Search Results for Biology
The Light Brown Apple Moth is seen as a threat to California crops. Now the State Department of Food and Agriculture is planning to spray a synthetic hormone over Bay Area neighborhoods this summer to stop the moth from reproducing, but some angry residents are worried it would be unsafe.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Mar 6 2008
This fall, fishing was banned or sharply limited in 18 percent of California's ocean waters from Half Moon Bay to Santa Barbara under a landmark state plan. But that was only the first part. Now, scientists need to see how fast sea life recovers. QUEST finds out: how do you count the fish in the sea?
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Oct 19 2007
QUEST radio takes a trip to Point Reyes, where a tug of war is underway over the management of an estuary. What is most ecologically healthy for the estuary-- the preservation of pristine wilderness, or the sustainable stewardship of land and water through farming?
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Sep 28 2007
Great white sharks outside the Golden Gate Bridge may get all the attention, but a new tagging program seeks to unlock the secrets of the considerable shark population inside the bay.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Aug 30 2007
Golf courses may look green, but they aren't that kind of "green." For many environmentalists, golf courses take away valuable habitat and use too many resources. But there's a movement afoot to make them more eco-friendly.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Jul 5 2007
Have you ever looked at your credit card bill and thought you needed to have your head examined? Stanford University is using complex brain imaging to study how humans make shopping decisions, and are finding that emotions play a large role in everyday purchases.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Jun 22 2007
Two pairs of Peregrine falcons are carrying out their mating season under the gaze of thousands of observers, online and in two Bay Area cities. QUEST Radio reports.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: May 4 2007
A sure sign of spring in San Mateo County was once the emergence of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly until one Spring it wasn't there. Now after a six-year absence, it has returned-- with assistance-- to Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 6 2007
How do you prepare someone who is becoming blind? Quest follows seeing adults through their physical and psychological training as they learn to live without sight.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Mar 27 2007
Though you may not believe it, the Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Mar 27 2007
Cutting-edge microscopes at UC San Francisco are helping scientists create three-dimensional images of cells, and may help lead to new medical breakthroughs, including a treatment for Type 1 diabetes.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Mar 20 2007
Spring may be in the air, but our pollinators may not be. The U.S. bee population has declined, especially in urban areas. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a new buzz to bring wild, native bees to the urban landscape.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Mar 16 2007
The Bay Area was home to the last whale hunting fleet in the United States - only a generation ago. Quest investigates how Richmond, California was part of a historic moment, and what remains today.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Mar 2 2007
Each year Ladybugs fly in by the millions to winter in the East Bay's Redwood Regional Park. We meet naturalist Linda Yemoto who explains this phenomenon. But how these beetles know where to go is still one of nature's mysteries.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 27 2007
Once nearly extinct, California condors are making a steady recovery. But a new threat-- lead poisoning from old bullets-- is slowing progress, leaving scientists between wildlife preservation and the politics of hunting.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 20 2007
Mati Waiya, Dolphin dancer and Chumash ceremonial leader, shares the blessing and dance seen briefly in "Condors vs. Lead Bullets," to remind us to never forget to look through the eyes of the ancestors so we can see our future.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 20 2007
Take stroll through San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers with Executive Director Dr. John Peterson and learn about the building's Victorian history and rare collection of exotic Dracula orchids.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 20 2007
Chelsey Juarez, a UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in forensic anthropology, has developed a novel technique to help identify the remains of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 13 2007
Hear more from Chelsey Juarez, a UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in forensic anthropology, about the chemistry behind her technique to help identify the remains of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 13 2007
Sea otters, the fuzzy mascots of California's coast, have fought back for 75 years from near-extinction, but now their population has mysteriously stalled. Pollution from land-- perhaps even a parasite in cat litter-- may be the culprit.
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 6 2007
Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat
- Fri, May 16 at 11:00PM, on KQED HD
- Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED Channel 9
- Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED HD
Disappearing Frogs/ Planet Hunters
- Sat, May 17 at 1:00PM, on KQED World
Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat
- Sat, May 17 at 4:30PM, on KQED HD
- Sat, May 17 at 7:00PM, on KQED World
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