TED-Ed
TED-Ed: 3 ways to end a virus | TED-Ed
Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there are stars in the observable universe. Even so, viruses can and do go extinct. So, what is the possibility of the virus...
SciShow
A Brief History of Life on Earth: The Full Series
From the Archean Eon to the Holocene Epoch, check out this SciShow mini-series for a primer about life on earth.
SciShow
Goodall, Fossey & Galdikas: Great Minds
Today we know that humans and chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA and that we have a lot in common. Not just how we look, but how we behave, form groups, defend our turf, and love each other. People didn't always see other primates this...
Crash Course
Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History
Today we're talking about evolution_basically the history of all life on Earth. The thing is, why are we talking about this. Well, the story of life, all the way back to single celled microbes billions of years ago, is all part of our...
SciShow
We Know Exactly When Dinosaurs Went Extinct
During the age of dinosaurs, a massive asteroid slammed into the Earth, bringing an end to most life at the time. And thanks to new fossil evidence, we've been able to pinpoint a time of year for this event that happened millions of...
TED Talks
TED: The coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it | Patrícia Medici
Although the tapir is one of the world's largest land mammals, the lives of these solitary, nocturnal creatures have remained a mystery. Known as "the living fossil," the very same tapir that roams the forests and grasslands of South...
SciShow
Today's Mass Extinction, and the First See-Through Animal
Are we in the middle of the 6th largest extinction event? What can we do? Let Hank explain and tell us about see-through animals!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: When will the next mass extinction occur? - Borths, D'Emic, and Pritchard
About 66 million years ago, a terrible extinction event wiped out the dinosaurs. But it wasn't the only event of this kind -- extinctions of various severity have occurred throughout the Earth's history -- and are still happening all...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity | TED-Ed
With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity gained the power to destroy itself for the first time in our history. Since then, our risk of either extinction or the collapse of civilization has steadily increased. Just how likely are...
SciShow
Why Gooey Creatures Might Outlast Us All
Although gelatinous animals might seem like simple creatures, they'll probably outlast the rest of us, because being gelatinous might turn out to be the ultimate survival strategy.
SciShow
The Siberian Traps: A 250 Million Year Old Crime Scene
The event that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago might be the most famous mass extinction ever, but it's not the only one in Earth’s history, nor is it the worst... not by a long shot.
SciShow
7 Species That Were Saved From Extinction
Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Chapters 0:00 0:05 0:11 0:17 0:23 0:29
Bozeman Science
Speciation and Extinction
Paul Andersen details the evolutionary processes of speciation and extinction. Stickleback evolution in Lake Loberg is used as example of rapid speciation. Adaptive radiation is illustrated using the Hawaiian honeycreeper. A brief...
SciShow
We Probably Can't Save the Vaquita—But We Can Learn From Them
Save the Vaquita Day is the first Saturday after the 4th of July, and it serves as a reminder that preventing extinctions means acting early.
PBS
A Brief History of Geologic Time
By looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life's history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these...
SciShow
3 Facts About Lemmings
Lemmings are small, thickset vole-like animals that live in the Arctic tundra. They live in a harsh environment, are super-cute, kinda mean, and totally misunderstood.
SciShow
Is Coffee Disappearing... or Will It Just Taste Different?
Many of us rely on a morning cup of coffee, or several morning cups of coffee, to get us going. But climate change has the potential to shift not only where and how we grow coffee, but whether it can be grown at all.
SciShow
A Brief History of Life: Rise of the Humans
With the non-avian dinosaurs extinct, it was time for mammals to take over. Finally, in the tiniest sliver of the history of life, humans emerge.
Crash Course
Evolution: It's a Thing - Crash Course Biology
Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization.
Crash Course
Conservation and Restoration Ecology: Crash Course Ecology
Hank wraps up the Crash Course on ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the kung fu moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks and apply them to protecting...
Curated Video
Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology
If being alive on Earth were a contest, humans would win it hands down. We're like the Michael Phelps of being alive, but with 250,000 times more gold medals. Today Hank is here to tell us the specifics of why and how human population...