Audio Edition: The State of Nature, Weekly Update #18

Here is the audio edition of yesterday’s State of Nature Update. Listen to hear about:

Biodiversity:

* Elephants’ special whiskers help them sense the world.

* Parasitic beetles trick bees by mimicking the smell of flowers.

* Michigan’s moose population is lower than expected.

* Female tortoises are driven to walk off cliffs by constant sexual aggression on this remote island.

* An Ecuadorian family’s solitary fight to save the seeds of endangered plants.

Climate Change:

* EPA revokes scientific finding that underpins climate regulations.

Pollution:

* Proposed US House bill could gut toxic chemicals law.

Science education:

* What does the public think about science?

If you’re interested in learning more about any of the stories I covered, click on the links in the written version:

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