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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
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
Cardinal Accents Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Birds are making adjustments to live with increasing levels of human-generated noise. One Virginia scholar says that some city-dwelling birds are ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPVL and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
Eating Like A Pig: How Beer Byproducts Transform Into Chow For Sows
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Pigs at Rocklands Farm go hog wild over spent grain., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
The growth of the craft beer industry is proving to be a win-win: both for brewers, and for pigs.

Bought by WABE and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Conservation Gamification
From: Denis Du Bois
Caption: UW students pose for photos at a kickoff event for the 2014 Campus Conservation Nationals, Credit: Energy Priorities
Earth Day 2014 -- The University of Washington is participating in a national competition to conserve energy and water on campus this month. The c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 2: How To Do Science: Eat Lunch and Drink Coffee
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Measuring Marine Microbes
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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
Where is the highest point in Chicago?
From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City
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The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Narhwals: Everyone Loves a Whale With a Horn
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Pod of Narwhals (monodon monoceros) near Petermann glacier., Credit: Jason Box / Greenpeace
Arctic Ocean dwellers, narwhals are both exotic and popular. Though as every celebrity knows, and JP Davidson confirmed, being popular, isn't the s...

Bought by PRX Remix and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Here a Cat, There a Cat, Oy Vey, That's a lot of Freaking Street Cats
From: Zak Rosen
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Israel's mild, desert climate makes it possible for cats to give labor three, sometimes even 4-times a year. And when heat cycles can start as ear...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
2012: End of the World! Cancun, Mexico
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Stella predicting the end of the world, Credit: Jake warga
It's the end of the world, according to the Mayan Calendar. A thoughtful and goofy piece exploring Cancun, Mexico.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 4
Clever Apes: Paper covers rock
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
City of Apples
From: Thomas Dodson
Caption: Boston Tree Party Logo
The Boston Tree Party celebrates the planting of the first tree in their urban orchard.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:07
Fans of Fermentation
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tara Kelly with an assortment of her fermented foods., Credit: Guy Hand
A profile of an Idaho woman immersed in the ancient craft of fermentation.

Bought by KUOW and KISU


  • Added: Feb 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Denver's Backyard Chicken Initiative
From: Nadia Khasawneh
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Exploring the appeal and annoyances of backyard chickens as some Denver residents push for an initiative to change the city's current hen laws.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:09
All About the Sugar Beet
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Sugar Beets, Credit: Don Morishita
We've all heard about the controversy over genetically modified sugar beets. But what is a sugar beet? The answer might surprise you.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Boston's River Man
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for peo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 1
Corn Maze on a Dairy Farm
From: Emily Corwin
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Meet the energetic personality behind a small Connecticut dairy farm, take a tour of a corn maze, and find out what it takes to sell local milk in ...

Bought by KVSC, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KCBX, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 7
Sonar in the Sea
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Kelly Benoit-Bird adjusting the sonar before beginning her experiment., Credit: Nick Kelsh
Kelly Benoit-Bird works on all kinds of ocean animals ranging from zooplankton to whales. And ocean observatories could make her science even more ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 07:15
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
How green is your grass?
From: peter stock
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An update -- with a twist -- on ecologically-friendly lawn care. (18m35s)

Bought by KVMR and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 2
Dublin dog foulers
From: John Hennessy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On the frontline of dog litter in Dublin

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
Who's Driving that Car?
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Building a Robotic Car

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:28
Lemmings from Heaven
From: Rebecca Sheir
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UnDisney-fying a tiny critter of huge -- and heavenly -- importance.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 2
Flying squirrels + treadmills = Science!
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alaskan squirrels can fly, but can they run?

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 02:08
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47