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S33 Ep 7845Champion Deep Divers
They can dive continuously to depths of up to one mile! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7844Bullies on the Beach
What's 16 feet long, weighs up to two tons and monopolizes the sands of Ano Nuevo every year? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7843Talk to Your Plants
With the help of nanotechnology, one day we all may be able to communicate with our houseplants. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7842The Future of Agriculture
The future of large scale agriculture may depend upon the use of very small scale nanoparticles. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7841Smart Sprays
Currently only a fraction of the nutrients and pesticides applied to crops are actually benefiting the plants. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Most Colorful Holiday
India turns a rainbow hue as people lay aside their differences in celebration of Holi. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7839Oasis
Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7838Immunizing Plants
Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7837Sandhill Cranes - Captive Breeding
Keeping rare birds home on the range. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7838Mississippi's Sandhill Cranes
Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in Nort Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S22 Ep 7835Ruthless Courtesy of Ants
The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders. In memory of E.O. Wilson. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7834They Run the Earth
What would happen if all the ants on earth disappeared? In Memory of E.O. Wilson. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7833Cattle-Raising Ants
We're not the only species that practices animal husbandry. In Memory of E.O. Wilson. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7832Super Organism
Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body - each performing a specialized task. In memory of E.O. Wilson. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7831Ice Boats
When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7830Tickling Society
In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7829As Long as There's Been an Earth
Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7828Donnez-moi Un Petit Sou
In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7827The Biggest Day
"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7826Feast Before Fast
The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7825A Most Abundant Life Form
Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7824The Inventors of Chemical Warfare
Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7823The Ruthless Courtesy of Ants
The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7822E.O. Wilson - Ant Communication
A variety of chemical exchanges enable ants to navigate their world and coordinate their activities. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7821E.O. Wilson - Future of Science
Advanced scientific discoveries in the 21st century are addressing philosophical questions of centuries past. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7820E.O. Wilson - Chemical Signals
Chemical secretions bring a new meaning to the science of insect communication. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7819E.O.Wilson - Consider the Lily Pond
A riddle poses a serious question about the future of life on earth. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7818E.O. Wilson - The Mark of Science
Science is rooted in discovery, deepening our knowledge of the physical world, and enriching the human experience. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7817Aussie Birds
Australia is home to about one tenth of the world's living bird species. Here's a sampling of a few of them - headphones on! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7816Mt. Lewis Wind
Headphones on for a sound portrait of a cloud forest. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7815A Drop in the Bucket
It's sugaring time in the northeast woods of the US. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7814Snoozing Through Birth
For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7813Like a Waking Sleep
Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7812Scat, Hair and Other Signs
Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7811Honoring the Needles of Yore
Harikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7810Tracking Grizzlies
Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7809The Trickster
Through trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7808A Call to Mate or a Call to Arms?
The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7807Giant Pickles With Wings
They might be the source of many ocean myths. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7806Elders of the Forest
The wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7805Loons Migrate
The Common Loon is anything but common, and they're on their way South! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7804Bison Winter at Yellowstone
Even the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7803It May Sound Like a Harley, But..
The voices of mating elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7802It Knocks a Great Hole in Winter
The Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7801Northern Elephant Seals Mate
Sex, violence, and two ton marine mammals Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7800Desert Wind
Poetry and Sounds of the Anza Borego Desert Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7799The Acoustics of Teakettles
How does a tea kettle make its whistling sound? The answer isn't as simple as it may seem. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7798Removing Nanoparticles
A new water-purifying technology may provide a way to remove nanoparticles from our waterways. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recovering Waste Products from Contaminated Water
Is it possible to both clean up contaminated water and reclaim useful elements from the waste? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S33 Ep 7796Revolutionizing Water Treatment
A new invention could revolutionize the way we treat contaminated water. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices