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Monarch Butterfly Google Earth Tour

A story about the migration of monarch butterflies, and the people that help them out along the way. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqDwvuleRYc&hl=en_US&version=3] This Google Earth Tour was produced by Atlantic Public Media in cooperation with the Encyclopedia Read More →

Armchair Taxonomist Challenge!

Get in touch with your inner science writer: announcing the Armchair Taxonomist Challenge! Humans have probably been naming things and making lists since our earliest ancestors began to separate "Stuff That Tastes Good" from "Stuff That Killed That Other Guy That Read More →

One Species at a Time Podcast – Bacteria

In this episode, we raise the blinds on an invisible world that’s all around us: the realm of bacteria. Don’t reach for the antibacterial gel just yet. Roberto Kolter of Harvard explains the relationship between one bacterium, Bacillus subtilis, and Read More →

Black-tailed prairie dogs podcast

Black-tailed prairie dogs Cynomys ludovicianus Over the past century the grasslands of northern Mexico have been taken over by shrubby mesquite and turned to desert. Ecologist Gerardo Cellabos is on a mission to Read More →

Hungarian Meadow Viper Podcast

 Hungarian Meadow Viper Vipera ursinii rakosiensis There’s a snake in the grass—but the viper in this Hungarian meadow is more threatened than a threat, at least to people. As new ways of farming replace the old, these vipers have been pushed to Read More →

Moth Podcast

  An orange and yellow mothLikes moths to a flame, some people are irresistibly drawn to the woods at night. Carrying bedsheets and armed with special lights and lures, they come seeking Read More →
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