Sy Montgomery
The octopus church of French Polynesia may have you rethink your next seafood dinner
Octopuses are surprisingly intelligent creatures who are revered as gods and creation figures in indigenous cultures around the world. So here are some reasons you may want to hold off the next time you’re offered a dish including the amazing creature.
Animal Movie Stars: Not Always What They Seem
In this summer’s shark horror film “Deep Blue Sea,” we soon realize that it’s computer magic bringing these creatures to life on the big screen. But when making films about real animals, directors sometimes rely on old-fashioned slight of hand. Living On Earth Commentator Sy Montgomery explains. Ms. Montgomery is author of “Nature’s Everyday Mysteries.”
Winter insects
Sometimes it takes the eye, of a trained naturalist, like Living On Earth commentator Sy Montgomery to point out the more subtle characters in daily life like the bugs of winter. Sy Montgomery is author of “Life’s Everyday Mysteries”. She comes to us care of New Hampshire Public Radio.
Night Flight
Migration time has begun, and we mostly notice it during the day. The afternoon sky can carry the “V” shaped formations of Canada geese, and it’s possible to spot hawks passing over mountain tops at dawn and dusk. Most birds pass by more subtly, and sometimes we don’t see them at all. But they don’t […]