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Caption: Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Pawnee National Grasslands, Credit: Bettina Arrigoni (CC BY 2.0)
An early May visit to Pawnee National Grasslands, featuring Colorado's official state bird (the lark bunting), prairie dogs, red-winged blackbirds,...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 30:07
Caption: American Dipper, Gunnison County, Credit: Larry Lamsa (CC-BY 2.0)
Tour the rivers and creeks of north-central Colorado.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:33
Caption: Colorado River, Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand County, Colorado, Credit: Alan M Cressler / USGS
Spring comes to the western edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. The recordings in this episode were made in the spring and summer of 2021 to stu...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:35
Caption: Elk of Estes Park, Credit: Pete Markham (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Get close to the autumn elk rut in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 33:01
Caption: Black-capped chickadee at a feeder, Credit: Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA)
Appreciate the natural sounds of a Colorado backyard.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 31:25
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For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
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In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enb...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:56
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A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:35
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Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
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According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:40
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It takes a special breed to head to a Great Lakes beach during the windiest months of the year. But storm photographers are up for the challenge.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:18
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Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm. When people in the water get caught off-gua...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:46
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The North Country Trail runs through the heart of the Great Lakes region and covers 4,800 miles. Less than 20 people have ever hiked the entire NCT...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:38
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Because of its abundant open space, Detroit, Michigan has a thriving ring-necked pheasant population. The birds have endeared themselves to many by...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 10:54
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America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:03
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Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:45
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There’s this elusive bird found throughout the Great Lakes region. If you know where to look, you can often spot it where fields and wetlands meet....

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 07:46
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Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:50
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Alison Világ pays attention for a living. She counts migrating ducks at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, near Paradise, Michigan. It's key to gett...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:27
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Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely kno...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:07
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Lane Frame was visiting the Great Lakes for the first time. It was a windy day and the water was rough, but Lane and his brothers headed onto a pie...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:25
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A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
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Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer. But one community in ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:30
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When hunter Ben Karasch sees something move out of the corner of his eye, he assumes it’s a deer. But as Karasch gets a better look, he realizes it...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 12:54
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Iceland has figured out how to use almost 100% of every fish caught – not just the filet. By making things like durable leather, beauty products, a...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:30