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

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Moths ~ Automeris io, Korscheltellus gracilis, Noctuidae
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hedgehogs, Swifts,Glow-worms ~ Erinaceus europaeus, Apus apus, Lampyris noctiluca
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Keeping it wild in the city

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:26
Ravens ~ Corvus corax
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Clever, but spooky

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Springtails ~ Collembola
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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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
Western Silvery Aster ~ Symphyotrichum sericeum
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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How a prairie can tell us how we're doing.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
Lions ~ Panthera leo
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Does the mane make the lion?

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Raptors of Bejing ~ Asio otus and Aegypius monachus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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
  • Length: 05:28
Head Lice ~ Pediculus humanus capitis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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The bane of parents and school principals everywhere—or is it?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Butterflies ~ Limacina helicina and Clione limacina
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Science and Art collaborate to tell a dramatic story

Bought by WDBM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles ~ Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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When Turtles don't acknowledge a centuries' old political conflict....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Anoles ~ Anolis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Green Anole, Credit: John Sullivan CC-BY-NC-SA
Little lizards with big secrets

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1
Tulips ~ Tulipa
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Wild color + low tech methods = Tulip Mania

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Fungi ~ Hypholoma fasciculare and Amanita brunnescens
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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
  • Purchases: 1
Corpse Flower ~ Amorphophallus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Amorphophallus titanum, Credit: Paul Morris, BY-SA
When you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Jos...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
Marabou Stork ~ Leptoptilos crumeniferus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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The marabou stork of southern Africa isn’t much to look at—it’s large, ungainly, and bald like a vulture, with a nasty appetite for carrion.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
Arctic Tern ~Sterna paradisaea
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Arctic Tern, Credit: Blake Matheson, Flickr: EOL Images
A lifetime of migration: equal the distance to the moon and back, three times.

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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 3
Mydas Fly ~ Eremomidas arabicus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Eremomidas arabicus, Credit: Brigitte Howarth~Emirates Natural History Group/Zayed University
Water in the desert is not always an oasis. A cautionary tale from the United Arab Emirates

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Starlings ~ Sturnus vulgaris
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Starling, Credit: Philip Heron
A story in two acts of the starling: omnivorous, gregarious, adaptable, and highly successful in its adopted land.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
Ugandan Butterflies ~ Pieridae
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Measuring change in a landscape by the span of a butterfly's wings

  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
Sanibel Shells ~ Epitonium angulatum
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Angulatum
Smaller than a grain of rice..

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1

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