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.


73 Pieces

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Sea Grapes ~ Caulerpa racemosa variety cylindracea
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: NURC/UNCW and NOAA/FGBNMS
“Sea grapes” may sound like something Poseidon would snack on, but names can be deceiving. This is a killer algae.

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 2
Greenland Shark ~ Somniosus microcephalus
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Surviving the Arctic ice water

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
Red Knots ~ Calidris canutus rufa
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A tiny shorebird that undertakes a mind-boggling migration.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 5
Ediacaran Fossils ~ Trepassia wardae
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Dead life suports new life in Newfoundland

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 2
Pine and Stone Martens ~ Martes martes and Martes foina
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Martes martes, Credit: SD Lund, BioPix
On the forested mountain slopes of the Basque country, two Spanish biologists track these elusive mammals

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
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Muskox ~ Ovibos moschatus
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Ice Age survivors that once roamed the far north alongside the woolly mammoth, now struggling on the slopes of Norway.

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - Thunnus thynnus
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen?

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
Branch Tip Spiders ~ Dictyna
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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How a spider can change a landscape....

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
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Riftia ~ Riftia pachyptila
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery “lips.” This is NOT a creature from outer space.

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
Sea Slugs ~ Elysia chlorotica
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Moves slow, doesn't think much, covered with mucus but stunning and complicated

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Insects of Costa Rica ~ Insecta
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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20,000 different kinds of butterflies and moths - and that's just for starters!

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Giant Squid ~ Architeuthis dux
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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How do you get two dead Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum in Washington, DC, USA? Call in the Navy!

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Water Hyacinth ~ Eichhornia crassipes
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A beautiful green menace choking Lake Victoria

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  • Added: May 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish ~ Pandea rubra
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Pandea Rubra, Credit: Monetary Bay Research Institute
Fragility speaks of life from the ocean's dark depths.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:33
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Red-shouldered Soapberry Bug ~ Jadera haematoloma
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Elusive, adaptive and beautiful.

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:29
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Coral ~ Acroporidae
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns - can they re-construct?

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
Great White Shark ~ Carcharodon carcharias
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Top of the food chain: charismatic, faithless, nomadic

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Sea Cucumber ~ Holothuroidea
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A literary Asian delicacy...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 4
Quinine Tree ~ Cinchona pubescens
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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aka The Fever Tree - useful in malaria, fever, gin & tonics...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
E.O. Wilson and Ants~ olenopsis invicta + Paraponera clavata
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Renowned evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson (founder of the Encyclopedia of Life ) and his long career cracking the code of ants.

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 2

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