Exploring Arizona Life Science Research and Biodiversity with the Tree of Life Web Project
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 17 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingExploring Arizona Life Science Research and Biodiversity with the Tree of Life Web Project. The series focuses on Sonoran Desert biodiversity and research at the University of Arizona. The Bugs of the Month sub-series features entomologist Carl Olson. The work of the general community, teachers and learners is also showcased, and we welcome contributors from all walks of life, as well as features that highlight the connections between cultural and biological diversity.
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Episodes
Get Involved in Sonoran Desert Birding
September 22, 2007 19:19 - 6.53 MB VideoTake a Spore Print with Biologist Katja Schulz
Take a Spore Print with Biologist Katja Schulz
September 22, 2007 19:19 - 15.5 MB VideoTake a Spore Print with Biologist Katja Schulz
An Interview with Ecologist Mike Rosenzweig: Exploring Reconciliation Ecology
August 29, 2007 09:58 - 24.3 MB VideoLearn how to collect, record, identify, and label arthropods that have fallen into a pitfall trap
Dr. Mike Rosenzweig Lecture for Science and Math Teachers Part 1
August 29, 2007 09:58 - 187 MB VideoLearn about reconciliation ecology and loss of species diversity
Dr. Mike Rosenzweig Lecture for Science and Math Teachers Part 2
August 29, 2007 09:58 - 187 MB VideoLearn about reconciliation ecology and loss of species diversity
Dr. Melanie Culver on Conservation Genetics
August 29, 2007 09:58 - 27.1 MBLearn about conservation genetics
Mushroom Hunting on Mt. Lemmon
June 18, 2007 21:56 - 9.54 MB VideoLearn how to collect, record, identify, and label arthropods that have fallen into a pitfall trap
Exploring Local Arthropod Diversity, Part 2 Collecting Arthropods from Pitfall Traps
June 18, 2007 21:56 - 9.42 MB VideoLearn how to collect, record, identify, and label arthropods that have fallen into a pitfall trap
Exploring Local Arthropod Diversity, Part 1 Creating Pitfall Traps
June 18, 2007 21:53 - 13.1 MB VideoLearn how to create pitfall traps for capturing and then documenting local arthropod diversity
Tracking Urban Bird Diversity with the Tucson Bird Count
June 18, 2007 21:50 - 8.97 MB VideoTracking urban birds in Arroyo Chico with the Tucson Bird Count
Exploring Backyard Ants: Pogonomyrmex
May 01, 2007 17:58 - 18.5 MB VideoArizona has the most ant diversity in the USA, with over 300 known species. This video profiles Pogonomyremex, or "pogos" commonly found in the Sonoran Desert of the Southwestern United States. Entomologists and UA Phd Students Kim Franklin and Chris Schmidt, and ToL Learning Materials Editor and Educator Lisa Schwartz spent some time in Chris's backyard observing, discussing and questioning Pogonomyremex behavior.
Water Harvesting and Biodiversity Day 2: Planting!
March 20, 2007 06:44 - 11.5 MB VideoJoin Brad Lancaster and volunteers planting native Sonoran Desert plants to re-vegetate an urban landscape in Tucson, Arizona. Curb cutting and terraced and mulched basins are two permaculture techniques explored in this episode.
Water Harvesting and Biodiversity, Sustainably Revegatating and Urban Landscape. Episode 1
March 12, 2007 03:43 - 16.2 MB VideoUniversity of Arizona Students, UA peace corps fellows and volunteers joined Brad Lancaster, Tucson permaculture expert, for a workshop on water harvesting on the grounds of the Nature Conservancy Headquarters in Tucson, Arizona.
Ecobottle Exploration
February 19, 2007 20:38 - 7.96 MBJeff Hartman and students in his 9th grade class at City High School in Tucson, Arizona share the fun challenges and opportunities of building and observing ecobottles. The class also helped to create this podcast!
Odontomachus: An Ant with Amazing Mandibles
February 01, 2007 19:59 - 5.85 MB VideoThe amazing Odontomachus is a groups of ants with mandbiles that can move faster than the blink of an eye!
Bug Questions: Kim at Santa Cruz School
January 25, 2007 22:44 - 15.6 MB VideoKim Franklin, entomologist at University of Arizona, is interviewed by 5th grade students at Santa Cruz School. Episode 2 is on questions about all sorts of bugs!
Ants: Kim at Santa Cruz School
January 25, 2007 22:34 - 17.8 MB VideoKim Franklin, Entomologist at the University of Arizona is interviewed by 5th graders as Santa Cruz School. First episode focuses on ants.
Farmers Markets: Growing Community Around Local Food and Conservation Issues
December 05, 2006 21:53 - 10.6 MBFarmers Markets: Growing Community Around Local Food and Conservation Issues
Blacklighting
December 01, 2006 23:20 - 6 minutes - 25.5 MB VideoGraduate students studying systematic entomology, the study of insect diversity, accompany professor Goggy Davidowitz on a nightime field trip to collect insects using a technique called blacklighting.
Bugs of the Month: Manduca rustica
November 21, 2006 08:51 - 4 minutes - 7.83 MB VideoBugs of the Month: Manduca rustica Learn about the large and beautiful Manduca rustica, or the Rustic sphinx moth, from larva to pupa and adult. Manduca rustica is often referred to as a hawk of sphinx moth. The Manduca rustica has very large larva(caterpillars) and adults, and are important desert pollinators. Look out for them on your Desert Willow after the monsoon season!