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There are plenty of places in Kansas to see the state's official animal, the American Bison. Commentator Rex Buchanan tells us about a few of them.

On a hill near Lawrence, at the Kansas Biological Survey’s field station, researchers are using technology to track migratory birds. And we think it's pretty cool.

A book published nearly 60 years ago put one man in the spotlight and in the hot seat. Scientist Paul Ehrlich wrote the Population Bomb, a controversial work with dire predictions. Commentator Rex Buchanan has a review of Ehrlich's latest work, an autobiography.

On the night of May 25th, 1955, a massive EF-5 tornado tore through the small town of Udall, Kansas, while most of its residents were fast asleep. A new book tells the story of that deadly night. Commentator Rex Buchanan has this review of Without Warning, by Jim Minick.

KPR airs comments, essays and book and movie reviews from a bevy of regular contributors. Those commentators include William Jennings Bryan Oleander (aka Tom Averill - Writer-in-Residence at Washburn University), Cheryl Unruh (columnist for the Emporia Gazette), Rex Buchanan (Interim Director of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas) and John Richard Schrock (Emporia State University biology professor).