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THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 30:00
An investigation into the declining numbers of bumblebees in the United Kingdom and the efforts being made by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to p...
- Added: Jul 24, 2014
- Length: 27:59
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
On the June edition of Northern Gardening, your hosts Joan Farnam and Diane Booth will be talking about bees, bugs and pesticides! They talked with...
Bought by KZYX, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 59:21
- Purchases: 3
A Hawaiian bird faces extinction because its favorite food is threatened.
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate t...
- Added: Dec 09, 2013
- Length: 01:00
They’re small, fast and can be a big help to gardeners. In this edition of North Woods Naturalist, Jay Andersen, with WTIP North Shore Community Ra...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 1
This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
One key to curtailing the West Nile virus? Birds.
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
You've probably heard of 'Meatless Monday,' but have you tried it?
The idea of 'Meatless Monday' goes back to World War I, as a way to conserve re...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2011
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 1
There have been mysterious purple boxes popping up in trees along roadsides and throughout forests. Charlie Nardozzi has some silly ideas about wha...
- Added: Jul 19, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
One of the most interesting and different flowers in the woods is the Jack-in-the-pulpit. Jack has some interesting adaptations and secrets. WTIPs ...
Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
- Added: Jun 21, 2011
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 2
In this episode, Charlie Nardozzi debunks mosquito myths and shares some advice for coping with mosquitoes without harming the environment.
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
Charlie Nardozzi, expert horticulturist, talks about red hot chili peppers that range in intensity from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-nationa...
- Added: May 23, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Mar 22, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
As all hay-fever sufferers will tell you, this has been a bad year for pollen. What's all that pollen good for besides making you miserable?
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
What we call a mushroom is only the fruit of a much larger, subterranean organism. How do mushrooms know when to grow? Of course they need rain, su...
Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes
- Added: Jun 22, 2010
- Length: 04:45
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 11, 2007
- Length: 20:12
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 02, 2007
- Length: 03:38
- Added: Jul 03, 2006
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 1
?Downy brome? and ?Mormon oats? are a few of its nicer names, but it?s hard to find a kind thing to say about cheatgrass, one of the West?s most tr...
- Added: Jan 13, 2006
- Length: 02:00
