Lichens: Nature’s Weather Instruments by Erica Soon Olsen Broadcast 10.1 & 10.4.2019 Listen: While walking on the Kim Williams trail just outside of Missoula, I found myself noticing the abundant growth of lichens on the cliffs beside the trail. The...
Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Concussions? by Beth Peluso Broadcast 9.24 and 9.27.2019 Listen: The mid-morning sun filters through the ponderosa pines as I follow a deer path through the forest. My walk is interrupted by a syncopated “thunk…thunk thunk”...
by Kyle McClure Broadcast 9.17 and 9.20.2019 Listen: There is an ant and she is next to my foot, dragging a fly up the same hill that I have just stopped trying to drag myself up. All worker ants are females and this particular female has a black fly in...
by Kelly Matthews Broadcast 9.10 and 9.13.2019 Listen: My dog’s nose shoots high into the air as a cool breeze moves gently through his fur. He begins to filter through the familiar scents of the forest, recognizing a particularly enticing one. With wide eyes...
by Taylor Wilcox Broadcast 7.18 and 7.20.2010, 7.26 and 7.31.2015, 9.1.2019 Listen: The bottom of this shallow stream is covered with a complex community of algae, comprising many different species. Probably most abundant of all are the diatoms, many of which...
