Month: June 1998
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Siberia: Tun Payram Festival
The strange sounds of throat singers are a highlight at this year’s Tun Payram festival in Siberia.
June 29, 1998Lyme: An Inside View
The life and ambitions of a lyme disease bacterium: an eyewitness view.
June 26, 1998Lyme: Biodiversity
Scientists wonder if having biodiverse ecosystems might actually result in tangible benefits to human health.
June 25, 1998Dia De San Juan: Rediscovering Tradition
Black Venezuelans have reintroduced an African icon into this traditional festival in honor of St. John.
June 24, 1998Dia De San Juan: African Roots
This traditional Venezuelan festival centers around a Catholic icon believed to hold the power to grant promises.
June 23, 1998Dia De San Juan
This Venezuelan festival honoring a Catholic saint has taken on a decidedly African flavor.
June 22, 1998The Gobi Desert: In June
Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists working there to think fast, and to run even faster.
June 19, 1998Terns: Refuge
Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
June 18, 1998Terns: Vole Feast
This former military base is a sanctuary for thousands of terns, and a home for some of the island’s other former inhabitants as well.
June 17, 1998Terns: Monitoring
Scientists on Great Gull Island are keeping track of the terns which use the island as a summer breeding ground.
June 16, 1998Terns: Elephants and Orvilles
Scientists on Great Gull Island have developed some of their own nicknames for the terns which hatch on the island each year.
June 15, 1998Terns: Science and Nature
Great Gull Island is unused by humans but ideal for the thousands of Terns which migrate here each spring.
June 12, 1998Wild Dogs: Canary Effect
The health of African Wild Dogs provides some important clues about the health of all the animals in the Wild Dogs’ ecosystem.
June 11, 1998Wild Dogs: Pups
This month, African Wild Dogs are giving birth to a new litter of pups.
June 10, 1998Wild Dogs
African Wild Dogs travel in packs over vast distances– so they’ve developed a special call which helps them to keep track of each other.
June 9, 1998The Summer Sky: Sirius
For ancient Egyptians, the appearance of the constellation Sirius in the dawn sky marked the beginning of an important annual event.
June 8, 1998Bees: The Egyptians
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of the some of the sophisticated beekeeping practices of ancient Egypt.
June 5, 1998Bees: Africanized Honeybee
The Africanized Honeybee has a serious attitude problem.
June 4, 1998Bees: Counting on Pollen
Human beings depend greatly on the close relationship between bees and flowers.
June 3, 1998Biodiversity and Agriculture
Biodiversity is one of the best ways to protect ourselves against natural threats to our food supply.
June 2, 1998Garter Snakes: Long Term Sperm and Suspended Animation
How are Garter Snakes able to survive 8 months of hibernation with only minor weight loss?