Thunder Chickens

Thunder Chickens By Lars Chinburg Broadcast 4.17 & 4.20.2024   Listen:   This past weekend, my brother and I went traipsing around on top of Mt. Sentinel above Missoula, sniffing ponderosas, arguing about who was more out of breath, and generally...

Buried Breath

Buried Breath By Elizabeth Conway Broadcast 4.10 & 4.13.2024   Listen:   Earthworms use their entire body to breathe. Burrowed deep in the ground — slow moving, slow metabolizing — their long frames tighten and relax and pull the air they need from soil....

Oil Beetles: One of Nature’s Tiny Celebrities

Oil Beetles: One of Nature’s Tiny Celebrities by Charles van Rees of Nature Guys podcast fame Broadcast 4.2021 and 4.3 & 4.6.2024   Listen:   It’s an odd feeling to meet a celebrity and not recognize them until later. There is a sudden...

Her Dream: Blackfeet Women’s Stand-Up Headdresses

Her Dream: Blackfeet Women’s Stand-Up Headdresses By Rosalyn LaPier     When most people imagine a Blackfeet person in their regalia, they probably visualize a man wearing a large headdress with feathers sweeping backward. Would it surprise you to know...

It’s Nesting Season for Great Horned Owls

It’s Nesting Season for Great Horned Owls By Wenfei Tong Broadcast 3.2018 & 3.27 & 3.30.2024   Listen:   I was admiring a blanket of stars spread above Lake Como in Montana’s Bitterroot valley, when out of the stillness of the chill winter...