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Arctic Pioneers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Toolik Lake, in Alaska's Arctic wilderness., Credit: Copyright John C. Wingfield
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Monitoring Bats
From: James Pullen
Series: Vignettes of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Caption: Harmon Cave, Credit: Allan Rotgers 2013
Join volunteers who count bats at Harmon Cave in Boulder, Colorado.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
Because It's There: Exploration in the Anthropocene [part 2]
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
Caption: Lhotse, Credit: Hari Mix
In the second half of his interview with Gen Anthro, Hari Mix talks about his experiences this past spring in the Himalaya and his summit bid for L...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:14
Because It's There: Exploration in the Anthropocene [part 1]
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Today’s episode is the first part of Gen Anthro's interview with Hari Mix, a mountaineer, PhD student, and friend of the producers. In this first h...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 35:46
213: Kauai Thoughts
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
Tiny Forests in the Utah Desert
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A tiny forest of hairless twisted moss, Credit: NPS photo by Neal Herbert
Like trees in a forest, biological soil crusts play a key role in the ecosystems in which they are found. Damages to these tiny organisms can have ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 5
See Antarctica without leaving home...from Google and the U of MN
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Brad Herried capturing Google Street View imagery at the South Pole November 2011., Credit: courtesy Polar Geospatial Center
Brad Herried, cartographer & web developer at the U of MN Polar Geospatial Center, chatted with Buck Benson of WTIP recently about a new joint proj...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
In Off-Season Tulum, More Turtles Than Tourists
From: Valerie Hamilton
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If the Caribbean’s balmy turquoise charms are doubled by wintry weather at home, the argument could be made they’re halved in close succession to a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
Bosque del Apache
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A sandhill crane flies over Bosque del Apache., Credit: Megan Wilde
Every winter, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico hosts a spectacular congregation of snow geese and sandhill cranes. Why do t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Texas' Aspens
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech
With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds of the Great Wilderbeest Migration in Mara Serengeti
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Wildebeest concentration, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Paula Kahumbu takes you to the Masai Mara to witness the spectacle of thousands of wildebeest plunging into the crocodile infested Mara river Over...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2010
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
Insects Galore
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:23
Encounters Walrus Eider
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Beat the summer heat by jumping on board an icebreaker with host Elizabeth Arnold

Bought by KDUR, PRX Remix, KRUA, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 4
Killer Whale
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Find yourself in the middle of a pod of killer whales on this edition of Encounters!

Bought by KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, KMXT, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 7
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
A Central Park Birder Experiences the Nebraska Crane Migration
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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A woman who usually does her "birding" in New York City's Central Park shares some of her reactions after experiencing the Sandhill Crane migration...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:51
March of the Salamanders
From: Adam Allington
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Every year the first spring rains rouse hibernating amphibians from their winter torpor. In Amherst, MA this time is punctuated by the annual Sala...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 5