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Our Might Oaks
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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The 21 oak species in our region assume many forms and are survivors of the last Ice Age. Who are these tenacious trees? And what animals depend on...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
How the White House Got Its Name
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Drive my car, please
From: KALW
Caption: Reporter Casey Miner rented her car out to a stranger through one of the city's personal carsharing companies., Credit: Casey Miner
Three new companies in the Bay Area are trying to match unused cars with people who can use them – it’s called carsharing. So you, with that car in...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:05
Triops
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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These tiny crustaceans come to life for just a short while during our rainy season, but their eggs can wait decades to hatch and ride the wind for ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
The Fifth Season
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Cenizo puts on a show during the desert's rainy season., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Attracting Pollinators
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rotifer Diversity
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Testudinella patina, Credit: T. Schröder, R.L. Wallace, E. Walsh
Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pyrrhuloxia
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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With its showy red crest and golden bill, the pyrrhuloxia shouldn't be confused with its more flamboyant cardinal relative. What makes this desert ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ecosystem Health Built on Three Unlikely Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mystery Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ice Melts Create New Shipping Passage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hydrogen and Egg Shells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Soapberry
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mimms Ranch
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
On the trail with his dogs
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's just you, nature and your sled dog team.

Bought by KSKA, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Seasonal Affective Disorder
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever had trouble keeping your motivation during the winter?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
Giant Ground Sloths
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University
Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Books vs. E-Readers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol’ book books?

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Microbial Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Good News Bears
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A black bear in Big Bend National Park., Credit: Cindy Callahan, courtesy of National Park Service
After an absence of nearly fifty years, black bears have been making a remarkable comeback in Big Bend National Park. Why did they return? And what...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pollen
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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As all hay-fever sufferers will tell you, this has been a bad year for pollen. What's all that pollen good for besides making you miserable?

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dexter National Fish Hatchery
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Fish tanks inside Dexter National Fish Hatchery., Credit: Megan Wilde
Without the Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, several desert fish species might have disappeared from the Chihuahuan Desert regi...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bosque del Apache
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A sandhill crane flies over Bosque del Apache., Credit: Megan Wilde
Every winter, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico hosts a spectacular congregation of snow geese and sandhill cranes. Why do t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
When Sheep Fly
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Biologists attach a tracking collar to a blindfolded desert bighorn sheep. , Credit: Kamila Forson
When Elephant Mountain gets too crowded with desert bighorn sheep, and it’s time to start a new herd in Big Bend Ranch State Park, how do you move ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Sam Hurst
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Sam Hurst
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker, television producer and writer, Sam Hurst.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:18

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