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Eumorpha fasciatus, the banded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776.

Some listeners in Greenville come upon a northern water snake having a meal...

The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada.

Some listeners find a skull at Lake Wateree State Park...

A part of our celebration of Walter Edgar's Journal at 21 we present an encore from 2014, with guest John Shelton Reed, talking about his book, Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s.In the years following World War I, the New Orleans French Quarter attracted artists and writers with low rent, a faded charm, and colorful street life. By the 1920s Jackson Square became the center of a vibrant but short-lived bohemia. A young William Faulkner and his roommate William Spratling, an artist who taught at Tulane, were among the "artful and crafty ones of the French Quarter." In Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s (LSU Press, 2012) John Shelton Reed introduces Faulkner's circle of friends ranging from the distinguished Sherwood Anderson to a gender-bending Mardi Gras costume designer and brings to life the people and places of New Orleans in the jazz age.

A listener shares a tale of a predator and its prey...

Rudy shares some thoughts from Henry David Thoreau and John Lubbock.

“H” is for Hampton, Harry (1897-1980). Writer, conservationist.

“J” is for Jeanes Teachers. In 1907, Anna T. Jeanes, a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker, donated $1 million to set up the Negro Rural School Fund to provide educational opportunities for Black children in the rural South. In 1909 eleven Black women were employed as Jeanes Teachers in the state.

This week on ColaJazz Presents, we're joined by fiddle player Jim Graddick, who along with guitarist/banjo player Randy Lucas and bassist Dave Holder make up the Randy Lucas Trio. The group is known for mixing jazz, bluegrass, blues, and pop to create their trademark unique and spontaneous sound.