How Spider Webs Can Detect Air Pollution By Taylor Craig Broadcast 6.2 & 6.7.2019 Listen: The sun was just starting to rise over the hills ahead of me as I sat looking into a pasture of tall grasses and flowers. As I peered through the fence, I couldn’t help...
Butterflies in Winter Broadcast 3.10 & 3.15.2019 by Brett Walker Listen: Here’s a topic you might not be thinking much about right now. Remember all those colorful butterflies that visited your garden just a few short months ago? They seemed the very...
Winter Clouds by Wren Farris Broadcast 1.10 & 15.2016 Listen: At no other time is the parting of clouds felt more powerfully than outdoors, at the height of winter. On this particular day, the clouds break intermittently and when they do, motion ensues. The...
Pleistocene Megafauna by Tom McKean Broadcast 11.13.2018 Listen: A cheetah crouches in the tall grass. Pronghorn graze warily in the cool summer breeze. After minutes of quiet patience the cheetah erupts into a burst of muscle and speed. A small herd of pronghorn...
Camas Bulbs by Nancy Heil Broadcast 2.24 & 3.1.2019 Listen: On a recent early winter morning I am cross-country skiing along the trails at Lolo Pass in the Bitterroot Mountains. As I glide along Packer Meadows in the breaking dawn, I think about early summer...
