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Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900-but that's up from j...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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What's about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an anteater?

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Not long ago, a kindergartener snapped a photo of a rare bird...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you're doing scientific research...following in the foot-ste...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - or so the saying goes. But what if a river of mud were to swamp four towns, 20 factories and many acres...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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It's no news to anyone that hurricanes can be devastating. Luckily, hurricane forecasting has improved a lot over the years. We owe much of that im...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Climate scientists say that a weak El Nino helps explain why the Atlantic hurricane season was less active last year than forecasters predicted.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Nature Profile #4: Seeing the sky as blue kool-aid with salt

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 02:57
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Junked electronics from the US are being sent overseas, where they threaten the environment and health of the people.

Bought by KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:17
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With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
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A beached whale is a heartbreaking sight.. While nobody's sure exactly why "beachings" occur, scientists have offered several theories.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:23
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The seas off the West Coast of the United States are thick with giant kelp that grows up to 120 feet tall... But today, kelp faces two key man-made...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:26
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Forty-seven of the 69 wolf pups born last year died and experts who monitor the Yellowstone packs believe they died from a virus that's found in do...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
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Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
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It's said that "time and tide wait for no man." But it looks like there's considerable power waiting for us in the tides.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
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Solar power is gaining attention as an energy source in developing countries.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:21
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Wifi - it's everywhere - from your home, to your office, to hotels, to coffee shops, to town squares nationwide. BUT - IS IT SAFE???? In this two...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 28:44
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Wifi - it's everywhere - from your home, to your office, to hotels, to coffee shops, to town squares nationwide. BUT - IS IT SAFE???? In this two...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 28:20
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American Singer Canaries battle it out for best-song-in-show in the Canary Song Trials in Livonia, Detroit.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 4
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Venture Capital company restricts investment to help Environment

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:45
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Creating socially conscious businesses in North Carolina

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
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Quest explores Hunters Point's dramatic military history -- and the task of preparing it for its next act.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:47