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Maybe there's hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 01:30
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Earthworms rate pretty low on the "cuddly" scale for most people, but they do something exceedingly well: They eat all kinds of trash and turn it i...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 01:30
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Birds of a feather flock together -- supposedly. But sometimes very similar birds can be from wholly different regions and are actually a flock all...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 01:30
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In 1900, America used 80 million acres of grassland to feed the 30 million or so horses and mules pulling America's wagons, buggies, and carriages....
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 01:30
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Scientists in India have developed a way to save energy called "reverse tanning." No, they're not talking about unplugging tanning beds to make peo...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 01:30
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When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
From: Veronique LaCapra
By the early 20th century, trumpeter swans had almost disappeared from the lower 48 states.
But re-population efforts have helped these majestic b...
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- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 03:33
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Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will introduce World Ocean Journal, a new bi-annual e-magazine on ocean culture, issues and ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Crows form mobs to antagonize, intimidate and scare larger birds away.
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with bear researcher Ben Kilham, whose work has been compared to Jane Goodall's research on chimps, about what he...
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- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 25:43
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The first blasts of arctic air move into Minnesota's Northwoods causing ice to thicken and critters to beef up their caloric intake.
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- Added: Jan 01, 2014
- Length: 06:02
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Veterinarians made a house call on the world's rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. In fact, he'd like to put in a plug for everyone in his count...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin painted memorable images of Tahiti with taro leaves, coconuts and flamboyant orange bananas. It’s hard to visuali...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
The common reed looks harmless as it waves in the wind of America's wetlands. But, this exotic plant is one of nature's most effective invasive spe...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Here's a question for you aspiring ornithologists out there. Why does the Spoon-billed Sandpiper have a spoon-shaped bill? Give up?
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It took ten years, but one of the country's worst toxic waste sites is clean.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin. At least that's what Professor Ken Durose at England's Durham University is ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Why can't members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization sleep at night? They're counting fish instead of sheep.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
