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Researchers at the University of Texas look for ways to control invasive fire ant populations; ant societies; pollinators; mosquitoes.
Researchers at the University of Texas look for ways to control invasive fire ant populations; ant societies; pollinators; mosquitoes.
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S3, EP12 "Natural Disasters"Science helps people prepare for natural disasters: simulating a category 5 hurricane; avalanche safety; studying floods; designing buildings to hold up against earthquakes.
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S3, EP15 "Taking Flight"Catching and tagging bats in Congaree National Park; flight patterns of wood storks; the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.
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S3, EP14 "Microscopic World"The microscopic world of sand; fire ants; soil; some of the smallest known organisms in the ocean.
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S4, EP1 "Dramatic Landscape"How Yellowstone Park wildlife copes with the harsh winter environment; the top of Zion National Park's most famous peak; some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world, on a Pacific island; a crystal-clear nighttime sky in the Canadian wilderness.
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S3, EP13 "Nature's Classroom"Nature can sometimes be the best classroom; seagrass in Key Largo; aquatic insects; camera traps; an urban citizen science project.
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S3, EP8 "Glacier National Park"Insect fossils dating back 45 million years; the geology of the park; wild huckleberries; citizen science expedition.
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S3, EP7 "South Carolina"South Carolina: tagging tiger sharks; wild Venus fly traps; examining ecosystem indicators through three different species of crab; Congaree National Park.
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