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The scientific name for Mearns quail is Cyrtonyx montezumae. The genus refers to its big claws for scratching around in desert soils. It has big fe...
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 05:07
The photos are mine and of the plant Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum. It sure is nice to have some white flowers mixed in with the oceans of yellow ...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:13
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with part two of a former Kansas Poets Laureate reading, sponsored by the Kansas Area Watershed C...
- Added: Sep 11, 2019
- Length: 29:00
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus looks like a combinatio...
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: 05:31
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is a fun one to poke around in. And it is true that the town of Willcox is an excellent base c...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:06
A children's story about a Pumpkin that is considered a squash in a pumpkin growing contest written in a indigenous point of view.
- Added: Mar 29, 2019
- Length: 10:44:22
Anisacanthus thurberi or desert honeysuckle is in the Acanthus family, Acanthaceae. I do like the common name cola de gallo, because it captures th...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:27
I suppose the thinking is that any wildflowers blooming along the side of the road will beautify that road and who cares what’s in the hydro-seed m...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:09
William is from the Cheyenne River Reservation and does stand up comedy.
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 04:22
Teresa and Deanna "Mad" talk about their unique style of comedy.
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 04:29
Interviews with native comedians Adrianne Chalepah, Tonia Jo Hall, and Deanna Mad.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 04:17
At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
"Close One' is a tale of early California, a time when Mexico, indigenous tribes, and Americans were struggling to achieve dominance in the West.
- Added: Jan 01, 2018
- Length: 21:45
This is all probably more than you wanted to know, but what the yucca moths tell us is that there are, no doubt, hundreds of thousands of pollinato...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:06
The short, funny (but factually accurate) tale of the French and Indian War(s)
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 09:10
Is there something that Hawaii can teach the mainland? Something people of all races have learned from living together in such an isolated place? I...
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 33:43
Anxious for some early morning light and something green in the grassland, Petey remembers an early blooming wildflower to look for in the nearby h...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:06
I am not that great at identifying native grasses, but I keep on trying . Thank goodness some are really quite easy to ID and that makes me feel so...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:19
Autumn is the season of migration for many avian species and in the borderlands of southern Arizona hummingbirds are passing through, sparrows are ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 10:30
This show could also be called Typha latifolia and Grus canadensis, which has a nice scientific ring to it.
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:13
Petey peers into an old bird nest in a tree and discovers the work of a deer mouse.
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 05:14
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Singer Billy David, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah, and New York Times bestsell...
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 58:09
On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Dan Jones shares with host Erik Redix an amusing story about miscommunication, and some thoughts...
Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Meet James Marshall and some other famous folks on the eve of the California Gold Rush of 1849.
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 02:23:22
