Month: May 2009
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Bee Powerline Habitat: Conserving Bugs
Beetles need a place to live, too!
May 28, 2009Bee Powerline Habitat: Parasites
Forget about the hive: some bees are downright anti-social!
May 27, 2009Satin Bowerbirds-Song and Dance
When it comes to the search for a mate, the female Satin Bowerbird is looking for smooth moves and good mimicry.
May 26, 2009Science Diary: Red-cockaded – Overview
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 1200-acre oasis for small groups of Red-cockaded woodpeckers.
May 25, 2009Science Diary: Long Leaf Pine – RCW
Restoration of the Long Leaf Pine ecosystem at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is central to the survival of an endangered woodpecker.
May 22, 2009Satin Bowerbirds-Building a Bower
If there were awards for interior decorating in the animal kingdom, the male satin bowerbird would deserve top honors.
May 21, 2009Tree Fungi-Resistance
Fungi give forests a helping hand in the battle against disease.
May 20, 2009Tree Fungi-Beneath
Fungi may be the unseen saviors of their plant hosts.
May 19, 2009Science Diary: Long Leaf Pine – Restoring
Forestry experts at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are working to restore Long Leaf Pine, a species that once ranged from Virginia to Texas.
May 18, 2009Science Diary: Redwoods – Ancient Productivity
Two-thousand years old and still growing! It appears that giant redwoods continue to grow, despite their extraordinary age.
May 15, 2009Tree Fungi-Ubiquitous
They’re in the food we eat, the medicine we take and the woods we walk in: Fungi are everywhere!
May 14, 2009Croakers-Paradox
The Atlantic Croaker might be a bit too noisy for its own good. why then, does it continue to sound off?
May 13, 2009Croakers-Dinner
With Atlantic Croaker as its prey, the bottlenose dolphin just has to LISTEN for its dinner.
May 12, 2009Science Diary: Redwoods – Old Growth Advantage
There are a variety of attributes that make a redwood unique, and many of them come with age.
May 11, 2009Science Diary: Bears – Surprise Cub
Researchers have made a surprising discovery about bear reproduction, and it has scientists talking.
May 8, 2009Croakers-Murky
Atlantic Croakers use sound to stay in contact with each other.
May 7, 2009Sagebrush – Upside of Weeds
Some ranchers may be feeling a bit sheepish as they profit from invasive weeds.
May 6, 2009Sagebrush – Solutions
Scientists may have found a way to control an invasion of non-native plants in the mid-west.
May 5, 2009Science Diary: Bears – Strange Birth
Triplets typically share a birthday, but three little bears in Washington state have birth dates 17 days apart.
May 4, 2009Science Diary: Bears – Distress
Like human babies, hungry bear cubs express their dismay with an attention-getting scream.
May 1, 2009Swifts in the Chimney
Twice a year thousands of Vaux’s Swifts use an elementary school’s furnace as a migratory stopover.