SciShow
Wood-eating Clams: The Real Kraken?
For thousands of years, a sea creature has plagued sailors by attacking and devouring their ships. It is so destructive that reportedly it swiss-cheesed the hulls of Christopher Columbus’s ships, sinking at least two of them.
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This Worm's Gut Has No Way In or Out
There are plenty of creatures out there with only one opening to handle both taking in food and getting rid of waste. But there’s at least one animal out there that doesn’t have a gut opening… at all. How does that even work?!
SciShow
5 Technologies Helping Us Explore The Deep Ocean
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, but it's still mostly unexplored. This is partially due to the challenges of ocean exploration, like bone-crushing pressure and the need to bring your own air. But here are five ways that...
SciShow
The Gulf of California's Upside-Down Mirror Pools | Weird Places
For upside-down mirrors, super hot volcanic chimneys, and neon rocks with living microorganisms, look no further than the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California.
SciShow
5 Ecosystems Thriving in the Least Likely Places
Around the world, living things have managed to build truly extraordinary ecosystems in some of the last places you would think to look. Understanding these ecosystems can help us protect or repair them, and it can also help us...
SciShow
The Most Incredible Snowfall on Earth Occurs Deep Underwater
Deep in the ocean, fluffy bits of organic matter fall like snow. But this marine snow isn’t just pretty; it’s an essential part of our ocean food webs and our global climate!
Bozeman Science
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
In this video Paul Andersen explains how energy flows in ecosystems. Energy enters via producers through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Producers and consumers release the energy from food through cellular respiration. An explanation...
Curated Video
Chemosynthesis
Chemosynthesis analyzes the process of chemosynthesis by describing how cells and organisms acquire and release energy.
Curated OER
Hydrothermal Vents
Do aliens exist? They do on the Galapagos Islands' ocean floor! Despite being a mile and a half below the ocean's surface (and far from the sun's reach), bizarre life forms have found a way to thrive there. So, how is this possible?...
TED-Ed
How Does Chemotherapy Work?
Who would imagine that the use of mustard gas during World War I would lead to the discovery of chemotherapy? Learn more about how an investigation into this terrible weapon of war leads to the development of this modern cancer treatment.
American Chemical Society
The Quest to Make Any Molecule: Total Synthesis with Hosea Nelson
Can we make any chemical molecule? A well-paced video in the ACS Reaction series shows recent efforts to synthetically produce chemicals. An advantage of this process includes cheaper production and wider availability of drugs.
SciShow
Weird Places: Movile Cave
There is a place on earth where an ecosystem has been developing for millions of years without any interference from surrounding ecosystems or animals. The Movile Cave, discovered in Romania in 1986, offers a glimpse at an ecosystem...
Bozeman Science
Photosynthesis and Respiration
View how autotrophs and heterotrophs use the energy of the sun to form the energy their cells need, ATP. Learners watch an informative video that details the processes of photosynthesis, learning where it occurs, what...
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
Noaa: Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life
Chemosynthesis is explained in this video. View some of the 300 species that inhabit ecosystems based on chemosynthesis occurring at hydrothermal vents. There is an additional interactive hydrothermal foodweb to check out as well.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Explains how energy flows in ecosystems. Energy enters via producers through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Producers and consumers release the energy from food through cellular respiration. An explanation of gross primary...