Nature Nerds

The Nature Cadets volunteer to help with a clean up project at the park after a hurricane. Reece gets disheartened because there is so much to be done. She thinks the clean up project is too big an undertaking, until Ms. Laine and a colony of ants teach them about the power of teamwork.

Special thanks to our volunteer Nature Cadet Reece!

Parents, to learn more about the show, visit https://www.naturenerdswithlaine.com/.

Nature Cadet Liam wants to play video games with his friends, but he must help save the day and learn all about a new species after his actions accidentally get the crew in a sticky situation with a snake. Is this snake really as dangerous as it appears, or is there an Impostor among us?

Special thanks to our volunteer Nature Cadet Liam!

Parents, to learn more about the show, visit https://www.naturenerdswithlaine.com/.

Nature Cadet Zoe is new to Louisiana, and is attending their first crawfish boil. A little crawdad escapes the pot and introduces himself to Zoe with a pinch on the toe. Despite this rude greeting, Zoe decides he’s something special and asks Ms. Laine if they can set him free. Ms. Laine is always down for an adventure but they will have to do some detective work first. Where did this little crawfish come from, and where will he end up?

Special thanks to our volunteer Nature Cadet Zoe!

Parents, to learn more about the show, visit https://www.naturenerdswithlaine.com/.

For this special Christmas episode, Nature Cadet Joseph is visited by the Ghosts of Conservation Past, Present and Future which helps realize that all animal life is special and important in preserving our ecosystem. 

Featuring: Mick Sullivan, creator and host of The Past and the Curious podcast and Kate Tannian of Pontchartrain Conservancy.

Ms. Laine and Nature Cadet Wyatt discover an opossum in need of help while exploring nature at night. Join in as they learn all about opossum behavior and animal rehabilitation while saving their new friend. 

Featuring: Dr. Greg Rich, of Avian and Excotic Animal Hospital of New Orleans, and Ally Burguieres, local artist and opossum rehabber.  

Ms. Laine turns into a bat?! It’s up to Nature Cadet Reece to save the day. 

Featuring: Dr. Craig Hood, Biology Professor at Loyola University and Professor Leslie Tuttle, Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University 

Nature Cadet Liam is surprised by a caterpillar while working in the Nature Station garden. Ms. Laine shows him that bugs aren’t so bad with a trip to the Insectarium where the pair learn all about the wonders of metamorphosis.  

Featuring: Zack Lemann, lead entomologist at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium and Linda Auld, pest expert (Barber Laboratories) and bug enthusiast. 

In order to keep mosquitos at bay, Ms. Laine and Nature Cadet Reece need to find bug repellent before their party starts. Tag along as they learn all about everyone’s least favorite blood-sucker, the mosquito. 

Featuring: Dr. James Ottea and Dr. Kristen Healy, Professors of Entomology at Louisiana State University 

Ms. Laine and Nature Cadet Emy come across an alligator nest while out in the swamp. Listen in as they discover what makes mama gators the most fearsome parents in the animal kingdom. 

Featuring: Jeb Linscombe, Alligator Program Manager for the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife and Erin Borgart, Audubon Zoo Zookeeper.