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Aaron Quintanar
The Fall of the Sea of Cortez
Aquacast recorded on January 29, 2013. Aaron Quintanar discusses the history of environmental impacts and lost conservation opportunities in Baja California and the Sea of Cortez from 1994 to 2008.
Dr. William Cooper
Yellow-Eyed Penguins of New Zealand
Aquacast recorded on January 8, 2013. Learn about endangered Yellow-Eyed Penguins native to New Zealand and nearby islands.
Barry Sanders
The World and the Dream of America: Thinking About How Others Think About Us
Perceptions of the United States are complex and emotional, frequently contain internal contradictions, and often change quickly, according to author Barry A. Sanders.
Ginger Rebstock
Magellanic Penguins: Wildlife Spectacles and Long-Term Studies
The Penguin Sentinels project, a joint endeavor of the University of Washington and the Wildlife Conservation Society, is a long-term study that has followed the world’s largest breeding colony of Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo, Argentina since 1983.
Paul Levy
Goal Play!
Paul Levy is the author of Goal Play!, offering leadership insights from his background in sports, health care, business, and government. Levy draws on experiences ranging from coaching girls’ soccer to serving as president and CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
David Salomon
Penguin-Pedia
David Salomon began compiling his Penguin-Pedia after a trip to Chilean Patagonia that inspired his interest in penguins.
Linda McDermott
Antarctica: Living at the Harshest Place on Earth
Travel to the coldest, windiest, harshest, driest place on Earth with Linda McDermott, who worked at McMurdo and South Pole Stations in Antarctica during two summer seasons.
The Snowy Egret
Elegance, grace and tenacity in white
Found throughout the western hemisphere, this elegant and graceful bird possesses some unique survival skills.
Seth Newsome
Using Chemistry to Study Marine Mammal Diets
Differences in diet among individuals of the same species is increasingly recognized as an important component of diversity in food
webs.
P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D.
The Penguins of Patagonia
For twenty-eight years P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D., has studied the largest Magellanic Penguin colony in the world at Punta Tombo,
Argentina.
Mark Plotkin
Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines
Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent much of the past thirty years working with medicine men and women of the rainforests. Dr. Plotkin and the Amazon Conservation Team are working with these healers to protect the rainforests and their healing secrets.
Mark Jackson
The Science and Service of Fire Weather
On average, fires in Southern California scorch more than 100,000 acres each year. When hot and dry Santa Ana winds combine with critically dry vegetation, the potential for large and destructive wildfires dramatically increases.
Richard L. James
Amazing Butterflies: Nature’s Gift to Us
Learn about monarch and other butterfly species from Richard L. James, a naturalist at Long Beach’s El Dorado Nature Center.
Donald Prothero
Catastrophes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters
Huge natural disasters—from earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions to floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards—have had a profound effect on human history and civilization, often in surprising ways. According to Donald Prothero, humans have an unrealistic and irrational reaction to these natural disasters and fear the ones that are least deadly while taking for granted those that are the most likely killers.
Dean Wendt
Scientists, Managers, and Fishermen Working Together to Manage California’s Ocean Resources
California recently completed the designation of a new network of marine protected areas (MPAs) along its 800-mile coastline. The process has been heralded as a landmark event in marine resource management and conservation.