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Pyrrhuloxia
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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With its showy red crest and golden bill, the pyrrhuloxia shouldn't be confused with its more flamboyant cardinal relative. What makes this desert ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Seeds
From: Judy Fossum
Series: High Plains Home & Yard
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The warmer weather, melting snow, welcome seasonal birds and smells of spring bring new inspiration and excitement for this year's garden. This ed...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:22
Turkey Vultures
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does this harbinger of spring ha...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Soapberry
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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
Mimms Ranch
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Giant Ground Sloths
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University
Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
What If
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Shooting Stars, Credit: By StephanVDS(.com)
In this piece, Ellie Evans, a student from the New Mexico School For The Arts, asks the question: What if? What if the world were different? This...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
Good News Bears
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A black bear in Big Bend National Park., Credit: Cindy Callahan, courtesy of National Park Service
After an absence of nearly fifty years, black bears have been making a remarkable comeback in Big Bend National Park. Why did they return? And what...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pronghorn in Decline
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Pronghorn on the Marfa Plateau. , Credit: Mike Sullins/TPWD
Pronghorn have perfect camouflage, unmatched speed, and can spot a predator miles away. But that hasn't protected them from a mysterious population...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pollen
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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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?

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dexter National Fish Hatchery
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Fish tanks inside Dexter National Fish Hatchery., Credit: Megan Wilde
Without the Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, several desert fish species might have disappeared from the Chihuahuan Desert regi...

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • 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
When Sheep Fly
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Biologists attach a tracking collar to a blindfolded desert bighorn sheep. , Credit: Kamila Forson
When Elephant Mountain gets too crowded with desert bighorn sheep, and it’s time to start a new herd in Big Bend Ranch State Park, how do you move ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Coyotes
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Writer J. Frank Dobie wished he could be sung to sleep and woken by a coyote chorus every day. But not everyone regards coyotes so amiably. Who are...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pine Dining
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Pine trees are much more than symbols of Christmas and sources of timber. They serve up a smorgasbord for many wild animals and insects. Who dines ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nature or Nuture -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Wes Moore discussed the Other Wes Moore.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
Triops
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: A triops in Big Bend Ranch State Park., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
When rain falls in the desert, these tiny crustaceans seize the day.

Bought by KENW and KENW


  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
EarthStory: Beach near Onekama, Michigan
From: EarthStory Project
Series: EarthStory Project
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In this edition of EarthStory, Kim Skyelander shares her experience with a beach near Onekama, Michigan.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
Declining Fish Stocks
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Three-quarters of the world's fish stocks are in distress and many fisheries could collapse by midcentury. Should we ban industrial fishing or regu...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Enjoying, Managing, or Restoring Trout
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should national parks introduce non-native species for recreational purposes, or focus on preserving the parks' natural state?

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
UN messenger of Peace Jane Goodall talking to children worldwide
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
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This interview is a piece of international radio history - and a personal gift to all children in America and worldwide: Jane Goodall - legendary ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 31:17
Field Notes: Black-throated Blue Warbler
From: WTIP
Series: Field Notes
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In this episode of Field Notes, Molly Hoffman discusses the Black-throated Blue Warbler

Bought by WEZU and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 2
Field Notes: Hairy Woodpecker babies
From: WTIP
Series: Field Notes
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In this episode of Field Notes, Molly Hoffman discusses Hairy Woodpecker babies

Bought by WEZU and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Field Notes: Whip-Poor-Will
From: WTIP
Series: Field Notes
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In this episode of Field Notes, Molly Hoffman focuses on the Whip-Poor-Will.

Bought by WEZU and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 2
Field Notes: Hermit Thrush
From: WTIP
Series: Field Notes
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In this episode of Field Notes, Molly Hoffman focuses on the Hermit Thrush.

Bought by WEZU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 3

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