MinuteEarth
This Is Not A Bug
It’s common to call creepy crawlies bugs, but because entomologists refer to a specific class of insects as bugs, it’s wrong to call other things bugs - right?
SciShow
7 New Species Discovered in Cities
Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!
SciShow
Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...
SciShow
These Wasps Throw Awesome Parties
Large clumps of wasps can occasionally be found on the tops of tall structures, and although you probably still don’t want to mess with them, these aren’t angry swarms—they’re actually super chill parties.
SciShow
When The Universe Will End
Hank serves up a buffet of news items that includes an approximate date for the end of everything, scientific proof that when it comes to sex bigger IS better, and a look behind how the London Olympics are going green. Bon appetit!
SciShow
Bugs Aren't Brainless! | Great Minds: Charles Henry Turner
At the turn of the 20th century, scientists thought that insects were nothing more than tiny reflex machines. But Charles Henry Turner, who was possibly America’s first Black entomologist, ran some groundbreaking animal behavior studies...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The bug that poops candy | George Zaidan
Aphids can reproduce incredibly fast: they can make 20 new generations within a single season. And that means lots of poop. Some aphid populations can produce hundreds of kilograms of poop per acre— making them some of the most prolific...
SciShow
THE CICADAS ARE COMING!
Cicadas have developed an amazing strategy for growth, survival, reproduction, and overcoming predation by...doing nothing. They do nothing for years (except sip at the juice excreted from root structures) before emerging in huge,...
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show: The Insectarium with Olivia Gordon
Welcome back to SciShow Talk Show where Hank talks with interesting people about interesting things! In this episode Hank talks with Olivia Gordon of the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. Chapters View all MISSOULA BUTTERFLY...
SciShow
These Insects are Smaller than a Single Cell...How?!
Fairies do exist! Well, sort of...meet the fairyfly, the smallest insect on Earth that specializes in the magic of miniaturization!
SciShow
What Fruit Flies Taught Us About Human Biology
For creatures that look nothing like us, fruit flies have been able to teach us a lot about human biology as we’ve studied them over the past century.
Great Big Story
Exploring insect stings with Justin Schmidt
Join Justin Schmidt as he delves into the world of stinging insects and their pain scale.
Great Big Story
In Love with Insects, The World's Largest Private Collection
Meet Lois and Charlie, a couple with the world's largest private insect collection, sharing their passion for entomology and each other.
Next Animation Studio
Brood X: ‘Trillions’ of cicadas to emerge after 17 years
Trillions of cicadas are set to emerge from underground in April or May in 15 states and the District of Columbia
Next Animation Studio
‘Godzilla’ wasp discovered that dives underwater to attack its prey
Researchers have discovered a “Godzilla” wasp that deliberately dives underwater to insert parasitic eggs into its prey, according to a research article published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Brave Wilderness
STUNG by a COW KILLER!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote is stung by an infamous COW KILLER…the Velvet Ant! The Velvet Ant, which is actually a species of wingless wasp, is well known for possessing one of the most painful stings in the insect kingdom....
Weatherthings
Termite Swarm on the Gulf Coast
An annual swarm of termites on the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Next Animation Studio
Newly discovered fungi turn flies into parasite-spewing zombies
Two new species of fungi have been discovered that devour flies from the inside and cause them to release spores from holes in their abdomens, according to research published in the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Curated Video
Farming butterflies for exhibits
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4061757LEAD IN:Forests around the world are under threat, as humans continue with deforestation, poaching and the pillage of natural resources.But in one corner of Africa, butterflies offer local...
Curated Video
Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4033684LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in...
Curated Video
Museum Launches Largest Urban Biodiversity Study
Long before Southern California was paved over with freeways and a concrete-bottomed river, covered in cars and trod upon by millions of people, it was teeming with snakes, slugs, spiders, snails and uncounted numbers of other slimy,...
Curated Video
Red ants remedy for tea plant infestation
AP Television
Padannakkad, Kasargode District, Kerala, India - September 21, 2011
1. Close of red ants (also called the weaver ant ), pull focus to show red ants feasting on a moth
2. Various of red ants feeding on moth
3. Close of red...
Curated Video
Super queens selectively bred to halt bee decline
LEAD IN: Scientists in Canada are breeding a genetically superior queen bee in the hope of reversing a catastrophic decline in bee populations around the world. Bees have been dying off in alarming numbers during the past eight to nine...
Curated Video
Cheesy feet helping scientists tackle malarial mosquitoes
London, UK, May 30, 2013
1. Close of mosquitoes feeding through blood filled membrane
2. Various of volunteer Felix Preston walking across laboratory and pulling on foil tube
3. Close zoom out from odour pumping system to volunteer...