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The Desert Speaks
Palms in the Desert
Season 17
Episode 1705
Ecologist Jim Cornett joins David Yetman for a look around Coachella Valley. After a walk around Palm Springs to examine the area’s most famous residents, they head for the largest undisturbed palm oasis on Earth, Palm Canyon. This episode also features a trip to the Oasis Date Gardens, where the non-native date palms require constant human attention in order to produce their luscious fruits.
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Travel around Chihuahua, Mexico with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Jesus Garcia
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This episode examines the life of the hummingbird.
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Travel to the agrarian community of Loma Alta, Ecuador.
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Journey from Chiclayo upwards to the town of Cajamarca.
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Travel through Michoacán to explore its coast, diverse habitats and local traditions.
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Travel to a festival dedicated to cactus fruit in an area southwest of Guadalajara.
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Travel to Jalisco, Mexico to explore how agave is gronwn, harvest and tequila is made
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Discover a relatively unexplored area of northwestern Arizona.
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Visit one of the few inhabited islands in the Galapagos.
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Explore how scientists study the adaptability of desert plants to droughts.
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Discover how scientists use tree rings to gather evidence of climate conditions.
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The Desert Speaks crew heads out to discover the secrets of Peru's Cloud Forest.