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Conservation is about people, too

January 9, 2024 Environment, Think

Adam Hart, professor of science communication at the University of Gloucestershire, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the realities of people who live among predators.

Redwoods and Sequoias: Relocating natures giants

November 20, 2023 Environment, Think

Moises Velasquez-Manoff, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how Sequoias and Giant Redwoods are falling victim to hotter and drier climates.

Why we need forests that have never been touched by humans

September 5, 2023 Environment

Joan Maloof is the founder and director of the Old-Growth Forest Network and she joins us to discuss the role old-growth forests play in the ecosystem and the different approaches that are being taken to saving them.

Every tree is a complex ecosystem

July 27, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology

Biologist James B. Nardi discusses the creatures that depend on trees that are also key to tree health.

Why we should love the insects we hate

November 4, 2022 Environment, Science and Technology

Host Krys Boyd talks with behavioral ecologists about wasps and bees, and a professor of animal sentience about flies to explore all the wonderful ways their tiny minds work.

Photo of coral reef bioluminescent plant in the ocean.

She Found Light At The Bottom Of The Ocean

August 31, 2021 Environment, Science and Technology

Marine biologist Edith Widder is senior scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, and she joins us to discuss bioluminescence, which illuminates the ocean hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface.

The Buzz On Bees

July 9, 2015 Environment

We’ll talk about the important role that bees play in our ecosystem – and how you can raise your own hive at home – with a panel of North Texas bee experts.

A Symbiotic Relationship

May 12, 2015 Environment

Every year, tiny birds known as red knots fly 19,000 miles – from the tip of South America to the Arctic and back.

Meet The Owls

May 5, 2015 Environment

We’ll get to know these nocturnal hunters – and learn how they interact with other birds – with naturalist Tony Angell, author of “The House of Owls.”