TED Talks
Spencer Wells: A family tree for humanity
All humans share some common bits of DNA, passed down to us from our African ancestors. Geneticist Spencer Wells talks about how his Genographic Project will use this shared DNA to figure out how we are -- in all our diversity -- truly...
Curated Video
Evolution: The Evidence
When Darwin first proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection 150 years ago it was revolutionary. What scientific evidence supports this theory? Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Since Darwin proposed his...
Curated Video
Metabolism
The chemical reactions that occur in all living cells to extract, convert, and use the energy from food, to fuel all other cell processes. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...
Professor Dave Explains
The Evolution of Populations: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow
After going through Darwin's work, it's time to get up to speed on our current models of evolution. Much of what Darwin didn't know is now known and understood very well, so we can meticulously go through much of the evidence we see for...
PBS
What Was the Ancestor of Everything?
As part of evolution species branch off of others species. But what did the original limb look like? Young scientists discover the exciting study of the last universal common ancestor as they hear from specialists in multiple scientific...
Be Smart
How Evolution Turned a Possum into a Wolf
Do bats really have thumbs? Explore this, and many other intriguing topics using a short video from a great science series. Viewers learn to differentiate between analogous and homologous structures, why natural selection favors traits...
The Brain Scoop
Dimetrodon Is Not A Dinosaur
Dimetrodon—the dinosaur that wasn't really a dinosaur! Explore the facts about an animal that lived before the Jurassic era with a fact-filled video from Brain Scoop. The narrator shows dimetrodon's characteristics, its common...
FuseSchool
Evidence for Natural Selection
What evidence is there for natural selection? Science sleuths examine the facts using an animated Fuse School video as part of the Evolution playlist. Content includes fossil records, physical similarities, and differences in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Human Chromosome 2
In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," students will learn how modern genetics and molecular biology offer compelling support for evolution. The video features an interview with biologist...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Common Past, Different Paths
This time-lapse microphotography of developing embryos shows the common ancestry of all vertebrates. Footage from NOVA: "Odyssey of Life." [4:42]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evolving Ideas: Who Was Charles Darwin?
This video from Evolution highlights Charles Darwin's personal struggle to bring to light his theory of evolution through natural selection. [6:31]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evolving Ideas: Did Humans Evolve?
This video from Evolution explores the evolution of humans from a common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and other apes. [5:28]
Crash Course
Crash Course Big History #6: Human Evolution
John and Hank teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa, and how humans evolved. [16:14]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Matt Scott, Geneticist: How Genes Build Bodies
Matt Scott investigates how genes gave rise to new body plans in this video. His model is the fruit fly and the genes that control how the body is built. Geneticists, like Scott, often look at mutations to find their answers. Scott shows...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Mitchell Sogin, Evolutionary Biologist: Proof of the First Animal
Join an adventure with an evolutionary biologist, Sogin as he searched the genetic codes of many organisms to discover which gave rise to all the others. He investigated the genes of the sponge starting with gene sequencing to find the...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Kristy Curry Rogers, Paleontologist: How Dinosaurs Grow
Kristi Curry-Rogers wants to understand how dinosaurs got to their gigantic sizes. Follow her on her journey as a paleontologist as she looks for fossilized dinosaur bones and then analyzes the bone tissue to see how fast the animal...
Best of Science
Best0f Science: What Can Embryos Tell Us About Evolution?
Learn how watching the development of an embryo reveals information about the evolution of different animals. [3:43]