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Human-Induced Earthquakes
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: This house in central Oklahoma was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake caused by injection disposal wells deep below the ground., Credit: Brian Sherrod/USGS/Creative Commons License 2.0, via flickr
What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Animal Oceanographers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Narwhals breaching,, Credit: Glenn Williams/NIST/Public Domain, via Wikipedia
While going about their daily routines, marine animals outfitted with sensors can collect data on ocean conditions in places that would be dangerou...

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Alarm Call Mimics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A pied currawoong., Credit: Steve Igic
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Organic Farming Economics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meta-analysis of organic farming profits indicates the practice makes economic sense.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fatherless Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A juvenile smalltooth sawfish., Credit: (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coffee, Tea & Climate Change
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - June 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Insect Repellents
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chemists come up with new ways to copy nature’s insect repellents.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Prairie Chickens & Wind Farms
From: Susanne Bard
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Researchers look into whether the sounds produced by wind farms disturb some imperiled birds.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Whale Contortionists
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Expansion of the ventral grooved blubber during a fin whale lunge., Credit: University of British Columbia
Baleen whales have rubbery nerves that allow them to stretch to twice their length when they feed.

Bought by KMXT and WLPR


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Smart Bird Feeding
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New research reveals that careless bird feeding can harm native species.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - May 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - April 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shape-Shifting Frog
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The skin of a newly discovered frog species transitions from spiny to smooth in a matter of minutes depending on its background.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - March 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - February 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
90 Second Naturalist - January 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yaupon Tea
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Yaupon tea is brewed from the leaves of Ilex vomitaria., Credit: Mary Vaux Wolcott
Can you get a caffeine fix without growing your carbon footprint?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - December 2014 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KCBX, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - November 2014 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX, WXPR, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Monkeys of New Guinea
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos inhabit the rainforests of New Guinea., Credit: (Liquid Ghoul/Wikipedia)
Tree kangaroos hop up trees instead of swinging through them like monkeys.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Playful Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A cichlid fish strikes a bottom-weighted thermometer that would immediately right itself. , Credit: (Ann Hawthorne)
Some fish appear to play with objects in their tanks.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Human Gut Powered Fuel
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Isaac Cann, Credit: L. Brian Stauffer
Human gut microbes could break down grasses into sugars for biofuel production.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Monarch Butterfly Genetics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Monarchs in flight., Credit: Sonia Altizer
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - October 2014 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 1