If a porcupine climbs a tree, don't stand directly underneath
(Nov 24, 2016) Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk about porcupines: why (and how) they climb...
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Natural Selections: Fungus and forest
(Nov 17, 2016) Tall trees may be the kings of the forest, but there is another kingdom of forest...
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The violent effects of slow continental drift
(Nov 10, 2016) The theory of continental drift, the idea that the continents are islands of rock...
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Leaf cutter ants are fungus farmers
(Nov 3, 2016) Why do leaf cutter ants cut leaves? Nesting material, food? As Martha Foley and...
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Ancient "bones" of the Adirondacks
(Oct 27, 2016) "Old as the hills" is a relative term. The Adirondacks may be relatively young...
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Natural Selections: The Treeline
(Oct 20, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about the timberline, the usually abrupt...
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Natural Selections: Solar Weather
(Oct 13, 2016) Solar weather does more than create light shows at polar latitudes. When the sun...
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Sunfish - is that a pumpkinseed or a bluegill?
(Oct 6, 2016) A common sight is fresh water shallows, sunfish provide an excellent opportunity to...
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Why were mammals so mammoth during the last Ice Age?
(Sep 29, 2016) During the last Ice Age North America was home to many varieties of "super-sized"...
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Crab spiders can be good or bad for flowers, depending on the season
(Sep 22, 2016) Crab spiders are small, camouflaged arachnids that drink nectar from flowers. They...
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Mole diversity: starry noses and hairy tails
(Sep 15, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk more about three different types of moles...
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Moles: tiny sharks "swimming" under your lawn
(Sep 8, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager reveal some interesting facts about the...
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Ginkgo trees, one species from the age of dinosaurs
(Sep 1, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr Curt Stager talk about the ginkgo tree, an ancient species...
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Helpful fungi lurk inside some plants
(Aug 25, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr Curt Stager discuss fungal lurkers - fungi that live inside...
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(Aug 18, 2016) What is a flame? Why is it shaped like that? How does it keep going? Martha Foley...
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Glitches? Could be gremlins, could be cosmic rays
(Aug 11, 2016) Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss cosmic rays. While many people may think...
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Camels: the whole body is the canteen, the hump is trail mix
(Aug 4, 2016) Do camels really store water in their humps? Well, not really. And they aren't...
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(Jul 28, 2016) Mushrooms grow out of the soil like plants, but are fungi. Lichens may look leafy,...
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Natural Selections: Three things about squids
(Jul 21, 2016) Squids are ten-tentacled cephalopod cousins to the octopus. They are remarkable in...
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(Jul 14, 2016) Dr. Curt Stager tries once again to answer the classic child's question. It...
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