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Crows form mobs to antagonize, intimidate and scare larger birds away.
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
A new GPS tracking system could warn wind power companies of oncoming birds in time to prevent deadly collisions.
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Buck Benson of WTIP chatted recently with Dr. Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, about an...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 21:52
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Aw, c'mon. Building a lakeside getaway...hurts fish? That sounds...fishy. But catch this: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Are hurricanes good for anything? Maybe. Katrina and Rita devastated hundreds of square miles in the Louisiana and Mississippi lowlands. But it tur...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again.
In t...
- Added: Aug 16, 2010
- Length: 58:01
It turns out that the milk that goes with the ‘breakfast of champions’ is less environmentally friendly than a pint of beer.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
When rain refills a dried out pond, life soon returns to normal. Frogs croak, algae grows and dragonflies dart back and forth. But that’s only part...
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Just about everybody's seen Jaws, the hit movie about a monster shark that snacks on captains and coeds. But have you ever wondered how many sharks...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right?
- Added: Jul 01, 2008
- Length: 01:32
If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 1
The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.
- Added: Jan 15, 2008
- Length: 05:28
Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Remember the warning "don't eat yellow snow"? Maybe not if you grew up in Hawaii or Florida - but, it's bad. It turns out that dirty snow is bad, ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:23
- Purchases: 1
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
The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
