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.
1076
People of the Rainforest
The Baka use their knowledge of plants to help them catch fish.
2 min
1077
The Telltale Click
Distant relatives of both dolphins and whales, hippos may also use sound to echolocate.
2 min
1078
Hippos
They produce sounds especially suited for transmission through air and water.
2 min
1079
Sound Ark
Today we let the animals do the talking.
2 min
1080
The Shaman's Message
The survival of indigenous people is linked to the survival of the natural world.
2 min
1081
A Network of Shamans
Sharing the secret knowledge of plants and herbs.
2 min
1082
The Shaman's Son
Understanding the spiritual life of a forest.
2 min
1083
Red Skies
Look to the clouds for hints about tomorrow's weather.
2 min
1084
Crickets and Cockroaches
Does animal behavior give us clues about the weather?
2 min
1085
Wind and Wooly Bears
Can timeworn proverbs help us forecast the weather?
2 min
1086
Mow High With a Sharp Blade
Lessons learned from golf course greens can improve a home lawn.
2 min
1087
Water and Song
Casting off the year's cares during Tashlicht.
2 min
1088
Bread on the Water
A symbolic practice on the first day of the Jewish New Year.
2 min
1089
Start With One Tree..
One of Africa's most successful environmental movements started with planting seven trees.
2 min
1090
Overpopulation
And the most overpopulated country in the world is..?
2 min
1091
Sing to the Fish
Mandarese fishermen sing to their prey.
2 min
1092
They Run the Earth
What would happen if all the ants on earth disappeared?
2 min
1093
Cattle-Raising Ants
We're not the only species that practices animal husbandry.
2 min
1094
Super Organism
Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body, each performing a specialized task.
2 min
1095
A Most Abundant Life Form
Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
2 min
1096
The Inventors of Chemical Warfare
Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons.
2 min
1097
The Ruthless Courtesy of Ants
The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
2 min
1098
The Chinese Bigfoot
Legends of a Chinese Wildman go back 2500 years in eastern literature.
2 min
1099
Hairy Evidence
Laboratory tests of hair samples indicate they come from a hitherto unknown primate.
2 min
1100
The Wildman
Is a large, ape-like creature hiding in the remote forests of China?
2 min