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The skin of a newly discovered frog species transitions from spiny to smooth in a matter of minutes depending on its background.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Can you get a caffeine fix without growing your carbon footprint?
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Thousands of years ago, the mosquitoes that now transmit dengue fever made the switch from biting forest animals to seeking out humans.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Tree kangaroos hop up trees instead of swinging through them like monkeys.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Human gut microbes could break down grasses into sugars for biofuel production.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Researchers are developing a technique to attack cancer cells with animal venoms.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
A new hypothesis ties domestication in mammals to “cute” physical features.
Bought by WMPG
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Hawaii’s birds face multiple threats, but one small thrush on the island of Kaua’i is a success story – so far.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
On this week's episode, stories about looking for answers in the wrong places, mercury in the water, and...bigfoot.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 2
New research sheds light on physical adaptations that allowed saber-tooth cats to hunt prey.
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Some animals took to the skies long before the advent of wings.
- Added: May 03, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Beaked whales set the record for the deepest and longest dives of any marine mammals.
- Added: Apr 05, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Satellites and unmanned aircraft could help shed light on the lives of one of the world’s most elusive eagles.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Shy baboons are less likely to put what they learn from watching others to use.
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Scientists are using satellites to track the mysterious migrations of young sea turtles.
- Added: Mar 09, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Melting sea ice allows marine mammal species that were once isolated to intermingle – and share diseases.
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Drone aircraft could help teach endangered California condors where to find food.
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 01:02
Crows form mobs to antagonize, intimidate and scare larger birds away.
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.
Bought by MPR News Stations, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and The Story
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 16:47
- Purchases: 3
Dr. Rivas is a researcher and teacher of environmental economy at the University of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 13:33
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with filmmaker Kristine Samuelson, co-creator of the documentary, “Tokyo Waka: A City Poem” about the 20,000 crows that inhabi...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Lenkakwai Sapiyon explains how in Samburu culture each family was associated with an animal clan. Following this association, Lenkakwai tells us a ...
- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 05:39