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NCPR Programs: Natural SelectionsEach week join Martha Foley and Professor Curt Stager from Paul Smith's College as they discuss various topics from the world of nature. You can hear Natural Selections on Thursdays at 8:35 am, and on Sundays at 8:55 am.
The Eastern Snapping Turtle can reach a size of three feet and 50 lbs. Martha Foley and Curt Stager introduce us to this large and testy reptile found throughout the eastern US.
Do we all hear the same things? Is middle-C on a piano the same for you as it is for someone else? Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager look at how we hear what we hear.
Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager continue discussion of animal extinction with a look at the book The Ghosts of Evolution.
Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss plants that have outlived the animals they co-evolved with.
What's the difference between a salamander and a newt? Not too much, says Dr. Curt Stager. He talks with Martha Foley about how aquatic salamanders mature into the forest variety.
Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss the manners and morals of avian mating.
Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss mass animal die-offs, such as the one ending the age of dinosaurs.
Wood ant colonies create noticeable hummocks in clearings and fields. The elaborate structures create a temperate micro-climate ideal for protecting larvae, the queen and her workers. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk about insect architecture.
The magnetic fields on earth have a pattern of reversing. So does this mean that one day we will all be upside-down when the fields change? Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley get to the bottom of up.
This pest of the northern spring can travel up to twenty miles on the wind. How to get away? Dress in yellow, some suggest, or tie a dragonfly to your hat. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager consult.
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(7/18/02)
Natural History