Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim ...

Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.

Science
Natural Sciences
Technology
376
Refuge
Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
2 min
377
A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
2 min
378
Elephants and Orvilles
Who says elephants can't fly?
3 min
379
Sealing our Fate, Just Like Birds
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
3 min
380
Hornbills and Humans
Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think.
2 min
381
Mushroom Hunting - Morels
On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom.
2 min
382
Mushroom Hunting - Unseen World
In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground.
2 min
383
Mushroom Hunting - What Lies Beneath
A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism.
2 min
384
Bears at McNeil River- An Essential Meal
Bears at Alaska's McNeil River have come to rely on an annual fish feast.
3 min
385
Bears at McNeil River
Over a hundred brown bears in Alaska have learned that every July, the McNeil River is THE place to catch fish. 
2 min
386
Black Skimmers
This summer, an endangered seabird will find one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey.
2 min
387
Parallax View
Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water.
2 min
388
Hajj: Sacred Gathering
Millions of Muslim pilgrims gather this week in Mecca, in a gathering which transcends the barriers of caste, color, race and gender.
2 min
389
Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca
At least once in their lives, all Muslims who are physically and financially able are enjoined to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. 
2 min
390
Lovebugs Meet Their Nemesis
Yet another reason to have electric cars!
2 min
391
Moths, Moonlight - and Your Car
Why are moths attracted to light bulbs?
2 min
392
The Splat Test
There's a lot to learn from the big blob left on your windshield by an unfortunate horse fly.
3 min
393
Windshield Entomology
Here's a new way to pass the time on a long car ride.
3 min
394
The Clammer
It's clamming season in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 
2 min
395
Gobi Desert - the Wind is Up
Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists working there to think fast and run even faster.
2 min
396
Hippos - How Low Can They Go?
These three-ton animals may communicate using sounds below the range of human hearing.
2 min
397
Butter - Think Global
Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide.
2 min
398
Butter Detector
A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool?
3 min
399
Sounds of July Fourth
Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans.
3 min
400
Bullfrogs
A bullfrog's croak promises warm nights to come.
2 min