Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on SoyScreen, a sunscreen made from soybean oil and bran.
Emerging Science Note/SoyScreen
Grass Art
Animal Note/Tough Love
Animal Note/Caterpillar Repellant
Animal Note/Desert Beetle
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a desert beetle that can teach people a lot about collecting water in a dry environment.
Animal Note/Hopping to Safety
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on the discovery that frogs use audio cues to flee fire.
Department B/Animal Note
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on a novel survival technique for a caterpillar — producing its own insecticide.
Animal Note/Squirrels
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on how Belding’s ground squirrels figure out who’s closely enough related to be worth risking your life for. There’s more than meets the eye to those welcome kisses amongst ground squirrels.
Animal Note: Musical Fish
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on fish that can classify music by genre.