## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **The science behind greener, healthier lawns** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-science-greener-healthier-lawns.html)

- **Why do these monkeys look so weird** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/why-do-these-monkeys-look-so-weird/)

- **Once the Solar System's Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here's Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small, Icy Body** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/once-the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-pluto-was-reclassified-20-years-ago-heres-why-planetary-scientists-and-the-public-alike-love-the-small-icy-body-180989383/)

- **Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-home-advantage-pastures-high-arctic.html)

- **How a pathogen turns flowers into leaves** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pathogen.html)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Chocolate's new climate threat: Too much rain** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-chocolate-climate-threat.html)

- **How to help your garden recover from a heat wave** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-garden-recover.html)

- **Parakeets, male or female, love a good fight** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-parakeets-male-female-good.html)

- **Peptides Are All the Rage, Promising Miracle Cures and Makeovers Delivered by Injection. How Did We Get Here?** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/peptides-are-all-the-rage-promising-miracle-cures-and-makeovers-delivered-by-injection-how-did-we-get-here-180989454/)

- **10 promising ways to ‘green’ offshore wind** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/10-promising-ways-to-green-offshore-wind/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Big Waves Meet Biodiversity: Why Surfing Paradises Could Offer a Key Opportunity for Marine Conservation** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/big-waves-meet-biodiversity-why-surfing-paradises-could-offer-a-key-opportunity-for-marine-conservation-180989119/)

- **In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/in-north-carolina-a-race-is-on-to-restore-critical-peatland-before-it-dries-up-or-is-destroyed/)

- **Country diary 1926: Amorous impulse sends insects on a nuptial flight** (Guardian Animal Behaviour)

- [Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/24/country-diary-1926-amorous-impulse-sends-insects-on-nuptial-flight)

- **‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean** (Guardian Animal Behaviour)

- [Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean)

- **Bite, buzz, release: How bees make flowers give up their pollen** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bees-pollen.html)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Africa's Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here's Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/africa-wild-dogs-most-hated-carnivores-continent-heres-why-conservationists-saving-them-anyway-180989287/)

- **Mozambique protects Mount Mabu ‘butterfly forest’** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/mozambique-protects-mount-mabu-butterfly-forest/)

- **Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/ituna-itata-invasion-escalates-as-indigenous-land-faces-fires-and-illegal-clearing/)

- **Migratory bird species increasingly at risk, report finds, but there is still hope** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/migratory-bird-species-increasingly-at-risk-report-finds-but-there-is-still-hope/)

- **Japan wants to plant no-pollen trees to solve its hay fever crisis** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/japan-wants-to-plant-no-pollen-trees-to-solve-its-hay-fever-crisis/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **A Little-Known Photographer Captured the First Clear Image of a Total Solar Eclipse 175 Years Ago. Today, These Celestial Events Still Reveal the Mysteries of the Sun** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-little-known-photographer-captured-the-first-clear-image-of-a-total-solar-eclipse-175-years-ago-today-these-celestial-events-still-reveal-the-mysteries-of-the-sun-180989208/)

- **As saltwater advances, Gambian farmers rethink how to protect rice fields** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/as-saltwater-advances-gambian-farmers-rethink-how-to-protect-rice-fields/)

- **Man in Sicily trained his dog to illegally dump rubbish, say police** (Guardian Animal Behaviour)

- [Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/20/man-sicily-trained-dog-illegally-dump-rubbish-catania)

- **Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/childrens-health-at-risk-in-south-borneo-as-el-nino-intensifies-indonesia-wildfires/)

- **World Dolphin Day: Reporting unusual behavior, threats and increased protections** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/world-dolphin-day-reporting-unusual-behavior-threats-and-increased-protections/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **The trapdoor spiders giving a leg up to science** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-trapdoor-spiders-leg-science.html)

- **Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-decades-dna-mystery-strands-captured.html)

- **Park rangers and residents speak up to save Togo's last national park** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rangers-residents-togo-national.html)

- **Vantara works with lobbyist tied to Trump Jr. and pro-hunting groups** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/vantara-works-with-lobbyist-tied-to-trump-jr-and-pro-hunting-groups/)

- **Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/two-wild-przewalskis-horse-foals-born-in-kazakhstan-after-200-years/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Guinea’s Iron Frontier** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2026/09/guineas-iron-frontier/)

- **Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say** (Guardian Animal Behaviour)

- [Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/shrews-bigger-snouts-winter-cold-air)

- **Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/indigenous-territories-maintain-amazon-forest-just-as-well-as-protected-areas-study-finds/)

- **Spain’s White-Headed Ducks Have a Signature Color Right in the Name. And That Isn’t Even Their Most Remarkable Hue** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/spain-white-headed-ducks-signature-color-right-name-that-isnt-even-most-remarkable-hue-180989289/)

- **Predatory Sharks Grew to Enormous Sizes in Prehistoric Times. These Five Strategies Helped Them Get So Big** (Smithsonian Science & Nature)

- [Read more](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/predatory-sharks-grew-to-enormous-sizes-in-prehistoric-times-these-five-strategies-helped-them-get-so-big-180989199/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **From pets to zoos: How students perceive animal husbandry** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pets-zoos-students-animal-husbandry.html)

- **Tanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforest** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/tanzanias-first-official-wildlife-corridor-links-savanna-elephants-to-rainforest/)

- **Wrinkled or smooth? Cell growth mechanics determine shape of plant organs** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-wrinkled-smooth-cell-growth-mechanics.html)

- **Study analyzes danger of parasites to Bengal tigers in South Asia** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/study-analyzes-danger-of-parasites-to-bengal-tigers-in-south-asia/)

- **A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong** (Guardian Animal Behaviour)

- [Read more](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/26/human-animal-communication-step-closer-scientist-wins-prize-for-decoding-birdsong)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Gharial pop patterns and gecko calls uncover reptiles' overlooked social communication** (Phys.org Plants & Animals)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-gharial-patterns-gecko-uncover-reptiles.html)

- **Food and water stations for wild birds are contributing to spread of deadly diseases, study finds** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-food-stations-wild-birds-contributing.html)

- **Capturing localized protein and metabolic information from a single tissue section** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-capturing-localized-protein-metabolic-tissue.html)

- **Urban water quality pose challenges to low-income communities in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/urban-water-quality-pose-challenges-to-low-income-communities-in-sri-lankas-commercial-capital/)

- **Tree species diversity protects forests from climate extremes, study finds** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-tree-species-diversity-forests-climate.html)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/key-tree-species-boost-amazon-forest-restoration-new-study-shows/)

- **Comparing green space for urban cooling, study** (Mongabay)

- [Read more](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/comparing-green-space-for-urban-cooling-study/)

- **Since the 1980s, climate change has increasingly altered European bumblebee habitats** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-1980s-climate-european-bumblebee-habitats.html)

- **Periodical cicadas may be doomed to extinction** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-periodical-cicadas-doomed-extinction.html)

- **How hibernating squirrels retain sense of touch in the cold** (Phys.org Biology)

- [Read more](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hibernating-squirrels-retain-cold.html)

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