Month: May 2022
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Fly Fishing: Art and Science
It’s the height of fly fishing season in New York’s Catskill Mountains, home to some of the finest trout streams in the world.
May 30, 2022Fly Tying
The goal of fly fishing is to attract fish with an artificial fly that looks like a real insect. These flies can be bought, but serious anglers tie their own.
May 27, 2022Fly Fishing: Skills
If you can cast a weightless fly to a very precise location, you’ve mastered one of the many skills of fly fishing.
May 26, 2022Fly Fishing: History
Fly fishing is now popular at all levels of society, but the sport started 500 years ago as a pastime for wealthy aristocrats.
May 25, 2022A Rancher’s Year
It’s branding time on a New Mexico cattle ranch, but when you’re raising and selling thousands of head of cattle, there’s work to be done all year long.
May 24, 2022Life on a Ranch
The life of a New Mexico cattle rancher is a constant cycle of breeding, branding and mending fences. Carlos Cornay wouldn’t have it any other way.
May 23, 2022Cattle: Branding
May is a busy month at a cattle ranch in New Mexico. It’s branding time, and all the friends and family lend a hand.
May 20, 2022Pulse of the Peeper
Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide.
May 19, 2022Frog Watch
Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them.
May 18, 2022Soundscape Invitation
Listeners are invited to share their favorite sounds on AmericanSoundscapes.com.
May 17, 2022Long Term Sperm and Suspended Animation
How are Garter Snakes able to survive 8 months of hibernation with only minor weight loss?
May 16, 2022Garter Snakes: A Matter of Choice
When it comes to Garter Snakes’ spring mating rites, males compete and females chose.
May 13, 2022Garter Snakes: Mating Balls
Thousands of male garter snakes are out of hibernation and ready to woo females with romantic chin rubbing and other slithery tricks.
May 12, 2022Highland Cattle
How does a breed of Scottish Highland cattle fare in Westchester county, New York?
May 11, 2022Shetland Sheep
It’s lambing season for Shetland Sheep.
May 10, 2022Imprinting
How infant farm animals respond to the presence of humans will affect them for the rest of their lives.
May 9, 2022Breeding Rare Domestic Animals
On an New York farm, rare breeds of livestock represent a kind of insurance policy for the future.
May 6, 2022Playing With Bugs
The natural world comes alive in a way that only music can express.
May 5, 2022Water Boatmen
Even in the most ordinary ponds you can hear an amazing world of sound.
May 4, 2022Pond Music
Meet an interspecies musician.
May 3, 2022May Day – Fertility
May Day is an ancient celebration of fertility and rebirth.
May 2, 2022May Day – Traditions
The May Day custom of dancing around a May Pole dates back to pre-Christian days.