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This week: giant ice shelf breaks free, monkeys sing when threatened, head-banging snakes predict quakes, Amazon may be gone in a hundred years, and more.
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MORE ON THIS WEEK'S PODCAST
Headlines
Huge ice shelf breaks off in the Arctic (read full story and see photo)
Gibbons "sing" when facing danger
Snakes used to predict earthquakes in China
Warming will turn Amazon rain forest into savanna
News Interview
Gustavo Fonseca of the nonprofit Conservation International talks about Brazil's recent announcement to set aside 37 million acres (15 million hectares) of tropical forest spanning seven new protected areas.
Photos on the Radio
Endangered right whale killed by ship (see the photo)
World Music Interview
Get a sampling of National Geographic World Music's picks for the top five artists and albums of 2006.


