The Amazing Brain Plasticity of the Black-Capped Chickadee

The Amazing Brain Plasticity of the Black-Capped Chickadee By Jen Elison Broadcast 8.2021 and 8.21 & 8.24.2024   Listen:   I think about brains whenever I am at the Farmer’s Market during the late summer. Like most Montanans, I anticipate the arrival of...

Granite Beauties: The History of the Boulder Batholith

Granite Beauties: The History of the Boulder Batholith by Terry Habeger Broadcast 8.2021 and 8.14 & 8.17.2024   Listen:   My wife and I were driving from our home in Wisconsin toward Missoula to see our daughter and family. Near Butte, Montana, we found...

Meet the Rubber Boa, Montana’s Tiny Boa Constrictor

Meet the Rubber Boa, Montana’s Tiny Boa Constrictor By Michelle Cox Broadcast 8.2022 and 8.7 & 8.10.2024   Listen:   We chose an early start to avoid the oppressive heat and smoke we’d endured for the last month. August had arrived early in...

Tantalizing Baneberries

Tantalizing Baneberries by Alyssa Roggow Broadcast 7.2021 and 7.31 & 8.3.2024   Listen:   I don’t know about you, but it’s not often the word “tantalizing” applies to my existence. Its suggestion of dangerous temptation, of irresistible-yet-unattainable...

Where Do Forest Seedlings Come From?

Where Do Forest Seedlings Come From? By Kathy Eyster Broadcast 7.24 & 7.27.2024   Listen:   As I drove home from Missoula, I was alarmed to see wildfire smoke across the freeway from my house in Frenchtown. Even more concerning was the convoy of pickups...