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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Dia De San Juan
A Venezuelan festival honoring a Catholic saint has taken on a decidedly African flavor.
2 min
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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
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Refuge
Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
2 min
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A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
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Elephants and Orvilles
Who says (baby tern) elephants can't fly?
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Wildebeests
In Africa's Serengetti Park, more than a million animals are making their annual trip north, driven by the rains and their own instincts.
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Wild Dogs on the Edge
The health of African Wild Dogs provides important clues about the health of an entire ecosystem.
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Wild Pups
This month, African Wild Dogs are giving birth to a new litter of pups.
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Wild Dogs of Africa
They've developed a special call to keep track of each other.
2 min
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Sirius Rising
For ancient Egyptians, the appearance of the constellation Sirius in the dawn sky marked the beginning of an important annual event.
2 min
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Timber Wolves Emerge From their Dens
A month in the life of young wolf pups.
2 min
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Bats - Their Future in Our Hands
Exploding a few myths about these creatures of the night.
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Swarming Bees
Twenty thousand bees find a new home.
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Cicada Saga
Most of their life is spent underground.
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Bullfrogs
Their croaks promise warm nights to come.
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Room with a Hawkeye View
A pair of Red Tailed hawks found rent free accommodation on a New York City high rise.
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The Unwelcome Bird
Once an endangered species, Giant Canada geese have become unpopular urban neighbors.
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The Neck Dip
The carefully timed spring dating rituals of Canada Geese.
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Raucous Sounds of Spring
Canada Geese provide their own vernal cacophony.
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Pulse of the Peeper
Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide.
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Frog Watch
Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them.
2 min
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Get Stuffed
It's a tough life for male paper wasps.
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A Good Strategy for Wasps
Usurpers, foundresses, abandoned nests - welcome to the world of the paper wasp.
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Firewalking
On St. Constantine's Day, worshippers walk across hot coals. How do they do it?
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Reindeer Wend their Way Home
Reindeer are faced with the disappearance of their traditional migration routes.
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