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Shape-Shifting Frog
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Monarch Butterfly Genetics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Monarchs in flight., Credit: Sonia Altizer
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dead Ants & Wasp Nests
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: (A) Overview of a nest. Individual brood cells are separated by thin walls of soil material. (B) The nest is closed by a vestibular cell filled with dead ants. (C) Contents of a vestibular cell. (D) Female bone-house wasp. , Credit: Merten Ehmig (A, B), Michael Staab (C, D).
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Condor Culture
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: California Condor with chick. , Credit: Joseph Brandt/Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate t...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
99% Invisible #83- Heyoon
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Bored and disaffected and angry, Alex longed for a place to escape to. And then he found Heyoon.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KALW, and HowSound


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 5
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
Keeping It Native
From: Julia Botero
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Longue Vue Botantical Gardens in New Orleans Louisiana is trying to encourage local residents to plant native species in their yards at home. Plant...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:32
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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How air pollution is affecting the fragrane from flowers, making it harder for bees to find and pollinate them.

Bought by KENW, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3