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Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Spooky Shearwaters
From: BirdNote
Caption: Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Credit: Duncan Wright
Some early sailors, visiting remote Pacific islands, surely feared that the ungodly wailing on shore meant they had been tricked to the gates of He...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part 4, Coal
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Duckbill dinosaur footprints and other Cretaceous-era fossils that were recovered in local coal mines are preserved in the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2, Wind and Water
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Part 1, The Journey Begins
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Ross Chambless stands outside a substation near his home in Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Antillanca
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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A sound postcard from Antillanca, a ski resort in Chile. It's summer, so only the animals are there.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Kauai Birds
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A cacophony of birdsong greets the dawn in Kauai, Hawaii.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Insects
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Brazil: From Sugar Cane to Chevrolets
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Keith Porter examines Brazil's ethanol industry.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Sage Grouse Strut
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Noise from energy development may threaten Sage Grouse mating

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:12
Humpback Whale Song
From: Heidi Chang
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Why do humpback whales sing? Some researchers are trying to solve that mystery as they take you on a wild adventure in Hawaii. Experience some cl...

Bought by PRX Remix, Here and Now, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, The Nature Podcast, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 6
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Gualala Frogs
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs along the Pacific Coast in Northern California

Bought by KZYX, KUT, PRX to iTunes, PRX Remix, and KZYX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5
Thai Dawn
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
dawn birds in the hills of northern Thailand

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Sandhill Crane Migration
From: KRCC-FM
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The annual spring migration of some 25,000 sandhill cranes.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1