Murray Carpenter

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Forensic Lab in Ashland, Oregon includes a collection of reference samples of protected wildlife species. Lab staff say no animals were actually killed to build the collection.

The key to some big endangered species crime investigations is a small lab in Oregon

Trying to figure out where that confiscated rhino horn came from? Is that guitar made from a piece of endangered tropical hardwood? You might find the answers to your questions at the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Forensic Lab in Ashland, Oregon, the only one like it in the world.

The key to some big endangered species crime investigations is a small lab in Oregon
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European cycling race

European cycling race
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Cacao crops waning

Cacao crops waning
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Tracking environmental footprints

Tracking environmental footprints
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Big problems over a small fish

Big problems over a small fish
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Rock Snot

A brown, fuzzy alga called didymo is invading cold trout and salmon streams. Didymo, better know as rock snot, and perplexed scientists are trying to figure out how and why it's rapidly spreading in North America.

Rock Snot
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Geo answer postcard

For today's Geo Quiz, we asked what direction you're traveling in if you're crossing the Panama by train from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The answer is northwest. Reporter Murray Carpenter recently took the train ride and sent us an audio postcard.

Geo answer postcard
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Geo answer

For our Geo Quiz today we were looking for a Central American country that's a popular stopover for migrating hawks. Panama is the answer, and reporter Murray Carpenter takes us to a hawk watch in Panama City.

Geo answer
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Buckets of Trout

Brook trout are in trouble throughout much of their native range in the eastern United States ?but they're alive and well in the waters of Maine.

Buckets of Trout