Top Stories From Ncpr

(Aug 19, 2021) The ubiquitous bird of cities and towns was designed for a different environment. The pigeon's distinctive style of flight is adapted for maneuverability in tight places - near vertical takeoffs and quick changes of direction. This adaptation to cliff and mountainside environments serves them well among our urban cliff dwellings. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss.

(Aug 13, 2021)

(Aug 12, 2021) Pigeons and doves, both domestic and feral, are the same species. Today's urban environment mimics their original favored habitat, seaside cliffs in Europe and Asia. Martha Foley and Curt Stager discuss this commonest bird companion in densely settled areas.

(Aug 11, 2021) Local advocates say many North Country providers and centers will receive the grants, but that the money won't address the deeper financial trouble than many are in.

(Aug 10, 2021)

(Aug 9, 2021) After months of waiting and wondering, the state did NOT release any official guidance to schools on how to reopen this fall, leaving districts less than a month to come up with their own guidelines.

(Aug 5, 2021) The Northern Flicker is one of the most recognizable birds. This distinctly-marked member of the woodpecker family, instead of browsing wood for their food like their relatives, digs for food in the ground. Martha Foley and Curt Stager explore its habits.

(Jul 29, 2021) Animals that resemble each other may not be closely related. Sometimes the setting shapes their bodies more than their ancestry. Manatees may look like whales or walruses, but that is only because they adapted to the marine environment in a similar way. Martha Foley and Curt stager talk about convergent evolution.

(Jul 29, 2021)

(Jul 22, 2021) The big marine herbivore, the manatee, is thought by some to be the origin of mermaid legends, but it's not closely related to humankind or even to whales and other marine mammals.

(Jul 15, 2021) Lake trout require a lot of cold, oxygenated water to survive. Lakes in the Adirondacks of upstate New York are at the southern edge of their natural range. Although about 100 Adirondack lakes and ponds are still home to lake trout, even a small increase in temperature could sharply cut that number.

(Jul 15, 2021) Caretaking for seasonal homes has long been a common job in the Thousands Islands region. In the early 1950s, caretaker Gerald Heath got an exceptional gig: looking after Dark Island, home to the red-roofed granite towers of Singer Castle. For Health’s son, Doug, the island was like home.

(Jul 9, 2021) Two North Country school districts in Hamilton County aren’t getting ANY federal stimulus money, because they don’t fit into a particular federal formula.

(Jul 8, 2021) Researchers have found that variations in the wingspan of cliff swallows has a measurable impact on their survival in a human-dominated environment.

(Jul 8, 2021) Stimulus money recently made its way to New York and North Country school districts. Watertown received 22 million dollars. Now schools have big decisions to make on how to spend the money.

(Jul 1, 2021)

(Jun 29, 2021) In the North Country, it can be hard to find work. But if you can fix a dryer, Chris Beldock says you’ll have more work than you can stand.

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