Exploring Nature with Mary Battenhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenAuthor Mary Batten takes listeners on a tour of the unusual, bizarre and fascinating world of animals and plants.enCopyright Mary Batten (C/O Blogtalkradio)Sun, 16 Jun 2019 02:30:00 GMTMon, 12 Nov 2012 19:00:00 GMTBooksBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/87240846-6819-49a8-a4a6-1ce50bd3bec4_mary.jpgExploring Nature with Mary Battenhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenAuthor Mary Batten takes listeners on a tour of the unusual, bizarre and fascinating world of animals and plants.feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.combooks,mating behavior,sex,animals,evolution,female choice,reproduction,insects,biology,plantsExploring Nature with Mary BattennoAuthor Mary Batten takes listeners on a tour of the unusual, bizarre and fascinating world of animals and plants.episodicEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/11/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/11/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/11/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 12 Nov 2012 19:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,contraception,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/29/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/29/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/29/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 29 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. Rape is the topic today. 00:30:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennorape,violent crime,Republicans,war on women,abortionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex.   War: The Culture of Death - Part II is topic of today's show. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennowar,death,weapons of mass destruction,techno-war,behaviorMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennowar,environment,violence,devastation,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/08/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/08/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/10/08/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 08 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/24/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/24/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/24/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 24 Sep 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Today Mary discusses the anti-science attitude in the U.S. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennoanti-science,evolution,science,experimental method,biologyMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/10/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/10/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/09/10/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 10 Sep 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Today she will talk about sex differences in psychology and ancient wiring in the modern brain. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,psychology,male jealousy,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/27/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/27/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/27/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 27 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:30:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennoreproductive choice,war on women,sperm competition,abortion,reproductive biologyMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/20/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/20/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/20/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 20 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, discusses rape among humans and other animals. Over the weekend, Missouri Republican Todd Akin belittled women who are raped and made inaccurate, totally unscientific statements about the female body. Today's show presents the facts about rape in the context of evolutionary biology. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennorape,Todd Akin,women,abortion,war on womenMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, discusses rape among humans and other animals. Over the weekend, Missouri RepublEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/13/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/13/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/08/13/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 13 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennopoverty,reproduction,marriage,wealth distribution,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennocontraception,war on women,reproduction,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/30/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/30/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/30/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 30 Jul 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennowar,male-male competition,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/16/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/16/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/16/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 16 Jul 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/02/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/02/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/07/02/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 02 Jul 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners on intimate journeys in natural history. Her book, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES, explores the powerful role female mate choice plays in evolution. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomarriage,love,mating behavior,equality,courtshipMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners on intimate journeys in natural history. Her book, SEXUAL STRATEEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/25/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/25/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/25/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 25 Jun 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her book, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES, explores the powerful role female mate choice plays in evolution. Today's show is about love, the romance of reproduction. Learn how love became a basis for marriage and why it was subversive to feudal society. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennolove,romance,human behavior,marriage,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/11/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/11/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/06/11/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 11 Jun 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her books, SEXUAL STRATEGIES: HOW FEMALES CHOOSE THEIR MATES and HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explore mating strategies in humans and other animals. Learn how female mate choice plays a powerful role in evolution and why females are the choosy sex. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,female choice,evolutionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/28/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/28/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/28/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 28 May 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her new eBook, HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explores mating habits of a variety of animals and reproductive tactics of plants. Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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She interviews dancer/choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland, who discusses her creative process and the role of the natural world as a source of her ideas. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary BattennoStefanie Batten Bland,dance,choreography,courtship,communityMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes a look at how dance figures in the courtship of animals, especially birds.EXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/14/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/14/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/05/14/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMTEXPLORING NATURE WITH MARY BATTENMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. Her new eBook, HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explores mating habits of a variety of animals and reproductive tactics of plants. Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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More about Mary Batten and her work can be found on her website: http://www.marybatten.com and her Facebook page, Mary Batten Books http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mary-Batten-Books/195407830554662 Mary Batten's Blog: http://www.thinkaboutwriting.blogspot.com 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Her new eBook, HOW TO HAVE SEX IF YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, explores mating habits of a variety of animals and reproductive tactics of plants. Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill. 00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,insects,reproductionMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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Learn about sex-changing fishes, hermaphroditic snails and plants that deceive, seduce and kill.  00:31:00Exploring Nature with Mary Battennomating behavior,sex,animals,plants,biologyMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. HerExploring Nature with Mary Battenhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/03/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenBookshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/03/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploring-nature-with-mary-batten/2012/03/12/exploring-nature-with-mary-battenMon, 12 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMTExploring Nature with Mary BattenMary Batten, prize-winning author of nature/science books and television films, takes listeners into unusual, bizarre, hidden worlds of animals and plants. 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