The World from PRX

Hunting

Pep González, a longtime mushroom forager, on a hunt for mushrooms in the forest.
Food
Foragers in Catalonia embrace a new mushroom-hunting season after last year’s strict lockdown
White-tailed buck
Health & Medicine
Lead in hunted meat poses health risk to families and food banks
Flamingos have enjoyed a resurgence in Florida over the last 50 years. Notice that the young flamingo in the middle is gray and not the iconic pink. Flamingos gain their pinkish color over time through their diet — mainly shrimp.
Science
New study sheds light on the debate over the origins of flamingos in Florida
A grizzly feeds on dead salmon at the end of their spawning run in a river in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Hunting grizzlies was banned throughout the vast region late last year.
Environment
British Columbia has a flourishing grizzly bear tourism industry
Visitors look on as an elephant and calf cross a road inside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Par
Environment
The Trump administration lifts ban on elephant trophies. This film shows how complex that can get.
Kodiak bear
Environment
Congress repeals a regulation limiting hunting in Alaska’s wildlife refuges
Today’s Takeaways: Obama’s Climate Legacy, Ethical Hunting, and Planned Parenthood
Full Episode
Young male lions at sunrise in Tanzania.
Environment
How hunting lions might actually help save them
Foraging geese
Environment
A fall ritual in the US has become less toxic — but no less deadly
The total number of wild animals in the world has dropped by more than half in just 44 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund's new Living Planet Report. The report compiled data for more than 10,000 vertebrate species, along with trends in humanity'
Environment
Global wildlife populations have fallen by half — a stat that says it all
Environment
A reporter finds China’s tiger farms likely contribute to poaching — rather than alleviating it
Environment
A reporter finds China’s tiger farms likely contribute to poaching — rather than alleviating it
Mongolian huntress
Lifestyle & Belief
In Mongolia, this girl hunts using an eagle
Arts, Culture & Media
Why Inuit seal hunt supporters are posting #SEALFIE pics
Environment
Costa Rica moves toward national ban on hunting
Environment
Lion populations on the decline as African savannas disappear
Environment
New research links ADHD diagnosis with childhood mercury, lead exposure
Environment
Costa Rica Bans Hunting
Conflict & Justice
Europe’s Surprising Regulations on Guns and Hunting
Lifestyle & Belief
Speed Flatmating Gains Popularity in UK
Sled Dogs
EarthEar
Arts, Culture & Media
Inuit Singers Elisapie Isaac & Simon Lynge
Earth Ear: Red Squirrel
The World in Words
Podcast: An Inuit Dialect and Zappa’s Lyrics
Up North In Search of the Polar Bear
Conflict & Justice
Slideshow: Customized Atlases of the Amazon
Choosing to Save Chamois
EarthEar
Arts, Culture & Media
Bushmeat black market thrives in Paris
Environment
Bushmeat market in Ecuador rainforest
Black Bears
Hunting the Rare Ibex
The Living on Earth Almanac
Hunting the Rare Ibex
Trapping: Worthwhile Tradition or Needless Torture?
Letters
Carved from the Arctic
Road Kill
Hunting Referenda Hit the Ballot
Bugling Signals Cultural Survival
Carved from the Arctic
Investing in Bambi
Musing on Mushrooms
Picking Apart the Forest
Massive Canadian Hydroelectric Plan in Danger
Land Deal a Bad Deal?
Inuit Settlement Opens Door To Artic Resources
Emerging Science Note Polar Bears
Elk Farming or Hunting?
Killing Endangered Species to Save Them
Hunt for Justice
The Make Love, Not War Species
Killing Endangered Species To Save Them
Alaska’s Changing Climate
Stiff Competition
Ducks Unlimited
Eating Apes
Velvet Antler
Venison for the Hungry