Pleistocene Megafauna by Tom McKean Broadcast 11.2013, 11.2018, and 11.15 & 11.18.2023 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...
Investigating Gizzard Grit by Kathleen Ort Broadcast 11.2015, 12.2018, 10.2021, and 11.8 & 11.11.2023 Listen: Afternoon sunshine was softening into twilight on a recent fall day as I drove with my family down a forest road in the mountains north of...
Dermestids, Death, and Pandemic Ponderings By Kara Cromwell Broadcast 11.1 & 11.4.2023 Listen: Strictly speaking, this isn’t a Field Note. It’s about the living world, but a piece enclosed in a plexiglass box. And it comes from the end of 2020—a time...
The Wasps Came In To Die By Alyssa Roggow Broadcast 10.18 & 10.21.2023 Listen: The wasps came in to die. First one, buzzing and bumping into the living room window, who was soon joined by a few sisters. Within an hour, there were more than 40...
Nurse Rocks: Shaping Montana’s Ecosystem For 10,000 Years By Tom Torma Broadcast 9.2012, 6.2015, and 9.27 & 9.30.2023 Listen: Few sights have the romantic appeal of a lone tree growing in the grasslands of Montana. While these trees are beloved...
