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Birders flock to Hawk Ridge to observe the fall migration
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Birders gather at Hawk Ridge to watch the fall migration, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Every fall, a geographic phenomenon funnels thousands of raptors (birds of prey) just past Duluth. This creates both an opportunity to monitor spec...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:01
Straight To Hell
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
GN_5.20_OceanFriendship
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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If Beluga whales treat a Narwhal like he’s been one of their own, who’s to say he isn’t?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Audio postcard from a hummingbird festival
From: Cole del Charco
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Take a non-narrated trip through the 11th annual Mecklenburg County Hummingbird festival.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
This is the Border Radio
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of f...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WSU Ducks Unlimited Banquet
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique, we talk to the Winona State University Ducks Unlimited Club. The Ducks Unlimited Club is holding a banquet this Saturday a...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 13:32
Episode 76: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind II
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
What Happens When You Wake a Sleeping Bear
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 65: Deserted
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 2
Wildflowers!
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. St. Minerva help us all!

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.39_AnimalLove
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Animals love each other too.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
Sharks - cute as puppies
From: Emmi Skytén
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Even decades after the movie Jaws came out, many people continue to see sharks as monsters. This image does not help the conservation efforts of ma...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 10
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Row Row Row Your Boat…Or Not" and "A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: It was suppos...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 1
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?" and "Bigfoot" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting gu...

Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Mr. and Mrs. Fish
From: Matt Frassica
Series: The Briny
Caption: Jeff and Deb Sandler, Credit: Jeff and Deb Sandler
Jeff and Deb couldn't stand each other when they first met. Four decades later, they've traveled the world teaching kids about marine biology. Alon...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 18:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Cactus King
From: Mark Bramhill
Caption: Lyn's giant metal cactus towers over his plant nursery., Credit: Mark Bramhill, Houston, 2016.
Meet Lyn Rathburn: folk artist and cactus mogul.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2017
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
Syrup-titious
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Whether he likes it or not, Sam has become the go-to source for all of our questions, from showing him photos of weird bugs we want him to identify...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
Birding in Anchorage
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fun for all ages!

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:14
Eat The Invaders: Lionfish
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This is Eat The Invaders - our occasional segment where we take a bite out of invasive species populations. On the menu today, one of the scariest,...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 1
These Shoes Were Made For Mocking
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Producer Taylor Quimby has been defending Vibram FiveFingers™ shoes to naysayers for years. When people see him wearing them while he’s on the trai...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 24:42
Never Bring a Sledgehammer to a Scalpel Fight
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Biocontrol feels like the pinnacle of human arrogance. We’re trying to play God, taking a delicately balanced ecosystem and stomping all over it w...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Bizarre video attacks pesky bug in Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In the video, the spiny water flea is depicted as an aggressive military general.
There are a lot of invasive species vying for the public’s attention, especially in the Great Lakes. So researchers trying to raise awareness about...

Bought by WCPN and WBFO


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 4
New generation in Cleveland embraces "Burning River"
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Brad McBride of Burning River Adventures, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
When the Cuyahoga River caught fire on June 22, 1969, it badly scarred Cleveland’s image. Some other polluted rivers were burning in American citi...

Bought by WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WILL, WXXI Rochester, WBFO and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6