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Scientists take a close look at a single celled creature with a complex eye.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
The echo of a pitcher plant helps bats find safety and helps the plant get food.
- Added: Jul 12, 2015
- Length: 01:00
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What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?
- Added: Jun 13, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
While going about their daily routines, marine animals outfitted with sensors can collect data on ocean conditions in places that would be dangerou...
- Added: Jun 13, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Researchers look into whether the sounds produced by wind farms disturb some imperiled birds.
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- Added: May 23, 2015
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Baleen whales have rubbery nerves that allow them to stretch to twice their length when they feed.
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 01:00
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Are we doing better today than on the first Earth Day 45 years ago?
- Added: Apr 15, 2015
- Length: 01:29
Thousands of years ago, the mosquitoes that now transmit dengue fever made the switch from biting forest animals to seeking out humans.
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- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 01:00
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- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 01:00
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- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
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Insects will go to great lengths to pass their genes down to the next generations, including resorting to “power tools” to bore deep into unripe fr...
- Added: Jun 08, 2014
- Length: 01:00
The Earth gets almost all of its energy from the Sun. It grows plants and creates our climate. Even the fossil fuels we burn are the remains of pla...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
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
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
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Scientists are using satellites to track the mysterious migrations of young sea turtles.
- Added: Mar 09, 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
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
When we think of garage scientists, the eccentric, gray-haired Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future might come to mind. But these days, garages...
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- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 1
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
