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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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Join us for a fascinating discussion with anthropologist Dr. Ellen Basso. She has spent many years living with, studying and writing about the Kala...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
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What better symbol of human mastery over the power of nature than fire? Countless years of evolution have written fire into our DNA…No wonder kids ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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the sound of ice dripping

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mars Exploration Rover , Credit: Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum
Forget about Mary- there’s something about Mars. From its distant ice caps to volcanoes that rise twenty kilometers into Mars’ thin air… and, of c...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
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A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Doug Richards discussed the Prometheus Project

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Google Earth is one of the many tools Glenn and Schofield use in their classes and for their research., Credit: Google
Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commi...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 10:56
Caption: Chris Martens getting ready to 'splash' and dive 50 feet underwater to live in the Aquarius Undersea Laboratory for a 10-day mission., Credit: Mark Hulsbeck
Chris Martens is alarmed by the global disappearance of corals. To learn more, he lives at the bottom of the ocean on Conch Reef off Key Largo, Flo...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 09:33
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Island life evolves in isolation, and complex relationships develop that can make island ecosystems especially dependent on niche species.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Followers of fish facts -- especially North Atlantic Cod enthusiasts -- are doing a double-take these days.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1