Ranked #1
From the vault: Bling for birds and name that duck!
From the vault: Bling for birds and name that duck!
We start with the fine art of bird banding. Researchers find a bird they want to track and, as Beyoncé might say, “put a... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #2
From the vault: The hunter conservationist and the radar birds
From the vault: The hunter conservationist and the radar birds
In this episode we explore the intertwingled intersection of conservation and hunting. Can you both care about wildlife ... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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31mins
Ranked #3
From the vault: The zen of wildlife photography
From the vault: The zen of wildlife photography
We talk with Brendan Kelly, a conservationist and avid photographer from Paradise, Newfoundland. Kelly explains how taki... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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21mins
Ranked #4
From the vault: Of fish ladder and duck eggs
From the vault: Of fish ladder and duck eggs
Why do maritime fish fight currents, waterfalls and man-made barriers to get to inland ponds and lakes to spawn? What ba... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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24mins
Ranked #5
Taking flight to 2020 with DUC CEO Karla Guyn
Taking flight to 2020 with DUC CEO Karla Guyn
Ducks Unlimited Canada CEO, Dr. Karla Guyn, talks wins and challenges in conservation, how conservation partnerships lea... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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44mins
Ranked #6
From the vault: How to freeze a frog and cook a goose
From the vault: How to freeze a frog and cook a goose
On the hard, frozen surface of winter wetlands it looks like all is calm, all is bright. But if you could plunge beneat... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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27mins
Ranked #7
From the vault: Of potholes and pollinators (insects and crop wetlands)
From the vault: Of potholes and pollinators (insects and crop wetlands)
We begin this episode 40 miles above the fertile fields of Alberta. From up here the rectilinear hashmarks of crop bound... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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23mins
Ranked #8
Sea level surge, part 2
Sea level surge, part 2
In this episode, we’re continuing our conversation on sea-level rise. In Nova Scotia, the Acadian dykelands can no longe... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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48mins
Ranked #9
From the vault: The monarchs of Chicago
From the vault: The monarchs of Chicago
Abigail Derby Lewis marvels at monarchs and the perilous journey they make each year from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico ... Read more
17 Dec 2019
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20mins
Ranked #10
Special Edition: Carbon
Special Edition: Carbon
What to do about carbon is a major issue. But what do we actually know about carbon? And how can the wetlands, grassland... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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37mins
Ranked #11
From the vault: World Wetlands Day and the curious courtships of drakes
From the vault: World Wetlands Day and the curious courtships of drakes
In this episode, we’ll be celebrating, in our small way, World Wetlands Day. This year that event is highlighting wetlan... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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28mins
Ranked #12
From the vault: Flea beetles, goats and ducktoids
From the vault: Flea beetles, goats and ducktoids
Bet you didn’t know goats and flea beetles went to a vegetarian restaurant together they’d probably order the same thing... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #13
From the vault: The beaver relationship...it's complicated
From the vault: The beaver relationship...it's complicated
This episode begins with an engraving that was tucked into the corner of a 18th-century map of North America, a beaver m... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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27mins
Ranked #14
From the vault: Canada's king of climate talks weird weather and wetlands
From the vault: Canada's king of climate talks weird weather and wetlands
Dave Phillips, the chief climatologist for Environment Canada this country's homespun, homegrown weather guru. The Don C... Read more
16 Dec 2019
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22mins
Ranked #15
Putting the "change" in climate change
Putting the "change" in climate change
When the United Nations first ever biodiversity report was released in May, the results seemed pretty dire. But there i... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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31mins