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Caption: Mycorrihizal root tip, Credit: Ellen Larsson
You’ve probably heard of fungi, whether it’s mold in your bathroom or mushrooms on your favorite hiking trail, but recently, I’ve been hearing that...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
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This is the time of year when you see desert millipedes out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes even crossing the two lane blacktop roads n...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: Guided By Mushrooms owner Audra Sparks holding Golden Oyster mushroom, Credit: Renee Wilde
Today we turn to the ground beneath our feet to bring you stories from 2 agricultural pioneers in Ohio. One is a farmer that turned to cover crops ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 20:49
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These days, it seems like there’s an organic option for every type of food out there, including meat. But organic usually means more expensive. Tha...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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How would you like to get all of your electricity from renewable sources? It turns out, you can, and you don’t even need to put panels on your roof...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:28
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Takeout in Paris
I order a lot of takeout food these days. And I often cringe when I see the packaging, especially when I get all of those little soy sauce packets....

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
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There are about 5.5 million different species of bugs and they make up nearly 80% of all animals on Earth. But all is not well with the world’s mos...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
Caption: Places like Iceland have high albedo, Credit: Fatima Husain
Take a look out your window. What color is the ground? It turns out that what you see plays a big role in the speed of climate change.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we have a question from listener David Kellogg. He’s a big fan of solar power, but he wants to know, is it better to put solar panels on you...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
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Today, we’re answering a question from Ada, a student from Bristol, Rhode Island. She wants to know the best thing kids can do at home to help stop...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Wind turbines have been popping up across the world as a more sustainable way to create electricity. But these turbines can’t last forever, and not...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:53
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A couple of weeks ago, we did a show on how many greenhouse gas emissions are created by the fashion industry and that got us wondering which indus...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:55
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In their weekly natural history talk, Harry Hutchins and Phenologist John Latimer talk about signs of spring and how to call in Barred Owls.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 13:46
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My name is Desi Stanerson and I am a Senior in Biomedical Engineering with a double major in Molecular and Cellular Biology. My current research is...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2020
  • Length: 04:47
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Victor “Blue” Paat is a undergraduate senior studying Neuroscience and Cognitive Science with minors in Biochemistry and Music. He currently studie...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
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Erica Bailey Johnson is the sustainability coordinator at Bemidji State University. She stopped by to chat about the Earth Day events BSU is planni...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 27:42
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, KMUN, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 4
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He saw it coming. John thought that water would not be an issue but the County and State of Washington had not quite worked out how groundwater tha...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 05:58
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Petey talks about box turtles and geraniums.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Mycologist Terry Henkel discusses the diversity of fungi, loosely called mushrooms, and their importance to ecosystem health and the Klamath bioreg...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Lean how to identify the Cattle Egret and discover some interesting behavioral traits that make this small egret so interesting to watch.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Learn how to identify the Caspian Tern and discover some interesting behavioral facts about this shorebird.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Learn how to identify the Carolina Wren, and hear about some interesting behavioral traits associated with this tiny song bird.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Found out identification and behavioral aspects of this small song bird during this segment of The Audubon Moment

  • Added: Jun 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00