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March 23, 2021 The Amazing Sage Grouse
The strange sounds of the male Sage Grouse are matched only by their equally unusual reproductive behavior.
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March 22, 2021 Lock up the Priests, Don the Goat Hair
Northern Bulgaria's traditional fertility festival heralds the coming of spring.
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March 19, 2021 Persian New Year's
Noruz means "new day" and it's celebrated with new clothes, gift-giving and bonfires.
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March 18, 2021 Grafting Season
For apple tree growers, there's a brief period of time between winter and spring upon which their whole future crop depends.
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March 17, 2021 A Tale of the Irish Fairy Folk - Part Two
How would you referee a match between two warring teams of other-worldly beings?
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March 16, 2021 A Tale of the Irish Fairy Folk - Part One
You never know what might happen late at night near a fairy fort.
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March 15, 2021 Cloning Apples the Old Fashioned Way
For some farmers, it's the best way to ensure that their favorite crops come back year after year.
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March 12, 2021 The Human Side of Natural Selection
Long before biotechnology, farmers have sought ways to bring predictability to their ever-changing crops.
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March 11, 2021 Drawing Water From a Sacred Well
At the conclusion of the Omizutori Festival in Japan, showers of glowing embers rain down on spectators.
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March 10, 2021 Coral Reefs - Microfragmentation
An accidental discovery leads to a new way of recovering reefs
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Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and…