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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Windshield Entomology
Here's a new way to pass the time on a long car ride.
2 min
902
Unsung Insect Heroes
They are responsible for more cross-pollination than honeybees!
2 min
903
Berries and Bugs for the Blues
Small wonder there are no Bluebirds at your bird feeder.
2 min
904
Sounds of July Fourth
Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans.
2 min
905
Battling for Bluebirds
If you want Bluebirds in your nesting boxes, it likely means evicting Sparrows and Starlings.
2 min
906
Seeds, Weeds, Natives and Nurseries
They're good for the environment, but what's the best way to find native plants?
2 min
907
Planting Native Species
There's something we all can do to help protect local animals and plants.
2 min
908
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
909
Parallax View
Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water.
3 min
910
Throat Singing in Siberia
Some remarkable music highlights the annual Tun Payram festival.
2 min
911
The Black Saint
Black Venezuelans have introduced an African icon into a festival honoring St. John.
2 min
912
Trance Dancing and Promesas
An icon is said to hold the power to grant promises.
2 min
913
Dia De San Juan
A Venezuelan festival honoring a Catholic saint has taken on a decidedly African flavor.
2 min
914
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
915
Refuge
Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
2 min
916
A Feast for Voles
What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
2 min
917
Elephants and Orvilles
Who says (baby tern) elephants can't fly?
2 min
918
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.
2 min
919
Wild Dogs on the Edge
The health of African Wild Dogs provides important clues about the health of an entire ecosystem.
2 min
920
Wild Pups
This month, African Wild Dogs are giving birth to a new litter of pups.
2 min
921
Wild Dogs of Africa
They've developed a special call to keep track of each other.
2 min
922
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
923
Timber Wolves Emerge From their Dens
A month in the life of young wolf pups.
2 min
924
Bats - Their Future in Our Hands
Exploding a few myths about these creatures of the night.
2 min
925
Swarming Bees
Twenty thousand bees find a new home.
2 min