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
Lichens ~ Xanthoparmelia plittii and Umbilicaria mammulata
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Microbial landscapes with bacterial gardens - worlds within worlds with secrets to tell

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Right Whale ~ Eubalaena glacialis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Research at sea - A very close encounter

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 4
Island Fox ~ Urocyon littoralis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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The mystery of tiny foxes lording it on an island...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 3
Ediacaran Fauna Fossils ~ Funisia dorothea and Dickinsonia
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Strange denizens of the primordial slimebed; for example Dickinsonia rex, a sort of living bathmat without eyes or a mouth...

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


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 3
Scottish Wildcat ~ Felis silvestris grampia
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Soon to be THE HIGHLAND TIGER - strong, independant and endangered.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 3
Beetles & Moths ~ Anoplophora glabripennis, Nebria brevicollis and Lymantria dispar
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Exotic and invasive - crowding out North American Fauna.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 13, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
Bowhead Whale ~ Balaena mysticetus
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Good for the body and the soul. The intimate relationship between the Inupiat Eskimos and the bowhead whale.

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


  • Added: Oct 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3
Chamois ~ Rupicapra rupicapra
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A hunter becomes protector of the French Mountain Goat

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 3
Chaffinch & Winter Wren ~ Troglodytes troglodytes & Fringilla coelebs
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Two songsters that could help you learn to bird by ear...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, HCC Radio The Dragon, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 4
Lebanon Cedar ~ Cedrus libani
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Older than the bible - now under threat from climate change and logging.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 3
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog ~ Rana boylii
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Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Wading into the issue of dams and biodiversity with two biologists sampling the DNA of this threatened frog in order to save it.

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


  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 2
4-Leaf Clover ~ Trifolium repens L.
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Summer Praetorius has an unusual ability to find 4-leaf (and 5,6 even 7-leaf!) clovers.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 3
Killer Whales ~ Orcinus orca
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
Caption: Orcinus orca, Credit: (Linnaeus, 1758). Public Domain.
The consummate predator - sorting myth from science

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1

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