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1 month ago |
opb.org | Julie Sabatier |Jule Gilfillan |Brooke Herbert
Red-legged frogs cross a busy Portland highway with help from the “Frog Taxi.”There’s a population of Northern red-legged frogs that make their home in Portland’s Forest Park. In late winter and early spring, they come down to the nearby Harborton wetland to breed. There’s only one problem: the frogs have to cross Highway 30 to get from Forest Park to the wetland and back.
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1 month ago |
opb.org | Jule Gilfillan
In June of 2024, the Oregon Field Guide team was following geologist Ellen Morris Bishop through the rugged landscape of far-eastern Oregon when we decided to stop in Hells Canyon for a formal interview. Cinematographer Brandon Swanson had just started the camera on an epic interview setting when something caught my eye. “Do you have something on your hand?” I asked Bishop. Most of us react when a bee is in our immediate vicinity, and almost everyone reacts when one lands on their hand.
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2 months ago |
opb.org | Julie Sabatier |Jule Gilfillan
Photographer Isabella Cassini photographs food crashing together in her latest project, "Splashes, Crashes, and Smashes."Courtesy Isabella CassiniFood is obviously part of our lives every day. We literally need it to survive. But it can also be an art form and serve as creative inspiration. From fifteenth-century still life paintings to pop art, food and art have gone hand in hand for a long time.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
opb.org | Jule Gilfillan
Oregon State University professor emeritus Judy Li’s lifelong love of all the critters that make their homes in our local creeks is contagious. One of Li’s favorites is the under-appreciated caddisfly. Not only are these stealthy invertebrates near-miraculous in their ability to transform from tiny, underwater insects into winged flyers, they also play an important role in keeping our watersheds clean and healthy.
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Dec 15, 2024 |
npr.org | Jule Gilfillan
Audio will be available later today. Each winter, Portland volunteers "taxi" Northern red-legged frogs to and from their egg-spawning ground. The service protects them from becoming roadkill on a highway.
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