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The U.N.'s First-Ever Analysis Of World's Migratory Species Just Dropped
Episode 1024
Every year, billions of animals across the globe embark on journeys. They fly, crawl, walk or slither – often across thousands of miles of land or wa…
2 years, 2 months ago
Celebrate Valentine's Day With These Queer Animals
Episode 1023
In a Valentine's Day exclusive report, NPR has learned there is currently a gay anteater couple at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biolog…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Shared History Of The Chinese And Gregorian Calendars
Episode 1022
Happy Lunar New Year! According to the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the new year began Saturday. For many, like our host Regina G. Barber, this calend…
2 years, 2 months ago
Clownfish Might Be Counting Their Potential Enemies' Stripes
Episode 1021
At least, that's what a group of researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University thinks. The team recently publish…
2 years, 2 months ago
After 20 Years, This Scientist Uncovered The Physics Behind The Spiral Pass
Episode 1020
If you've ever watched part of a professional football game, you've probably seen a tight spiral pass. Those perfect throws where the football leaves…
2 years, 3 months ago
Wolves Are Thriving In The Radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Episode 1019
In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, releasing radioactive material into northern Ukraine and Belarus. It was the most serious nuclear…
2 years, 3 months ago
This Scientist Figured Out Why Your Appendix Isn't Useless
Episode 1018
Back in the day, many of us heard that the appendix is a vestigial organ — at best, a body part that lost its purpose all those many years ago. At wo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Murder, Mayhem At The Zoo: A Naked Mole Rat Succession War
Episode 1017
An all-out "naked mole rat war" has broken out at Smithsonian's National Zoo, after the queen of the colony was mortally wounded by one of her own ch…
2 years, 3 months ago
Choose Your Lightning Protection: Lasers, Rockets or Rods?
Episode 1016
Every year, lightning is estimated to cause up to 24,000 deaths globally. It starts forest fires, burns buildings and crops, and causes disruptive po…
2 years, 3 months ago
Lessons on the limits of ecosystem restoration from the Everglades
Episode 1015
When the U.S. government and state of Florida unveiled a new plan to save the Everglades in 2000, the sprawling blueprint to restore the wetlands bec…
2 years, 3 months ago