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KRCU's Discover Nature

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Every week there are new marvels to look for in the outdoors, and Discover Nature highlights these attractions. The Missouri Department of Conservation’s Candice Davis brings us the stories...

KRCU's Discover Nature Podcast Guide

Listen to KRCU's Discover Nature, a Government & Organizations podcast by KRCU. Stream 16 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

16 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

16 episodes

Discover Nature: Missouri's Fish Fathers

Discover Nature with Missouri's fish fathers. Father’s Day comes around during a popular time of year for family fishing. And two of our mor...

1:46Jun 14, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri's Hummingbirds

Discover nature this week with Missouri Hummingbirds. A “glittering fragment of the rainbow” is how an early American naturalist described t...

1:34Jun 7, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri Wrens

Discover nature this week with Missouri wrens. Wrens are among the smallest songbirds, yet they make their presence known in a big way. They...

1:52May 24, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri's Turtles

If you’ve been driving through the countryside lately, you may have noticed box turtles sharing the pavement. Spring rains and warm weather...

1:44May 10, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri Bird Songs

Bird song is a form of advertisement, sending two messages to other birds of the same species. One message is a form of courtship. The singi...

1:42May 3, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri Fish

Color is important to fish. It’s used for camouflage, mate selection and defense. While easily seen in tropical aquarium fish, our native fi...

1:46Apr 26, 2026

Discover Nature: Ticks In Missouri

Ticks are small, blood-sucking parasites related to spiders and mites. They’re often found in great numbers in areas where animals are abund...

1:30Apr 19, 2026

Discover Nature: Red-Wing Blackbirds

In February and March, male red-wings travel north from their southern wintering grounds and find good spots for nesting and feeding.

1:38Apr 12, 2026

Discover Nature: Fire in Missouri

Discover Nature this week with fire in Missouri. Fire is an important part of our lives. To some, memories of campfires bring warm and pleas...

1:46Apr 5, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri's Meadowlarks

The meadowlark is a familiar sight throughout the farmlands of the Midwest, most often found living its best life in open grassland habitats...

1:40Mar 29, 2026

Discover Nature: Mushrooms

Discover nature this week with Missouri's mushroom. Late March and April showers bring… mushrooms? Yep! Showers and warm nights make morels...

1:44Mar 22, 2026

Discover Nature: Missouri's Starlings

Discover nature this week with Missouri's starlings. When Shakespeare wrote the play Henry the Fourth in 1597, he had no way of knowing the...

1:46Mar 8, 2026

Discover Nature: Toad or Frog?

Discover Nature this week with Missouri's Toads and frogs. You see and hear them near water and wooded areas, but how can you tell the diffe...

1:47Mar 1, 2026

Discover Nature: Subtle Signs of Spring

Discover Nature this week with subtle signs of spring. If you’re yearning for signs of spring, look at the swollen buds on the branches of b...

1:34Feb 22, 2026