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I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:21
Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:04
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is fun. And by the way, it was my friend and Willcox resident Steve Marlatt who reminded me of ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:55
Researcher Sridhar Ravi of UNSW Canberra looks to the humble bumblebee to answer questions about how to program a more nimble drone. The way he and...
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- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 1
Bees like sugary nectar. Turns out, it might just be their own buzzing that makes flowers sweeter.
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- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 03:26
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I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 05:10
I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 05:12
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
If you’ve been following the news on the Cape and islands, you know that this Ground Zero for ticks and the diseases that come with them. In fact, ...
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- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 07:22
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Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is very common around out little homestead. There are thickets of it all along the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. It ...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 11:28
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:16
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:13
Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 04:56
Come Springtime, Thank Phytochromes
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
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 WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 30:00
THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 30:00
A Chicagoan deals with an interesting beach situation and Londoners deal with a growing population of parakeets.
- Added: Sep 26, 2013
- Length: 23:07
In this episode we learn how advances in urban agriculture are providing new access to fresh food. First, how hundreds of tons of fishbones are cle...
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- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 18:33
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Before pharmaceuticals existed, all medicines had to come from natural sources—like plants. On this episode, we focus on such remedies.
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 13:15
An investigation into the chemistry of plant behavior, including an interview with bestselling author Amy Stewart. Chemical Agent: Photosynthesis.
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 11:54
From pheromones to fall fruit, causes and effects.
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: 12:09
- Added: Sep 12, 2008
- Length: 12:00
