January 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.
Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national, and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Veterinarians made a house call on the world's rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. In fact, he'd like to put in a plug for everyone in his count...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin painted memorable images of Tahiti with taro leaves, coconuts and flamboyant orange bananas. It’s hard to visuali...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The common reed looks harmless as it waves in the wind of America's wetlands. But, this exotic plant is one of nature's most effective invasive spe...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Here's a question for you aspiring ornithologists out there. Why does the Spoon-billed Sandpiper have a spoon-shaped bill? Give up?
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It took ten years, but one of the country's worst toxic waste sites is clean.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin. At least that's what Professor Ken Durose at England's Durham University is ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Why can't members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization sleep at night? They're counting fish instead of sheep.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Although less "charismatic" than whales, the Monkeyface, Threehorn Wartyback, and Pink Heelsplitter, deserve our attention too!
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Like its name, the Echo Parakeet is bouncing back. And the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation couldn't be happier.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
An umbrella is a handy thing to have around during a down pour. Likewise, an umbrella species protects other plants and animals that live in their ...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Commercial rice producers have flooCambodia's endangered "whispering bird," the Bengal florican, now has a whisper...of hope!
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Here’s a Swiss Army knife-type story, you know the one thing that can do everything. Only this time it’s an acacia tree in Africa called the “Apple...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
A newly discovered frog in the remote mountains of Colombia has scientists hopping. Not only can they lay claim to its discovery, but they've also ...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn't have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the ho...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
