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<title>Natural Selections: Continental Drift</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 16, 2013) The theory of continental drift—the idea that the continents are islands of rock adrift on the earth&apos;s molten core—first gained acceptance in the 1960s. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk about the consequences of their extreme slow motion collisions—earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5081/20130516/natural-selections-continental-drift">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Spider Webs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) Spiders from big to tiny use their webs to snag and trap prey in fascinating ways. One spider even reels in tiny gnats that come to &quot;roost&quot; on the web. The silky constructions are wonders of engineering and construction. They&apos;re also highly specialized, spider to spider, as Martha Foley hears from Dr. Curt Stager in this week&apos;s edition of Natural Selections. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/2301/20130509/natural-selections-spider-webs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Porcupines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 2, 2013) Dr. Curt Stager tells co-host Martha Foley why and how porcupines climb trees—and why it can be a dangerous job. Plus, what to do when one lives under (and gnaws on) your porch. Get up close, but not too close, to porcupines. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3098/20130502/natural-selections-porcupines">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Passenger Pigeons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2013) Once so numerous they darkened the sky for days while migrating, passenger pigeons arrived in this region in early May each year. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley remember this once ubiquitous species wiped out by human hunting in the nineteenth century. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3060/20130425/natural-selections-passenger-pigeons">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Unusual pollinators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 18, 2013) Everyone is familiar with how bees and insects distribute pollen from one flower to another, but that&apos;s not the only way to get the job done. Some night-blooming plants are pollinated by bats, when bright floral colors are invisible. And hummingbirds might just get their nectar without picking up any pollen. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss the unusual strategies some plants can use to attract and hold the interest of the unusual animals that pollinate them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21820/20130418/natural-selections-unusual-pollinators">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Leaf Cutter Ants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 11, 2013) Why do Leaf Cutter Ants cut leaves? Nesting material, food? As Martha Foley and Curt Stager explain, these ants are composting. What they actually eat grows on the rotting leaves. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13502/20130411/natural-selections-leaf-cutter-ants">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Whirligig Beetles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 4, 2013) Watching whirligig water beetles, found in circling clumps on the surface of calm fresh water, is a favorite childhood activity of many, including one-time child Martha Foley. Dr. Curt Stager explains the method behind their madcap collective behavior. (Note: Dr. William Romey teaches at SUNY Potsdam.) [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/6203/20130404/natural-selections-whirligig-beetles">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Exploding Flowers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 28, 2013) Some flowers open quickly, and some are even spring-loaded—like the venus fly trap—but the floral deployment speed record belongs to the lowly dogwood relative, the bunchberry, which when triggered opens its tiny four-petal bloom in less than a millisecond. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss flower power. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7139/20130328/natural-selections-exploding-flowers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Dandelions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 21, 2013) Martha Foley mows her lawn just before the dandelions go to seed, hoping to keep their numbers down, but there&apos;s another whole crop right behind—why? Dr. Curt Stager dug into the story and found the answer in the sex life—or lack thereof—of dandelions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7314/20130321/natural-selections-dandelions">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Ancient Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 14, 2013) &quot;Old as the hills&quot; is a relative term. The Adirondacks may be relatively young mountains, but their distinctive grey granite, anorthosite, originated 1.1 billion ago, so deep in the earth&apos;s crust that only continental collision could have formed it. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss Adirondack geology. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/6067/20130314/natural-selections-ancient-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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