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Cactus wrens were one of the first Sonoran Desert birds I learned when I arrived in Tucson to go to the University of Arizona. They are such rascal...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:44
This is Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey. Cloudy Cold days these days. Petey talks about lifesaving snow in the desert, the beauty of Sandhill C...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
I have a bunch of photos from Christmas tree hunts and most of them are 35 mm slides. These few here were taken over the last several years. I alwa...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:07
I was reading a Christmas card from some very dear friends and in the hand written portion of the card it mentioned this season as being the “holie...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:53
I always want to add an extra T when I write Yucca baccata, but no, two Cs and one T is correct. The specific epithet baccata is from Latin and mea...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:59
There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
Two very interesting calls explore what happens and why it happens in retirement. We explore how attitude and emotions influence "How much is enoug...
- Added: Dec 18, 2021
- Length: 36:36
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:03
The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:59
I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left out some fun stuff.
Native bees that buzz poll...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:43
This episode is a reminiscence sparked by some old photos. I’m pretty sure my father took the photos, because I can’t remember him ever being witho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:42
I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:21
Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:04
I like the phrase in Arizona Flora about the Loasa family Loasaceae ; it is “remarkable for the diversity and peculiar structure of the hairs.” And...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:05
From: Generation Justice Admin
This week, we tackle misinformation and misleading narratives about mail in ballots and the 2020 election with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie...
- Added: Oct 05, 2020
- Length: 49:21
In this year's celebration of Black History Month and the 50th Anniversary of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico, author and journali...
- Added: Aug 14, 2020
- Length: 50:32
The Coronavirus is generating fear to such a degree that the NY Governor said we are experiencing a "fear pandemic". There is a concept called emot...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 52:51
Rajesh Khanna, PhD, has a 20-year career in Neuroscience and Pharmacology. He was a doctoral student in the Department of Physiology at the Univers...
- Added: Jan 07, 2020
- Length: 04:41
Kiera will be a senior at the University of Arizona this fall majoring in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. She is currently researc...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 04:59
In this interview, TC Tolbert and Erin Russ talk about the importance of community participation and some of the progress we've made in our own com...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 03:33
Emily is a senior at the University of Arizona studying physiology and nutritional sciences. She
currently works in the research laboratory of Dr. ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 04:59
As Houda and Sara’s English has improved over the past three years, they’ve been able to share more of their story with Melanie–and with you. In th...
- Added: Jul 31, 2019
- Length: 04:27
In the first part of our conversation with Dr. Imad Rasheed, we talked about his work at the University of Baghdad creating a post-graduate program...
- Added: Jul 31, 2019
- Length: 04:25
Producer Tucker Grace interviews DJ El Toro about the importance of amplifying queer artists.
- Added: Jul 26, 2019
- Length: 03:56
Anne-Laure is a rising senior at the University of Arizona double majoring in Natural Resources (emphasis in Wildlife Conservation and Management) ...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:26
