Come critter spotting with us on a cold winter's night : Short Wave

✍️ Emily Kwong Berly Mccoy Jessica Yung Hannah Chinn Rebecca Ramirez, Emily Kwong, Berly Mccoy, Jessica Yung, Rebecca Ramirez, Hannah Chinn 📅 January 19, 2026 12:00 AM ⏱️ 1 min read 🕐 Scraped: January 19, 2026

Summary: In today's episode, host Emily Kwong leads us on a night hike in Patuxent River State Park in Maryland. Alongside a group of naturalists led by Serenella Linares, we'll meet a variety of species with unique survival quirks and wintertime adaptations. We'll search out lichen that change color under UV light and flip over a wet log to track a salamander keeping warm under wet leaves. Emily may even meet the bioluminescent mushrooms of her dreams. Plus, we talk about community events to get outside

Come critter spotting with us on a cold winter's night

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In today's episode, host Emily Kwong leads us on a night hike in Patuxent River State Park in

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