At least five species that are known to be facing extinction, and another six in serious decline. So it's for sarters. They put up all these traks. And imhakis on a trampa, they took me outside to showe me where the traps are. A trap ging from a tree here. And you see them actually all over santa cruz, these bright yellow traps hanging from trees. This is just to grab a few flies, take em back to the lab and study em so they can learn how to fight em. Charlotte and pedod's fantasy is that the flies use a feryman to attract the opposite sex, sedier.
As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, we are re-sharing the perfect episode to start the summer season!
This one, which first aired in 2014, tells the strange story of a small group of islands that keeps us wondering: will our most sacred natural landscapes inevitably get swallowed up by humans? How far are we willing to go to stop that from happening?
This hour is about the Galápagos archipelago, which inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. Nearly 200 years later, the Galápagos are undergoing rapid changes that continue to pose — and perhaps answer — critical questions about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth.
Episode Credits:Reported and produced by Tim Howard.
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