Dandelions: Weed or Wonder? by Cassie Sevigny Broadcast 4.2021 and 4.24 & 4.27.2024 Listen: I looked out my window one spring morning to see the solid green yard below devoid of any flowers. The landscapers came by recently – maybe mowing chopped the...
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 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 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...
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...