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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 →

Hedgehogs, Swifts, Glow-worms

What can species as different as a hedgehog, a swift, and a glow-worm possibly have in common? To find out, we journey to southwest England. We’ll join two naturalists on a walk through the Read More →

Lion Podcast

Does the mane really make the lion? Certainly, luxurious locks are the feature that sets Panthera leo apart from the other large cats. But surprisingly, not all male lions have manes. And back in the early Pleistocene, manes covered more Read More →

The Corpse Flower Podcast

Corpse Flowers Amorphophallus Let’s face it—when you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with a four-foot stalk that smells like Read More →

Arctic Tern Google Earth Tour

The arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) makes an incredible migration each year. These small birds travel distances of more than 50,000 miles, from pole to pole, crossing through temperate and tropical regions along the way. Carsten Egevang used geo-locator Read More →

Shell Podcast

Ari Daniel Shapiro joins the serious beachcombers along the high-tide line of Sanibel Island, Florida. These “shellers” come in search of beautiful sea shells, sometimes no bigger than a grain of Read More →

Ediacaran Fossils Podcast

[caption id="attachment_3291" align="aligncenter" width="254" caption="Photo Credit: Phoebe A. Cohen"][/caption] When the cod fishery collapsed in Newfoundland in the early 1990s, the hopes of the local fish harvesters collapsed with it. Hundreds of Read More →

Muskox Podcast

Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Photo Credit:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

There’s a chill in the air this week as we travel to a mountain range in Norway Read More →

Water Hyacinth Podcast

[caption id="attachment_1386" align="aligncenter" width="178" caption="Photo Credit: Jan Ševčík, BioLib.cz"]Water Hyacinth[/caption] It may have pretty purple flowers, but Eichhornia crassipes is a green menace. Introduced to Africa from the neotropics, Read More →

Red Paper Latern Jellyfish Podcast

Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s so fragile that once brought to the surface it’s reduced to a tattered blob in a Read More →
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