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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Box Jellies - Carybdea Alata
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Winged Poison

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dinoflagellates
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A musical from the bottom of the food chain ... billions of these microscopic luminescent creatures in every bucket of the salty sea.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Honey bees ~ Apis mellifera
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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The Collapse of Bee Colonies?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Chinook Salmon ~ Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Wiloughby Elementary School Field of Dreams Mural
Maybe painted wooden fish on a schoolyard fence can change human behavior and help clean up the ocean for the real salmon

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 5
Mangroves ~ Rhizophora mangle
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Inside the very unique ecosystem where the ocean meets the land.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Delal a kar ~ Phaleria nisidai
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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On a collision course with modern life....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Dolphins ~ Stenella attenuata and Stenella longirostris
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Where there is tuna, there are dolphins.... not always a good thing,

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
Mexican long-nosed bats ~ Leptonycteris nivalis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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There is a bat man in Mexico, and he has his own bat-cave...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Parasitic Wasps ~ Microplitis demolitor
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Biological warfare at the level of the genes..

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Species in an Old World ~ Stenosis austini and Parabathyscia raffaldii
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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You don’t always have to venture into the heart of a rain forest to discover a new species. Sometimes all you have to do is look more closely, righ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Bittersweet Nightshade ~ Solanum dulcamara
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Born to Invade....

  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
Iron Oxidizing Bacteria ~ Leptothrix ochracea, Gallionella, and Zetaproteobacteria
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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a whole ecosystem of unusual life forms

  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
Saltwater Crocodiles ~ Crocodylus porosus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Learning to co-exist when there’s a croc for every man, woman, and child...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Monarch Butterflies II ~ Danaus plexippus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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As they wing their way across North America, millions of migrating monarch butterflies form a living river of orange

  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
Monarch Butterflies ~ Danaus plexippus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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An incomparable and mind-boggling migration.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
Seagrass ~ Posidonia Oceanica
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A lasting story between scientist and fisherman.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Red Swamp Crawfish ~ Procambarus clarkii
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A small species with a big story.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bacteria ~ Bacillus subtilis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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An invisible world

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs ~ Cynomys ludovicianus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Prairie Dogs to the rescue !!!!

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:28
Hungarian Meadow Vipers ~ Vipera ursinii rakosiensis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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There’s a snake in the grass—but the viper in this Hungarian meadow is more threatened than a threat, at least to people. As new ways of farming re...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:27

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