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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 04:39
Join our conversation with Maria Celeste as she shares her battle with cancer and discovery of the Crystal's healing power. Founder and owner of Th...
- Added: Mar 04, 2015
- Length: 29:00
Larger-than-life Serbian sculptor Zoran Mojisilov creates work from the most primal of elements: rocks, wood scraps and steel he hauls to his North...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 05:22
South Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish has low unemployment — there are lots of jobs in offshore services. So many that there could be a shortage of l...
- Added: Aug 04, 2014
- Length: 04:46
There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 04:39
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 29:00
Two professors walk up to a lunch truck, and the conversation they have there may change the way we study microbiology. Sometimes science has a lot...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 07:21
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 27:06
This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
WHILE OTHERS SLEEP...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jul 19, 2012
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Executive Producer/Director of Photography Mark Shelley and star Katie Pofahl talk otters, kelp forests, and doing the right thing.
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 18:25
Californians do a pretty good job thinking twice before throwing things away ... we divert more than 60% of our waste away from landfills. But what...
- Added: Oct 31, 2011
- Length: 06:46
African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 29:01
For the past five years there’s been a phenomenon of disappearing worker bees called Colony Collapse Disorder. This has many scientists wanting to ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 03:27
Not all owls hunt at night and nest in trees. Burrowing owls greet the sun from abandoned prairie dog dens. What else makes these tiny birds unique?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Big Bend National Park is home to many rare and endangered species, but the Big Bend gambusia lives particularly close to the edge of extinction. H...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Some birds sing. Others twitter, tweet or trill. But the common nighthawk goes boom in the night. This noise isn’t all that sets nighthawks apart i...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Learning to vocalize is a surprisingly unusual ability in the animal world. How do young songbirds master their musical talents?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
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
You’ve seen their sprawling, barren mounds, like little moonscapes in your field or lawn. But what lies beneath harvester ants’ conspicuous mounds?
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- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
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
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
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
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
An interview with Mark Schatzker, author of Steak, on why great steak is hard to find and how a few small-scale ranchers are helping to make beef b...
Bought by KISU
- Added: Mar 19, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
