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Whale Rescue

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All Saints' Day in New Orleans - Holt Cemetery

Among the graveyards of  New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional.  Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

Sounds of All Saints' Day

A gospel song and a graveyard party:  the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ritual in the Amazon

For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song. Learn more about your ad

Reunion in the Amazon

The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

Vegas Was a Blast

They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Statues of Wonderland

Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiritual Conservation

In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India's Most Sacred River

India's revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Verge of Extinction

In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - a program from our archives: Why is the chimpanzee disappearing?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic

Uncanny Similarities

In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall, a program from our archives. "They embrace, they kiss......" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding Meteorites

They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite? (In Memory of Meteorologist Douglas Revelle) Learn more about your ad choice

A Feast for Voles

What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants? (In memory of ornithologist Helen Hays, 1931 - 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.

Redefining Man

In memory of primatologist Jane Goodall - Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall made some amazing discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

Sealing our Fate, Just Like Birds

An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hornbills and Humans

Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morels

On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unseen World

In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Lies Beneath

A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lovebugs Meet Their Nemesis

Yet another reason to have electric cars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices