Something Wild has been exploring the wonder of the landscape that surrounds us in New Hampshire for 25 years!
From the many birds that call our state home, to the trees around New Hampshire that have been granted "Big Tree" status, to stone walls that punctuate the state, we explain the behavior and science behind what we see and hear (and might take for granted) in our backyards.
Something Wild is produced by Jessica Hunt.
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
New Hampshire Audubon
Something Wild airs every other Friday at 6:45 a.m. & 8:45 a.m. during Morning Edition, with an encore airing the follow morning during Weekend Edition Saturday at 9:35 a.m.
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'Tis the season for Christmas carols! Something Wild decided to rewrite the "Twelve Days of Christmas" and put the focus on local birds.
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The North American river otter population is doing swimmingly! They are found in abundance in New Hampshire’s waterways, but they can be hard to spot until winter brings them out to play on the ice and snow.
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From unexpected sightings in backyard gardens to near-misses — or worse — on our roads, white-tailed deer seem to be everywhere. An extensive study is uncovering new insights into this iconic creature of eastern forests.
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Learning about where native bats roost in winter can help us protect the bat population in N.H.
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This has been an epic season for finding mushrooms. We're just beginning to learn how important the fungi kingdom is for forest health.
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Autumn in New Hampshire is a wonderful time to watch and observe some easily recognizable stages of natural cycles. But there are varying degrees of “cyclical” activity that can be quite complicated.
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New Hampshire's osprey population, in jeopardy 40 years ago, now thrives. We talk about the key to the raptor’s success with a researcher who monitors the population, and find out how to identify an osprey as it migrates.
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The sound of crickets invokes warm summer evenings; Nathanial Hawthorne called it "audible stillness." Listen closely to the cricket song, and by doing some math, you can figure out how warm it is!
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In the Something Wild series about Mount Washington’s ecological zones, we explore the distinctly different forest zones on the flanks of Mt. Washington, and discover why birch trees shed their bark.
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New England’s highest peak is unforgiving above treeline. But for some species of flora and fauna, the alpine zone provides exactly what they need to survive.
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