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A nature therapy session for the soul—encounter the benevolence of the living world through 12 essays on the Earth-healing powers of self-compassion and empathy.

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From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Starting with our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 10,000 years ago, these remarkable animals have fed us, clothed us, changed our diet and languages, helped us to win wars, decorated our homes and financed the conquest of large swathes of the earth.

Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse.

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo had a singular upbringing. She was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. She played barefoot in the forest until she was a teenager and left to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. But after Nemonte’s ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture, she listened. Nemonte returned to the forest and traditional ways of life and became one of the most forceful voices in climate change activism.

In Bite, zoologist Bill Schutt makes a surprising case: it is teeth that are responsible for the long-term success of vertebrates. The appearance of teeth, roughly half a billion years ago, was an adaptation that allowed animals with backbones, such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, dinosaurs and mammals—including us—to chow down in pretty much every conceivable environment.

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces for desperately needed supplies.

Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people develop impressive technical skills and ascend into the canopy.

Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect", about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters.

Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex animals. This new book brings us closer than ever to these elusive creatures. The companion to the highly anticipated National Geographic television special, this book explores the alluring underwater world of the octopus—a creature that resembles an alien lifeform, but whose behavior has earned it a reputation as one of the most intelligent animals on the planet.

The podcast for the latest beekeeping news, information and entertainment for today's beekeeper. Hosts Jeff Ott and Becky Masterman bring you conversations with beekeepers, researchers and industry leaders, helping you become a more informed and knowledgeable beekeeper.

🎙️ Sasquatch Theory Podcast | Bigfoot Encounters with Ty from Oregon In this episode, I sit down with Ty from the state of Oregon to hear about his chilling Bigfoot encounters deep in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. Ty shares his firsthand experiences involving strange vocalizations, eerie whistles in the woods, massive footprints, and mysterious tree structures. He describes discovering bent trees, possible nesting sites, and even coming face-to-face with a creature in the brush. Ty’s detailed accounts paint a vivid picture of Sasquatch activity in the Oregon backcountry—where the ...

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Welcome to Shellphone! This episode, we are hearing from Jessica Sportelli about her work as a marine bioacoustic scientist. You'll learn all about the types of sounds that dolphins and whales make, and how bioacoustics relates to predator-prey interactions and dolphin health. We also talk about the importance of education, accessibility in science, and collaborating with local and indigenous communities.@nmmfoundation@shellphonepodcast@breachthesurface@coastalcreative.tv@choppingblocksoapcoSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/shellphone/donations

Nature's 2022 special issue on racism in science spawned a follow-up Q&A series with researchers who champion inclusion in their workplace or community.Now eight of the 21 Changemakers who have appeared in the series so far revisit their stories in a podcast series that also explores their career journeys and the impage of their research.Kendall Powell, the senior careers editor who launched the article series in May last year, explains how and why it came about, and the criteria for choosing a Changemaker.“The inclusive practices that these researchers follow result in richer ...

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Com o objetivo de reconhecer e valorizar os cafeicultores da Região do Cerrado Mineiro na safra 2025/2026, o 13º Prêmio Região do Cerrado Mineiro celebra aqueles que fazem da região uma referência mundial em qualidade, sustentabilidade e rastreabilidade na produção de cafés de origem controlada. Promovido pela Federação dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado, com o apoio do Sebrae Minas, o prêmio é fundamentado nos pilares da intercooperação, conectando toda a cadeia do café e aproximando os consumidores finais da origem Cerrado Mineiro.A iniciativa reconhece os melhores cafés dos 55 ...

Today on the Gestalt Gardener, Felder joins us in the studio to take your questions about questionable soil, confusing bugs, and perplexing moss. Let's get dirty!Listen to Felder on NPR's 1A: Growing Your Flower Garden This SpringEmail Felder anytime at FelderRushing.Blog and listen Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 to The Gestalt Gardener on MPB Think Radio. In the meantime, in Felder's words, "get out and get dirty."If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Have you heard On the Media’s Peabody-winning series The Divided Dial? It’s awesome and you should, and now you will. In this episode they tell the story of shortwave radio: the way-less-listened to but way-farther-reaching cousin of AM and FM radio. The medium was once heralded as a utopian, international, and instantaneous mass communication tool — a sort of internet-before-the-internet. But, like the internet, many people quickly saw the power of this new technology and found ways to harness it. State leaders turned it into a propaganda machine, weaponizing the airwaves to try and ...

Nobelpreisträger treffen auf Spitzentalente: Wie umgehen mit den Feinden der Wissenschaft, wie die Forschungsfreiheit verteidigen? Wie die Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten und wie KI dazu nutzen? Wir diskutieren darüber, was von der 74. Nobelpreisträgertagung in Lindau bleibt, auf der sich Spitzenforscher über die Zukunft der Chemie und über die Schnittstellen zu Gesellschaft und Politik ausgetauscht haben.