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After a Northern Flicker carves out a nest cavity, chances are the birds will use the cavity for just one nesting season. But the cavity may have a...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and by Birds Canada, volunteers for Project NestWatch observe local nesting birds and track whether the...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Some gulls and terns may show a glowing pink color, similar to that of flamingos and spoonbills. This pink color comes from pigments in the birds' ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
An evening baseball game isn’t the only thing illuminated by the bright stadium lights. High in the air, countless flying insects are drawn to them...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Resident Cooper’s Hawks that nest in the urban areas of Albuquerque, New Mexico, are thriving as the populations of doves, their prey, have explode...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
As it began to hail, Marlon Inniss saw several Canada Geese doing something odd. Rather than trying to shield their heads, the geese pointed their ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
If you’ve already done things around the home with birds in mind, consider one more action that might be less obvious. Turning the thermostat down ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
The Swainson's Thrush, the Hermit Thrush, and this Veery are small, brown birds, but their songs clearly distinguish them. The Swainson's Thrush an...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
After David Shephard moved to Hawai‘i to study botany, he realized that the “main character” of the islands is birds — many plants have co-evolved ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Many birds – like this Indigo Bunting – can be found in ecotones, the borders between two habitats. Indigo Buntings breed in the ecotone between fo...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
Emily Raboteau’s book, Lessons for Survival, begins with a painting of two Burrowing Owls on the security gate of a local business in West Harlem, ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In the spring, Rufous Hummingbirds journey from Mexico to the northwest U.S., some as far north as Alaska! That’s almost 1000 miles one way for a b...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
In this episode, Lillian Holden — a Chicago-based environmental educator — introduces us to the African American Heritage Water Trail, a 7-mile str...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 01:45
The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gasses in the U.S., and cars make up most of those emissions. So how can public ...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 03:55
90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 30:00
The study of snowfall and snowpack, and its importance in our lives.
- Added: May 19, 2024
- Length: 58:02
Taking care of ourselves goes hand in hand with taking care of the planet.
- Added: May 19, 2024
- Length: 58:07
Are Banks Banking on Climate Chaos? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: May 19, 2024
- Length: 06:02
- Purchases: 6
The Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary and the Aldo Leopold Gila Wilderness in New Mexico are gateways to nature where man is only ...
Bought by Raven Radio, KGLP, KKRN, KRWG, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: May 19, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 5
A Matter of Preference
- Added: May 17, 2024
- Length: 02:00
HOUR ONE: "Tasting the past" - What food reminds you of a certain time - or maybe a particular person - in your life? This hour, we’ll meet kitchen...
- Added: May 17, 2024
- Length: :00
Did you know that heavily subsidized biogas digesters pose a risk to rural communities and are not the climate-change solution they’re made out to ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Ubiquitous, microscopic worms, nematodes kill insects, infest plants and provide startling insights into human health. They also inspire joy!
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 52:50
At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the l...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz, WGCU, KOWS and more
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 9
Plastic can be found in the waters, in the fish, in the animals, in our blood - even in mother’s milk. How do we address this threat to both our a...
Bought by WGTE Public Media
- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 1
