. Sure, a fancy array to power your whole house will still cost you 10 gran...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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You know the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” Well, looks like it holds true for long-established species coping with deforestation.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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What's furry, barks, and sniffs out rare species like a Sherlock Holmes? Yep -- it's a dog! As it turns out, man's best friend knows a bear or a b...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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“Pygmy possum” and “giant rat.” They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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The parrot fish with its colorful, multi-patterned designs and parrot-like beak is credited with being the sandmaker of the sea -- perfectly suited...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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Holy algae, batfish, we need you to clean up that reef! When researchers wanted to know what fish on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was best at rem...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
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April brings a shower of fascinating facts! What’s the chemistry of cake? Why do guppies choose ugly pals to be their wingmen? Where does Barney s...

Bought by WEZU and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
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Caption: Just brush 'em off., Credit: Gaspirtz.com
1... 2... 3... Yeah, that's still OK to eat. It's fun! It's got science! Producer Ruth Eddy's take on "the rule" deserves a listen.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
Caption: Nancy Jackson
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
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Caption: Rebecca Guenard
Chemists can be narrowly focused, says Rebecca Guenard. In a field that encourages scientists to follow a pre-defined path, she encourages young wo...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:43
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
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Dr. Julia Brody, executive director of Silent Spring Institute, is a leader in research on breast cancer and the environment and in community-based...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 1