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“Radio Expeditions is a collaboration between NPR and the National Geographic Society. It uses some of the best talent at these two institutions, along with state-of-the-art digital stereo recording equipment, to produce and broadcast feature stories for NPR’s Morning Edition. The general themes for stories are the natural world and threatened environments, diverse cultures, adventure, and exploration and discovery.”This is a site to check often, you never know what you’ll discover: the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker, the sounds of elephants, Tibet’s lost civilization, the edge of Timbuktu, or the Frog Man of the Sonoran Desert.Includes a three part series called Coral Reefs in the Balance covering exotic fish species hunted for aquariums and restaurants; diving for seahorses in the Philippines; and promoting safer fishing methods. Additional marine science features will give your students a closer look at the Sea of Cortez, the environmental aftermath of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, the critically endangered northern right whale, and more.