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The thorny ethical questions that emerge from covering our place in the natural world
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (925+ words) NPR science correspondent Nate Rott has a unique beat. As it says on our website, he covers, quote, "the natural world and humanity's relationship to it." Many people hear that and they immediately think he's a climate correspondent. NATE ROTT,…...
Quail for dinner tonight?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (74+ words) South Carolina Public Radio Quail for dinner tonight? When it comes to poultry production, you can probably guess that our state has a lot of chicken and turkey farms. And you'd be right, of course. But you may not know…...
Washington, D. C. biologists wait for bald eagles to hatch
4+ week, 1+ day ago (74+ words) South Carolina Public Radio Washington, D. C. biologists wait for bald eagles to hatch Wildlife biologists in the nation's capital are monitoring a massive bald eagle nest where eaglets are expected to appear any day now. Here & Now's Scott Tong joined wildlife…...
Endangered cotton-top tamarins find refuge at Riverbanks Conservation Outpost
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (228+ words) There are fewer than 6, 000 cotton-top tamarins left in the wild, and two of the world's most endangered primates are now being housed at the Riverbanks Conservation Outpost. Pepita, a 6-month-old female cotton-top tamarin, was rescued from an illegal pet trade…...
New study finds woodpeckers use their entire bodies to drill wood
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (89+ words) South Carolina Public Radio New study finds woodpeckers use their entire bodies to drill wood A new study shows how woodpeckers engage muscles throughout their entire bodies and coordinate their breaths to drill into wood. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks…...
King penguins are the rare species benefiting from a warming world. But that could change
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (551+ words) The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that depend on each other " like flowers blooming too early and pollinating bees arriving too late. But researchers have found the…...
This "fairyland" bog is a beacon for winter birders " and a sponge for the climate
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1209+ words) Nothing stops a chat between birders faster than a flash of feathers in the sky. Just a few steps into their stroll through Sax Zim Bog, three naturalists go hush at the sight of a Canada jay, a gray-and-white songbird…...
Greetings from Southwest Papua, which has some of the world's richest marine biodiversity
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) South Carolina Public Radio - On Air Now Playing South Carolina Public Radio " News & Talk - On Air Now Playing South Carolina Public Radio - News & Music Greetings from Southwest Papua, which has some of the world's richest marine biodiversity Far-Flung Postcards is…...
Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (626+ words) When people are shown a spiky shape next to a rounded one and asked which shape is called "kiki" and which one is "bouba," people from all kinds of cultures overwhelmingly associate "bouba" with the blob-like shape and "kiki" with…...
Clones of endangered ferrets offer path to recovery, scientists say
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1078+ words) Scientists believe there are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. The carnivores once thrived on the plains between Canada and Mexico, eating prairie dogs and burrowing into their tunnels. But humans plowed up…...