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By NCPR: North Country Public Radio
Top Stories from NCPR episodes
- Burlington flutist Patricia Julien on how the pandemic changed her - and how she works(Sep 20, 2021)9 min
- Natural Selections: Just how individual are animals?(Sep 16, 2021) We tend to think that dogs do this, and that cats do that. We think animal species have a recognizable set of behaviors that define the nature of their kind. But what about individual animals? Does each have something we could understand as a unique personality?6 min
- More fish: good for the flowers, bad for the snakes(Sep 9, 2021) The complex web of species interaction is full of odd associations. Stocking a lake with fish cuts down on dragonflies, which helps pollinators, which helps the flowers bloom. Or it can cut down on amphibians such as newts, which is bad for garter snakes. Invasive flowering purple loosestrife is good for insects and birds that feed on them, but hard on plankton, which is at the bottom of the food chain for everything.Martha Foley and Curt Stager look an unintended consequences of human actions in nature.6 min
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- Really, really big bugs (and some tiny ones, too)(Sep 2, 2021) Martha Foley? - not a fan of bugs. And Curt Stager took a course on them to steady his own reactions. The Natural Selections team looks at the outliers on the spectrum, the largest and smallest of critters with too many legs.New Zealand's weta makes a real handful. The fairy fly is nearly invisible. Some prehistoric dragonflies were big enough to make off with the cat.6 min
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- Natural Selections: The evolution of breathing(Aug 26, 2021) All creatures breathe in some fashion, but how the job gets done has changed from fish to amphibian to reptile to mammal.Curt Stager and Martha Foley chart the evolution of animal respiration.7 min
- North Country at Work: ironworking with Walter Benedict(Aug 24, 2021) Ironworking may sound like a terrifying job. Workers maneuver around thousands of feet off the ground, and the metal parts they work with weigh literal tons. But to Walter Benedict, ironworking was just a job like any other.3 min
- North Country educators reflect on a year of pandemic teaching, remote learning, and emotional turmoil(Aug 24, 2021)6 min
- Natural Selections: Why pigeons feel at home in the city(Aug 19, 2021) The ubiquitous bird of cities and towns was designed for a different environment. The pigeon's distinctive style of flight is adapted for maneuverability in tight places - near vertical takeoffs and quick changes of direction. This adaptation to cliff and mountainside environments serves them well among our urban cliff dwellings. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss.6 min
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