Rudy Mancke, who passed away on Nov. 7 at the age of 78, became a beloved figure in South Carolina and beyond through his groundbreaking work as the host of the nationally distributed television show NatureScene and SC Public Radio’s NatureNotes. NatureScene, co-created with Beryl Dakers premiered in 1978 and continued for an impressive 25 years, gaining national recognition for its simple and innovative approach to exploring the natural world.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke compares and contrasts male and female pine cones from a longleaf pine tree.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke shows audiences a skull from an eastern snapping turtle - the largest fresh water turtle in South Carolina.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke observes the shell of a box turtle, and how it provides protection, including camouflage.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke takes a look at a tooth from the massive Carcharadon Megalodon shark.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke takes a look at a red-tailed hawk feather.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke observes a mammoth's tooth, and how it functioned.
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The panel compares the Chernobyl accident with other nuclear disasters throughout human history, and talks about the economic impacts in Russian-Ukrainian relations.
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The panel discusses how the Chernobyl incident has affected the lives of people, plants, and wildlife in the surrounding regions of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. The panel also compares the lives of...
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The panel discusses how the Chernobyl incident changed Russia’s political policies, as well as understanding the cultural and scientific impacts of the incident.
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The Chernobyl incident is still an ongoing political, economic, and biological discussion. The incident was more than just a nuclear explosion which affected humans, animals, and plants; it was a...
