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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Caption: Hypholoma fasciculare., Credit:  Albert P. Bekker, CalPhotos. CC BY-NC-SA
Working under cover, it sends its ghostly tendrils into almost every corner of the terrestrial world.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
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Wild color + low tech methods = Tulip Mania

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
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  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
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When Turtles don't acknowledge a centuries' old political conflict....

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:01
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  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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The bane of parents and school principals everywhere—or is it?

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: asio otus, Credit: Piet Reens. CC BY-SA
Can the raptors of Beijing stage a comeback, in the face of runaway development?

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
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  • Length: 05:31
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  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
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Tiny creatures that live underfoot in the soil and leaf litter. Most people are not even aware they exist.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:30

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
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Like moths to a flame, some people are irresistibly drawn to the woods at night. Carrying bedsheets and armed with special lights and lures, they c...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
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  • Length: 05:29
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  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
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A lasting story between scientist and fisherman.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:28
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  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
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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