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Amphibian Disease
Worldwide, a fungal skin disease called chytridiomycosis is decimating frogs and salamanders. The disease may be responsible for declines in some frog and salamander populations in Oregon, but a biologist finds that an ancient species of frog called the tail frog, which lives only in the Pacific Northwest, remains healthy.
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Immersive Media
We follow the camera crew that produces Google’s Street View feature. Immersive Media is on the cutting edge of video technology. Their camera uses eleven lens to capture 360 degree views. The separate angles are stitched together using powerful software, to give one of a kind views of the world around us. We explore the many different uses of this emerging technology in the virtul world.
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Oregon Garden Update
OFG update looking at what dreams did and didn't come true at the Oregon Garden since we last visited in 1999.
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Vole Holes
After a surge in the vole population, farmers and scientist debate whether the underground critters are harmful or helpful. Voles create elaborate underground tunnel systems that can be destructive to fields and crops. However, using probe cameras, scientists are learning new information about voles and vole holes that suggests voles might play a vital role in nature after all.
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Field Journal Blog
Wolves return to Oregon in packs
by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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Hunting the Devil and his stairway to…..
Hardest shoot I’ve done so far…
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