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No hypothermia for these mammals
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Beavers in winter
Some mammals like beavers and muskrats can get wet in the winter with no apparent problems. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke ...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 14, 2012
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 2
The special things bears do
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Black bear
True hibernators and especially black bears, are giving birth this time of year. They have a special feature that helps them birth in winter. Jay A...

Bought by KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 3
Pine grosbeaks back at the winter feeder
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Male pine grosbeak
Unlike their raucous evening grosbeak relatives, pine grosbeaks are calm, melodious and are generally better mannered. Jay Andersen of WTIP North S...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
Bobcats are back in the neighborhood
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Bobcat
The Arrowhead has three large cats, and one of them seems to be more apparent this winter. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke t...

Bought by KSRQ, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and WDSE


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 3
Winter at the end of the year
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Winter in the wilderness
We’re coming to the end of the year, and there are plenty of changes and activities to look for when we’re out on winter walks. Jay Andersen of WTI...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
A busy lakeshore weasel -- American mink
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Mink by the lakeshore
There’s a very busy member of the weasel family that populates our lakeshores and streams. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke t...

Bought by KSRQ and WDSE


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Arrowhead drought
From: WTIP
Caption: Low stream
This year, particularly the last few months have been dry in Northern Minnesota. Dry to the point of drought. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Comm...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 1
Looking for autumn willows
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Autum willow
The woods and wetlands are full of willow species. One of them keeps its catkins well into winter – and that’s a good way to identify them. Jay And...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
The story of Lake Superior herring
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Lake Superior herring
When Scandinavian immigrants came to the north shore, they brought with them remembrances of herring fishing in the oceans. Lake Superior herring a...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Evening grosbeaks -- cycle or decline?
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Evening grosbreak feeding young
For years evening grosbeaks have been common at local birdfeeders. Not so much recently. Is the decline just a cycle or a major change for these co...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
The many faciets of bountiful birch
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Stand of birch
The paper birch is an iconic symbol of the north shore and north woods. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local naturalist ...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 2
Fall to winter -- the seasons change
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Northern shrike
Fall moves toward winter – sometimes in slow motion, sometimes quickly. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local naturalist...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
Leaf litter: an important part of forest ecology
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Autumn leaves
If trees didn’t lose their leaves in the fall, a whole lot of good things on the forest floor just wouldn’t happen. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Sho...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Fuzzy bugs and tiny moths along the North Shore
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Wolly aphid
Tiny bluish insects with skirts and millions of very small moths. It’s autumn on the North Shore. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:39
Golden trees -- tamaracks
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Tamaracks along the shore
Along the roadsides and out in the lowlands, the golden tree we see are tamaracks. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Community Radio spoke to local ...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Time for migrating shrews
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Short-tailed shrew
They’re small – even tiny – but bundles of energy and this time of year you can see them scurrying about in search of food. Jay Andersen of WTIP No...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:32
True Hibernators of the North Shore
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Woodchuck
Bears hibernate, but many don’t consider them true hibernators. We do have three mammals locally who truly hibernate. WTIPs Jay Andersen spoke to l...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KSRQ, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 3
Pale plant -- Indian Pipe
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
Caption: Indian Pipe, Credit: Wikipedia
One of the few totally white plants in our woods is the so-called Indian Pipe. Jay Andersen of WTIP North Shore Radio, spoke to local naturalist Ch...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 2
Untitled (August 15, 2011)
From: WTIP
Caption: Fireweed
In the late summer many woodland and roadside plants are in bloom. WTIPs Jay Andersen spoke to local naturalist Chel Anderson about fireweed, aster...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ocean Dead Zones Proliferate Around the World
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Windchill Factor
From: The humble Farmer
Piece image
It is cold enough without throwing in the windchill factor

  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
New Shark Kill Estimate
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:06
Going to Bat for Bats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bats - the more you know about them, the more fascinating these winged mammals become.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Tongass National Forest Part One
From: Guy Hand
Piece image
The wet and wild nature of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 3