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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...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 09:13
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
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
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
Rock hunting holds a special place in Joyce Fetrow’s heart. Years ago, she battled alcoholism that drove her to some dark places. Now, Joyce dedica...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:56
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
Freshwater jellyfish have been in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes region since 1933. But a century after their discovery, we sti...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 09:54
See Yourself As Others See You
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Minnesota is home to the only all-owl education center in the United States.
Why an owl center in Minnesota? Well, it started with an owl named Al...
- Added: Jun 06, 2024
- Length: 06:00
Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 26:08
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 24:26
Dave looks at some interesting ways the University of California's Natural Reserves System are used for both education and scientific research. Som...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach
- Added: Feb 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An audio postcard highlighting native bees -- including nuances of their behavior, life history and ecological importance.
- Added: Feb 06, 2024
- Length: 01:28
Brian Dunning examines the evidence that humans are warming the earth.
- Added: Jan 27, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Why Are Dogs Such Messy Drinkers?
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 02:00
Climate disruption is harmful to your health. Dr. Linda Rudolph and Dr. Barbara Sattler are showing how our success or failure as a civilization ma...
- Added: Oct 30, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Shakespeare on the Brain
- Added: Sep 07, 2023
- Length: 02:00
KRCL's Lara Jones discusses the current emergency facing The Great Salt Lake with Brigham Young University Professor Greg Abbott.
- Added: Aug 22, 2023
- Length: 07:36
In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...
- Added: Jul 12, 2023
- Length: 23:22
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a proposed solution to advance successful connection and communication within and with thos...
- Added: Jul 05, 2023
- Length: 10:25
We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 19:11
We listen to part of the glacier travel story shared in the book "Do Glaciers Listen?" Frank Olive, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, shares...
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 08:30
Impact and Orientation
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 06:33
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 09:54
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 08:19
