Media Gallery: Audio

  • <p>Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that measure longer than a city bus. Playing female whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself the center of attention of a group of male <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/north-atlantic-right-whale">North Atlantic right whales</a>. Will she be able to gather crucial data before a breaching whale crashes down on her boat? Find out in this podcast from the <a href="http://education.eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a>.</p>

    North Atlantic Right Whale: One Species at a Time
    Dec 22 2009 - 3:14pm
    Hear how research unfolds at sea in a tiny Zodiac surrounded by creatures that measure longer than a city bus. Playing female whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/about/about-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    OceanPortal - Audio Podcast: Jill Johnson
    Jul 11 2011 - 6:27pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/about/about-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    Podcast: Dr. Brian Huber on Building the Sant Ocean Hall
    Jul 11 2011 - 6:48pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/about/about-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. &nbsp;Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    Podcast: Dr. Carole Baldwin on Building the Sant Ocean Hall
    Jul 11 2011 - 1:59pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/about/about-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    Podcast: Dr. Michael Vecchione on Building the Sant Ocean Hall
    Jul 11 2011 - 6:42pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-sounds/podcast-dr-carole-baldwin-building-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    Podcast: Elizabeth Munsteen on Building the Ocean Hall
    Jul 11 2011 - 6:36pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>Building the <strong><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/about/about-sant-ocean-hall">Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall</a></strong>--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and backgrounds. Many of these people worked on one aspect of the exhibit, such as the whale model, the fabrication, or the writing.</p>

    Podcast: Sharon Katz Cooper on Building the Sant Ocean Hall
    Jul 11 2011 - 6:53pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...
  • <p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a> and <a href="http://www.atlantic.org">Atlantic Public Media</a>&nbsp;bring us another installment of the podcast, <em><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast">One Species at a Time</a></em>.&nbsp;In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls with polar bears. Listen as Heather Cray recalls how, dumped by a storm on a small Arctic island, she got an unexpected wake-up call.

    Polar Bears: One Species at a Time
    Jun 28 2011 - 2:25pm
    The Encyclopedia of Life and Atlantic Public Media bring us another installment of the podcast, One Species at a Time. In this podcast, host Ari Daniel Shapiro relates two close calls...
  • <p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a> and <a href="http://www.atlantic.org">Atlantic Public Media</a>&nbsp;bring us a new installment of the podcast, <em><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast">One Species at a Time</a></em>. Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper lantern jelly may not look like much. Mostly water, it’s so fragile that once brought to the surface it’s reduced to a tattered blob in a jar. But this unassuming jellyfish has lessons for scientists.

    Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish: One Species at a Time
    Apr 26 2011 - 1:47pm
    The Encyclopedia of Life and Atlantic Public Media bring us a new installment of the podcast, One Species at a Time. Vacuumed up from its habitat a mile down in the ocean, the red paper...
  • <p>In this episode of the <strong><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast " target="_blank"> Podcast of Life</a></strong>, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to discover a white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery "lips." This isn’t a creature from outer space. Meet Riftia, a tube worm that lives in deep-sea vents, and learn the surprising lessons this denizen of the abyss is teaching scientists about life on Earth.</p>

    Riftia Worms: One Species at a Time
    Jun 14 2010 - 4:31pm
    In this episode of the Podcast of Life, host Ari Daniel Shapiro dives deep to discover a white worm as tall as your refrigerator that breathes through bright red feathery "lips." This isn’t a...
  • <p>Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of <strong><a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast/sanibel-shells">One Species at a Time</a> </strong>by serious beachcombers along the high-tide line of Sanibel Island, Florida. These “shellers” come in search of beautiful sea shells, sometimes no bigger than a grain of rice, that are the remains of marine snails, bivalves, and other mollusks.

    Sanibel Island Shells: One Species at a Time
    Jan 12 2012 - 4:01pm
    Ari Daniel Shapiro is joined for this episode of One Species at a Time by serious beachcombers along the high-tide line of Sanibel Island, Florida. These “shellers” come in search of beautiful sea...
  • <p>What <a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life-ecosystems/coral-reefs/">reef</a> animal comes in a rainbow of crazy colors, can throw out its stomach to immobilize predators, then creep away and regrow a brand-new stomach? It’s the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic delight by some cultures and beginning to yield some of its secrets to scientists. Follow <a href="http://education.eol.org/podcast">Podcast of Life</a> host Ari Daniel Shapiro from Chinatown to the reefs of Fiji to learn more about these amazing creatures.</p>

    Sea Cucumber: One Species at a Time
    Feb 3 2010 - 4:20am
    What reef animal comes in a rainbow of crazy colors, can throw out its stomach to immobilize predators, then creep away and regrow a brand-new stomach? It’s the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic...