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Nighthawks
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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 Sing
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Learning to vocalize is a surprisingly unusual ability in the animal world. How do young songbirds master their musical talents?

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Our Might Oaks
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
The Guardian's Science Weekly: David Eagleman and 50 years in space
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

Bought by PRX Remix and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Harvester Ants
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Harvester ants carry food several times their size., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
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
Triops
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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 ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Spadefoot Desert Chorale
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fifth Season
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Cenizo puts on a show during the desert's rainy season., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Attracting Pollinators
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rotifer Diversity
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Testudinella patina, Credit: T. Schröder, R.L. Wallace, E. Walsh
Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pyrrhuloxia
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
The Once Loved Dandelion
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Dried dandelion root, Credit: Guy Hand
The surprising history of the once much loved dandelion.

Bought by PRX Remix and KISU


  • Added: Apr 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Small-scale ranchers try to make beef better
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Glenn Elzinga and daughters, Credit: Guy Hand
Last week I talked to author Mark Schatzker about his book Steak. In it, he tries to find the world’s best tasting beef. Schatzker discovers that t...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Turkey Vultures
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does this harbinger of spring ha...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Soapberry
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
Making Beef Better: A search for the World's best steak.
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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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
Sowing the Seeds of a New Generation of Farmers
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Farmer Casey O'Leary, Credit: Guy Hand
The average age of the American farmer is 57 years old. But there's a new breed of farmer out there, one who is young, focused on the small scale a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Idaho Caviar and High Desert Aquaculture
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: A tin of Idaho caviar, Credit: Guy Hand
When driving through southern Idaho’s sagebrush desert, glistening black beads of caviar aren’t likely the first things that come to mind. Yet stu...

Bought by KUOW and KISU


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mimms Ranch
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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
Giant Ground Sloths
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University
Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Good News Bears
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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
Pollen
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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