Nature's Archive
By Michael Hawk
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Episodes: 128
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Nature’s Archive, hosted by Michael Hawk, delves into the beauty and complexity of the natural world through interviews with ecologists, naturalists, educators, authors, and researchers. Each episode inspires curiosity and reveals nature’s surprising nuances. Part of Jumpstart Nature, a movement empowering everyone to support the environment, this podcast invites you to connect with nature like never before.
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#123: A Look at Biodiversity
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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#122: Leave the Leaves: Hidden Layers of Benefit with David Mizejewski
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Critical Mast: Acorn Woodpeckers and Oak Masting with Dr. Walt Koenig
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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#121: Metamorphosis: The Actor Who Became a Butterfly Scientist - Liam O'Brien
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#120: Just Listen: Amy Martin on the Unheard World Around Us
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#119: Are Worms the Solution to Toxic Algal Blooms? Sam Baker from WriggleBrew.
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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#118: Does Science Communication Have Room for Emotion and Complexity? – Jocelyn Bosley's Approach
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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#117: Angry Activist, Rural Landowner: Finding Common Ground for Nature
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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#116: Iconic Joshua Trees with Barret Baumgart
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#115: Pollinator Friendly Yards with Leslie Inman
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May 27, 2025 |
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#114: Mistletoes Are Keystone Species - Dr. David Watson
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May 08, 2025 |
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#113: How Do Thunderstorms Form?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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#112: Incredible Deep Sea and Tropical Marine Habitats - Dr. Judith Gobin
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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#111: Earthquakes: Myths, Surprises, and Hidden Dangers with Dr. Wendy Bohon
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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#110: Why We Need Apex Predators - Coexistence with Dr. Jonny Hanson
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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#109: Cultural Fire with Margo Robbins
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#108: Acorn Woodpeckers and Oak Masting with Dr. Walt Koenig
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Alison Pollack - Finding and Photographing Slime Molds
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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#107: The Best of Nature's Archive 2024
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#106: Why Ants Might Be the Most Interesting Creatures on Earth with Chloe Jelley
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#105: From Fear to Fascination: Kevin Wiener on His Journey at All Bugs Go to Kevin
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#104: Wasting Away: The Battle to Save Sunflower Sea Stars and Kelp Forests with the Sunflower Star Lab
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Saving a Valley: How Coyote Valley Inspires Conservation
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#103: Exploring Wildlife Forensics with Ashley Bray
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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BONUS: Top 10 Favorite Species with Griff Griffith, Michelle Fullner, and Michael Hawk
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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#102: Sophie Osborn - From the Brink: Reintroducing Endangered Birds
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#101: Connecting Climate, Carbon, Tree Leaf Phenology and Genetics with Dr. Hanna Makowski
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#100: The Biggest Nature Lesson I've Learned from 100 Nature's Archive Episodes
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#99: Into the Wild: Snow Leopards and Wildlife Photography with Jake Davis
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Joro Spiders: Should You Be Concerned? And more Astounding Spiders with Dr. Sarah Rose
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#98: Ocean’s Green Giants: The Vital Role of Kelp with Tristin Anoush McHugh
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#97: How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper
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May 20, 2024 |
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#96: From Rattles to Kings: Unraveling the Secrets of Snakes With Dr. Emily Taylor
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May 06, 2024 |
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#95: The Rare 2024 Cicada Double Emergence with Dr. Chris Simon
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#94: Secrets of the Octopus with Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#93: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant - Carnivore Ecology, Wild Life, and Environmental Justice
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#92: Secrets of Beautifully Fuzzy Velvet Ants with Dr. Joseph Wilson (and a bit about native bees, too!)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#91: Examining Tree Physiology with Dr. Lucy Kerhoulas: Insights into Drought Adaptation and the Carbon Smoking Gun
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#90: From Invasive Species to Allergenic Pollen with Allasandra Valdez (The Happy Botanist Podcast) and Dr. Daniel Katz
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#89: Burning Questions: Understanding Fire Management with Lenya Quinn-Davidson
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#88: BLM Unveiled: A Journey with Josh Jackson into our Forgotten Lands
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#87: California Condors with Tiana Williams-Claussen (Golden State Naturalist Crossover!)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#86: Double Feature! The Yard of the Future and We Live in a 10% World
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#85: Life After Dark (Nocturnalia!) with Charles Hood and Dr. José Martínez-Fonseca
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#84: Dr. Marshall Shepherd - Weather is Your Mood, Climate is Your Personality
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#83: If Trees Could Talk with Dr. Grant Harley
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#82: Amanda Monthei - Life with Fire
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#81: Dr. Emma Greig - From Fairywrens to FeederWatch
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#80: El Niño (ENSO) and Ocean Temperatures
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#79: Pollinator Friendly Yards with Leslie Inman
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#78: Pirates, Trophy Fish, and Shifting Baselines: Unveiling Ecological Mysteries With Dr. Loren McClenachan
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#77: Unraveling the Secrets of Road Ecology with Ben Goldfarb
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#76: Nature Unleashed: Inspiring Passion for Nature with Griff Griffith
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#75: Birding Under the Influence with Dorian Anderson
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#74: Just What is the Anthropocene? With Dr. Anya Gruber
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#73: From Dirt to Life: How Regenerative Agriculture Rebuilds Biodiversity with Gabe Brown
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#72: The Nature of Viruses with Dr. Robert David Siegel
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#71: Wetlands Rediscovered - Exploring Nature's Hidden Gems and Restoring Their Glory with Tom Biebighauser
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May 22, 2023 |
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#70: Talaterra Crossover - Michael Hawk on Tech and Jumpstart Nature
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May 08, 2023 |
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#69: Behind the Scenes of Bird Banding with Dr. Katie LaBarbera of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#68: Spring Galls: Nature's Master Geneticists, a conversation with Adam Kranz
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#67: Ancient Birds and Modern Migrations - Sandhill and Whooping Cranes with Bethany Ostrom
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#66: Krystle Hickman's Quest to Raise Awareness about Native Bees
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#65: Winged Wonders: Uncovering the Secrets of Bats with Wildlife Ecologist Dr. Dave Johnston
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#64: Keith Williams - Deep Discoveries in Shallow Water
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#63: Connecting Habitats and Hearts: The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative with Kelly Zenkewich
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#62: Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht - Exploring the Fascinating World of Snowflake Physics
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#61: Strange By Nature Crossover!
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#60: Dr. Sam Sandoval - Hydrology and Water Management
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#59: Alison Pollack - Finding and Photographing Slime Molds
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#58: Dr. Sarah Rose - Astounding Spiders!
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#57: Allen Fish - Raptor Migration from Hawk Hill
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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BONUS: Wildfire Ecology, DNA Barcoding Research, Nitrogen Deposition, Nature Conferences, and more!
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#56: Deb Kramer - Starting and Leading Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#55: Denise Lewis - Raptors of the Raptor Woodland Refuge
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#54: Parker McMullen Bushman - Reaching New Audiences + The Inclusive Guide
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#53: Michelle Foss on Forest Stewardship at Fontenelle Forest
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#52: The Golden State Naturalist Michelle Fullner, and Nature's Archive at 2 Years Old!
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#51: Dr. Karlisa Callwood - The Combined Ecology of Parrotfish, Spiny Lobsters, and People in Coral Reef Systems
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#50: Dr. Brian Brown - Phenomenal Phorid Flies, Hyperdiversity, DNA Barcoding, and more
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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The Ladder of Environmental Care
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#49: Jessica Wolff - Coexisting With Urban Wildlife
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#48: Dr. Kerry Kriger Saves the Frogs!
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#47: Field Guide to Field Guides with Cricket Raspet, Allen Fish, and Michael Hawk
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May 30, 2022 |
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#46: Paul Johnson - Finding and Counting Butterflies
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May 16, 2022 |
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#45: Siena Mckim - The Wild World of Sea Sponges
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May 02, 2022 |
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#44: Eric Eaton - Insectpedia, Insect Ecology, Wasps, and the Future of Entomology
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#43: Alison Young - The City Nature Challenge
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#42: Dr. Peter Alagona - Cities: The Accidental Ecosystem
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#41: Michael Kauffmann: Conifers - Extreme Survivors
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#40: The Crazy World of Wild Green Ecological Memes - Rhett Barker and Curtis Sarkin
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#39: Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Ecology of the Soil Food Web
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#38: Beth Pratt - P-22 And The Age of Wildlife Crossings
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#37: Dr. Stuart Weiss - Checkerspot Butterflies, Cars, and Cows
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#36: Damon Tighe - Fungi, Mushrooms, and Community Science (Mycology)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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#35: Ben Goldfarb - Beavers, The Quintessential Keystone Species
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#34: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon - Finding More in Nature
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#33: Dr. Andrew Farnsworth - Predicting Bird Migrations with BirdCast
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Encore: Rick Halsey on Wildfire in the West and California's Chaparral
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#32: Cricket Raspet on Dockfouling - Finding Amazing Sea Creatures the Easy Way
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#31: BONUS: Gall Week 2021 with Dr. Merav Vonshak
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#30: Dr. Jaret Daniels - Butterflies, Creating Habitat in Overlooked Landscapes, and Leveraging Creative Outreach
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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#29: Adam Kranz - The Amazing World of Plant Galls
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#28: Milkweeds with Dr. Carrie Olson-Manning and Sydney Kreutzmann
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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#27: Brandon Kong - California Tiger Salamanders, Rattlesnakes, and How To Herp
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#26: Dr. Doug Tallamy on What Makes Oaks the Most Important Tree
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#25: Danielle Husband - Wetland Systems, Playas, and Dragonflies!
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#24: Justin Angle - On The Fireline - Wildfires in the Western USA
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#23: Crossover! Wasp Ecology with Heather Holm, from the Backyard Ecology Podcast
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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#22: Project Terra - Wildlife Tracking in Your Own Backyard with Scott Whittle and Mike Lanzone
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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#21: John "Griff" Griffith on Redwood Ecosystems, Hosting Animal Planet's Wild Jobs, and Being a "Solutionary"
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#20: Dr. Yiwei Wang - Bird Observatories, Plovers, and Pumas, Oh My!
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May 24, 2021 |
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#19: Chris Helzer - The Prairie Ecologist
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May 03, 2021 |
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#18: Kerry Knudsen - The Magic of Lichen
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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#17: Alvaro Jaramillo - Birding Your Best Life
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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#16: Tora Rocha and Terry Smith - The Pollinator Posse Part 2 - What Landowners Can Do to Create Habitat
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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#15: Tora Rocha and Terry Smith - The Pollinator Posse on Monarchs, their Amazing Lifecycle, and Their Frightening Decline in the West - Part 1
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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#14: Brian Sullivan - eBird, Birds of the World, and the Intersection of Technology with Birding and Ornithological Media
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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#13: Ashley Ahearn - Creator of the Podcast Series "Grouse" on the Art of Storytelling and Science Communication
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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#12: Tony Iwane - Outreach and Community at iNaturalist
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#11: Charley Eiseman - Naturalist, Author, Innovator, and Leaf Mining Insect Specialist
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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#9: Rick Halsey - Wildfire Ecology in the Chaparral and the American West
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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#7: Merav Vonshak - Outreach and Education with BioBlitzes
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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#5: Eddie Dunbar on Getting People Excited about Insects, and Building an Online Community
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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#0: Welcome to Nature's Archive!
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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#2: Matthew Dodder - From Silicon Valley to Audubon Chapter Director
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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#3: Jan Hintermeister - Volunteering to Grow Your Impact
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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#1: Dorian Anderson - 17830 Miles of Biking for Birds
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Jul 06, 2020 |