Soft thunder rolls across the sky while each drop falls like whispered secrets in an autumn evening, creating a tranquil, enveloping soundscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Along New Zealand’s Koekohe Beach, the Moeraki Boulders rest like ancient stone shells shaped by the sea. Discover how these remarkable geological concretions formed within soft mudstone, then developed their distinctive turtle-shell cracks through mineral growth and weathering.Wander through a quiet coastal landscape where ocean waves slowly uncover boulders created millions of years ago. With peaceful nature documentary storytelling, this gentle journey reveals the geology, erosion, and enduring

As promised a few episodes back, Chris explores a sneaky trick developers sometimes try to use to evade legally required environmental analysis of their projects. Segmentation, the term of art for dividing a large project into smaller pieces to obscure the environmental impacts of the whole project, is likely to become more frequent as the Trump administration keeps hacking away at environmental protection laws. Chris provides a handful of illuminating examples: Cadiz gets the Interior Department

Exciting news! Nature is the Solution is a finalist in the 2026 Signal Awards' Science category for Brand Storytelling.This recognition celebrates the communities, scientists and partners across Massachusetts and New England who are showing what's possible when we let nature lead. Please vote for the show to help us win. Every vote helps amplify stories that inspire action for people and

This is a special episode made for highlighting the Scarecrow Festival, changing of the seasons, and Halloween. I hope you are enjoying the fall season and this episode help add a little something to your Fall. Take Care, God Bless, and please like and subscribe to support the channel.

If we're serious about building a better food system, we have to start with land.Across the world, land is getting more and more expensive. In the United States, farmland values have nearly doubled since 2011. What we're witnessing is an unprecedented land rush — one that's driving prices to levels simply unattainable by farmers and ranchers and the people we're actually asking to grow our food. As land is sold to development, we are losing an estimated 2000 acres of farmland every single day.But

What happens when a surfer, a swarm of honey bees, and a wildfire-prone corner of Southern California collide? You get one heck of a beekeeping story! Eric Bennett sits down with Eli Lichter-Mark, a small commercial beekeeper managing hundreds of hives around Topanga and Malibu. Eli shares how he went from catching swarms and repeatedly killing off his colonies to building a real bee business—complete with forklifts, flatbeds, almond pollination, a honey kitchen, and plenty of opportunities to get

Dan gives too much information about the comedian: [REDACTED], while he, Anna and Andy discuss YOUR facts . This week's subjects include helium, Humansville and holy holiday handouts. And the gang announce eight more Friend of the Podcast custodians.Visit nosuchthingasafish.com for news about live shows, merchandise and more episodes.Join Club Fish for ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus content at apple.co/nosuchthingasafish or nosuchthingasafish.com/patreonEdited by James HarkinProduced by Leying

Summary: We usually study birds to understand their behavior and habitat needs, but what if birds could help us study topics such as weather patterns, deep sea currents, and trash dispersal in cities? Join Kiersten to find out how birds are doing just that! Show Notes: “Help Wanted” by Ashely Stimpson, Audubon Magazine, Spring 2025 Internet of Animals: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-earth-exchange-nex/new-missions-support/internet-of-animals/ “Great Frigatebirds Wearing Backpacks Map the

A terrifying legend once stalked the Arizona frontier. They called it the Red Ghost—but what witnesses claimed they saw wandering through the desert was even stranger than the name.Then we head to the skies over Iran, where a mysterious sighting bears an eerie resemblance to something reported in the same region more than 50 years ago. What keeps returning to the skies over Iran? And finally, the people building the world’s most powerful AI are warning that we may be moving too fast. What happens

A $19 billion seed pipeline just walked out of Corteva and started trading on its own.Corteva completed the spin-off of its seed and genetics business on October 1, and it now trades on the NYSE as Vylor, led by CEO Chuck Magro from Johnston, Iowa. The company values its corn, soybean and wheat pipeline at $19 billion, plans 12 platform launches over the next decade — including the Xpedite hybrid wheat system and the Vylor One licensing arm — and targets $11.2–11.9 billion in

As a kid, Rae Wynn-Grant dreamed of traveling the world to tell stories about wildlife science. But the path to realizing this dream wasn’t always clear. In this episode of “Our Wild Lives,” Rae Wynn-Grant, large carnivore ecologist, author, podcast host and co-host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild recounts the long days in the field, advanced college degrees and harsh rejections that led to her dream career as a nature show host. This episode spans tales from...

In this episode, Dillon is joined by John Courteney-Smith MRSB to discuss his latest book, Biosynergy, which explores the interconnected nature of biology and environmental factors in reptile care. John explains how the concept of biosynergy emerged from past discussions about animal locomotion and stressors, highlighting his core belief that nature provides perfect solutions that we must replicate in captivity.The conversation traces the evolution of John's thinking across his five-book

Realtor and CRP planter Steve Hansen joins Nicolas and Kent to test a new Friday format: a rolodex of topics. They cover Iowa's public land trail camera ban, drones in hunting, the 2016 pollinator CRP boom, 44% of Iowa CRP expiring in 2027, farmland values, and whether elk could return.hokseynativeseeds.com (for all your native seed, backyard prairie, hunting mixes, CRP mixes, native pasture mixes, and more) BirdHunterSupply.com (for all your bird hunting supplies and dog hunting supplies)

As a teen, Lobsang Yangtso left her home in Tibet. It took two decades to return, and what she found shocked her. China's clean energy revolution is bringing major gains, but also difficult trade-offs.

In this episode, Justin and Rob have Clip show #10Who will win? You decide. Reptile Fight Club!Follow Justin Julander @Australian Addiction Reptiles-http://www.australianaddiction.comIG https://www.instagram.com/jgjulander/Follow Rob @ https://www.instagram.com/highplainsherp/Follow MPR Network @FB: https://www.facebook.com/MoreliaPythonRadioIG: https://www.instagram.com/mpr_network/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtrEaKcyN8KvC3pqaiYc0RQWebsite: https://mprnetwork.transistor.fm/

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick are back with a brand new episode of The Buzz. Tom and Fran are eating on air again. What are they eating this time? “That’s Hot” spend some time in the prairies.  “This or That” asks some difficult questions about what is best. We are giving listener shoutouts – Lots of them!  Tom introduces a brand new segment and you can bet it's a good one. Intro music by RJ Comer, Outro music by Dave Bennett.That’s Hot – Fran’s Plant / Tom’s Plant Read Fran’s Article /

What happens when we stop treating wildlife, environmental sustainability, human well-being, and animal protection as separate issues?In this episode of Wildlife Wire, Mark Surls talks with educator, author, and Institute for Humane Education co-founder and president Zoe Weil about the interconnected systems that shape our lives—and how learning to see those connections can help us become better problem-solvers. Zoe shares the story of how a class she taught in 1987 launched her career in humane

With the chaos of putting together the final bits and pieces for the YWP Exhibition later this month, Gabby found time for a quick catch-up with a familiar face to the Birding Life, Joshua Winter.It’s been a busy year for Josh too. While there may have been fewer wildlife trips than usual, he’s spent plenty of time in the field, gaining hands-on experience working with wild animals in the Waterberg and on the outskirts of Johannesburg as he continues his journey into veterinary science.In this