Month: November 2019
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Alarm Calls
What’s a bird to do when predators lurk nearby?
November 26, 2019Sinterklaas – Origins
In Holland, it’s the top celebration of the season.
November 25, 2019Sinterklaas – the Community Calls
Reinventing a Dutch ritual in upstate New York.
November 22, 2019Arsenic on Tap
Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in drinking water.
November 21, 2019Coal Ash and Water
You don’t want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
November 20, 2019Best Tasting Water?
You’re in for a surprise.
November 18, 2019A Life-Saving Charade
To avoid predators, piping plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
November 15, 2019Scorpion Venom
Exciting new medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
November 12, 2019The Subway Car Reef
Subway cars are being recycled as artificial reefs.
November 11, 2019Taking the A Train Underwater
A seventeen ton metal box seems an unlikely place for for a marine habitat.
November 8, 2019Okefenokee – Sandhill Migration
Each year flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes descend on Georgia’s Okefenokee refuge and join their southern cousins.
November 7, 2019Scat, Hair and Other Signs
Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
November 6, 2019Tracking Grizzlies
Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
November 1, 2019How to Find a Scorpion
What makes a scorpion glow in the dark?