Sponges: These Aquatic Oddities Are At Home In Montana

Sponges: These Aquatic Oddities Are At Home In Montana By Joshua Goldberg Broadcast 6.2009, 9.8.2015, 1.7 & 1.10.2020 Listen:   If you have a shower or sink, you probably have a sponge. We manufacture most of our cleaning sponges nowadays, but some sponges...

The Bird Count Of Christmas And ‘One Magpie Dancing’

The Bird Count Of Christmas And ‘One Magpie Dancing’ By Brian Williams Broadcast 12.24 & 12.27.2019 Listen:   Once the last trickle of migrating birds passed through Montana in early October, my binoculars sat idle for a few weeks, until...

The Short-Tailed Weasel: Life Sped Up

The Short-Tailed Weasel: Life Sped Up By Carol Alette Broadcast 2.8.2015 and 12.17 & 12.20.2019 Listen:   While some animals get off comparatively easily in the winter by hibernating, or by gorging and then fasting, the short-tailed weasel has to hunt every...

Super-Morph: Botanist In The Produce Aisle

Super-Morph: Botanist In The Produce Aisle by Peter Lesica & Annie Garde Broadcast 11.2 & 11.3.2014 and 12.10 and 12.13.2019 Listen:   As the temperature drops and the leaves turn brown and drop as well, it gets hard for a botanist in Montana to find...

Eagle Watching At Rogers Pass, 2008

Eagle Watching At Rogers Pass, 2008 by Russ Van Paepeghem Broadcast 11.26 and 11.29.2019 Listen:   At 5,610 feet, in October, it’s cold. I have coffee waiting in a thermos and a stove to warm it or myself, if the wind blows too hard. I’m seated in the snow with a...