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For centuries, human commerce has played a role in distributing plant and animal species around the globe. But not every species can claim the title of…
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Growing up in a village in the foothills of the French Alps, Francis Roucher used to hunt the chamois. But on the day one of his shots went astray,…
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Every morning when he walks the dog, retired professor of natural history Peter Slater can identify as many as thirty birds by their song alone. On a walk…
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Over the past century the grasslands of northern Mexico have been taken over by shrubby mesquite and turned to desert. On One Species at a Time, ecologist…
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There’s a snake in the grass—but the viper in this Hungarian meadow is more threatened than a threat, at least to people. On One Species at a Time: as new…
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Likes moths to a flame, some people are irresistibly drawn to the woods at night. Carrying bedsheets and armed with special lights and lures, they come…
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What can species as different as a hedgehog, a swift, and a glow-worm possibly have in common? To find out, we journey to southwest England. We’ll join…
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We humans learn some of our earliest life lessons from our brothers and sisters. Turns out ravens learn socially, too.In this Halloween season podcast,…
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Until 2000, biologists classified the curious springtail as an insect. Then new DNA evidence forced scientists like Louis Deharveng to revise their…
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When biologist Diana Bizecki Robson sits in the middle of the tallgrass prairie in a park near Winnipeg, she sees stars—the tiny, bright flowers of the…