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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 16:27
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
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
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
States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:14
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
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:32
Red-eared sliders are one of the most common pet turtle species in the world. But they can grow to the size of dinner plates and can live around 40...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:42
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
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
Small, silvery fish called kiyi used to roam the deep, cold waters of nearly every Great Lake. Remnant populations still exist in Lake Superior, an...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 10:51
Food justice activist and writer Rae Gomes joins Jess to talk about what we get wrong about food in the United States, and what we can do to make t...
- Added: Jun 11, 2024
- Length: 29:00
For decades wilderness areas have provided access and protection to millions of acres of land. Today, climate change is shifting how we think about...
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 03:59
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
See Yourself As Others See You
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
This Tarantula Has Got the Blues
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
This month on Climate Connections Maine college builds climate-friendly dorm out of wood, cancer patients can face treatment disruptions during ext...
Bought by KACU, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, WNIJ and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2024
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 18
Did you know that pesticides are widely used in U.S. agriculture and residues may remain on and in the foods we eat, even after washing or processi...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 30, 2024
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and Raven Radio
- Added: May 27, 2024
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 2
In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...
Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more
- Added: May 26, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 10
- Added: May 24, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise
- Added: May 24, 2024
- Length: 02:00
