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.
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Singing Up the Sun
The celebration of the Cretan cherry harvest continues until dawn, for men singing ancient local songs called rezydika.
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A Wedding in Crete
Love is in the air and so is a wealth of Cretan music.
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New Bread Celebration
Bread bakers in Hungary take to the road to enrich and broaden their culinary knowledge and craft.
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Super Organism
Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body - each performing a specialized task.
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A Most Abundant Life Form
Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
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The Inventors of Chemical Warfare
Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons.
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The Ruthless Courtesy of Ants
The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
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608
Chinese Bigfoot
Legends of a Chinese Wildman go back 2500 years in eastern literature.
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Hairy Evidence
Laboratory tests of hair samples indicate they come from a hitherto unknown primate.
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The Wildman
Is a large, ape-like creature hiding in the remote forests of China?
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Coming to Water
Big Horn Sheep spend the first several months of their lamb's life high up on rock canyon ledges before finally coming down for water.
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Tracking Big Horn Sheep
Field biologist Janene Colby tracks Big Horn Sheep in the sweltering heat of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
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Living on the Edge
If a desert Big Horn Sheep feels threatened, it's all uphill from there.
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Ram Tough
Desert big horn sheep come equipped with a variable internal "thermostat" which allows them to survive in triple-digit temperatures.
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Superb Desert Dwellers
Big Horn Sheep have adapted to withstand extreme dehydration with ease.
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Probiotics for Bees
It's difficult to produce a pesticide that doesn't have effects on beneficial microorganisms.
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Honeybees - It's all in the Gut
A honeybee's best friends just might be the microbiota living in its digestive tract.
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Bees and Pesticides
Scientists are trying to better understand the risks of using pesticides on bee colonies.
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The Ascent of a Queen
When bees lose their queen, the hive makes a distinctive sound.
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Perseid Meteor Shower
A celestial treat: the annual rain of space dust entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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The Importance of Being a Bee
Honeybees play a crucial role in agriculture.
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Mites
Predatory insect mites are infecting honeybee hives, but pesticides used to control the mites just might be making things worse!
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Inside the Hive
With thousands of bees to feed, a hive needs a good store of honey to get through the winter.
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Barry Farber
Dedicated to the memory of Barry Farber. The pioneering radio talk jock recalls an unforgettable interview with Alfred Hitchcock.
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Saving Organs - One Pipe at a Time
Can chemistry keep some of the world's oldest organs from turning to dust?
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