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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
Caption: Pronghorn on the Marfa Plateau. , Credit: Mike Sullins/TPWD
Pronghorn have perfect camouflage, unmatched speed, and can spot a predator miles away. But that hasn't protected them from a mysterious population...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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
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
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
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Writer J. Frank Dobie wished he could be sung to sleep and woken by a coyote chorus every day. But not everyone regards coyotes so amiably. Who are...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Winter brings hordes of handsome cedar waxwings to our region, where they’ll throng our junipers and devour every berry they can find. What makes t...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Pine trees are much more than symbols of Christmas and sources of timber. They serve up a smorgasbord for many wild animals and insects. Who dines ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Horned lizards get water from the ants they eat., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
Animals have adapted to surviving with little or no water during the Chihuahuan Desert's dry winter and spring. How do they do it?

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde
Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech
With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Rio Grande silvery minnow, Credit: Aimee Roberson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
These tiny fish disappeared from Texas almost fifty years ago. But today, silvery minnows swim again in the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande. What ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A triops in Big Bend Ranch State Park., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
When rain falls in the desert, these tiny crustaceans seize the day.

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Poet Philip Schultz
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing — and his dyslexia. His l...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daniel Goleman + Rick Hanson
Why are people so reactive to one another? Why is it challenging to keep peace in our families and workplaces? Two psychologists and authors, Danie...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and WGDR


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Daniel Goleman & Rick Hanson
Why are people so reactive to one another? Why is it challenging to keep peace in our families and workplaces? Two psychologists and authors, Danie...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WUFT, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 22, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Len Fisher discussed the Perfect Swarm.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 2
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
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Holy algae, batfish, we need you to clean up that reef! When researchers wanted to know what fish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was best at rem...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Apparently, China's pandas could use some help. It seems that some of the males have lost their moves, their mojo, their get down and boogy...well ...

Bought by KOSU and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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"Pygmy possum" and "giant rat." They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1