SciShow
Why These 7 Fish Are So U.G.L.Y.
Some fish will never win any beauty pageants, but they still deserve our admiration, respect, and love, especially since their “ugly” traits are actually incredible examples of evolutionary innovation.
SciShow
A Colorful Quiz Show with Trace Dominguez | SciShow Quiz Show
Two long-time SciComm powerhouses face off to find out if either of them retained any relevant random facts from the many, many videos they’ve each produced.
SciShow
Nurseryfish Dads Give Their Young a Headstart… Literally
Happy Father's day! Today we're talking about the fintastic Nurseryfish, which is one of the best dads you can fish for.
MinuteEarth
Which Fish Did We Evolve From?
Today's oceans are full of fish with fins that couldn't evolve into limbs like ours. So, who are our ancestors and where did they go?
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the wizard standoff riddle? - Daniel Finkel
You've been chosen as a champion to represent your wizarding house in a deadly duel against two rival magic schools. Your opponents are a powerful sorcerer who wields a wand that can turn people into fish, and a powerful enchantress who...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Eli the eel: A mysterious migration - James Prosek
They're slippery. They're slithery. And while they totally look like underwater snakes, eels are, in fact, unique fish that can breathe through their skin and even survive out of water. James Prosek tracks the life journey of Eli the...
SciShow
Fish Pee: The Coral Reef Superfood
Fish consider the ocean their own personal toilet. Well, researchers found out that's not such a bad thing!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber
Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that's behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They've...
SciShow
5 Strange Cases of Animal Rain
You might want a really sturdy umbrella to dig into this video, because we’re discussing 5 animals that have a tendency to rain down from the sky and the reasons we think this might be happening!
TED Talks
TED: The ocean's shifting baseline | Daniel Pauly
The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each time the baseline drops, we call it the new "normal." At what point do we stop...
SciShow
10 Strange-Looking Prehistoric Animals
Take a close look at some of the strangest-looking animals evolution has created.
SciShow
The Most Extreme Complex Life in the World
Humans can’t go too far above or below sea level unaided, but there are some complex forms of life that CAN survive at super high elevations or in the deepest parts of the ocean.
SciShow
Where Are All the Dead Animals
We are surrounded by wildlife, like pigeons and squirrels, all the time. Sadly, all those animals eventually die, but why don't we see carcasses on the street? Where do they go?
TED Talks
TED: A census of the ocean | Paul Snelgrove
Oceanographer Paul Snelgrove shares the results of a ten-year project with one goal: to take a census of all the life in the oceans. He shares amazing photos of some of the surprising finds of the Census of Marine Life.
SciShow
What is Selfing
This week, we've got new info about the strange-looking Tully Monster, and a report on a fish that was able to self-fertilize.
SciShow
Do Fish Drink Water?
You'd think that animals that lived in water wouldn't have to drink it -- but some fish do. Learn all about how different kinds of fish get the fresh water that they need to survive.
SciShow
7 Real-Life Unicorns
Unicorns may not exist on this planet, but Earth does have plenty of one-horned creatures that are just as remarkable, if not quite as majestic. Chapters NARWHALS 0:34 RHINOCEROS BEETLES 4:19 ASIAN RHINOCEROS BEETLE RHINOCEROS HORNBILLS...
Be Smart
There Was No First Human
If you traced your family tree back 185 million generations, you wouldn't be looking at a human, a primate, or even a mammal. You'd be looking at a fish. So where along that line does the first human show up? The answer may surprise you
SciShow
The Terrifying Fish with Transparent Teeth
The deep-sea dragonfish is a predator that lives deep in the Pacific Ocean. Like many other deep sea predators, it's got an oversized jaw and a bioluminescent appendage to attract prey, but it does have one weird (and strangely useful)...
SciShow
For These 7 Species, Sex Changes Everything
Animals and plants come in an amazing variety of shapes, sizes and colors. And in some species, they take it pretty extreme to deal with the battles within and between sexes.
SciShow
5 Animals That Aren't Dinosaurs
If you get most of your information about ancient animals from vintage cartoons or action figures, then a lot of things that you think of as "dinosaurs" actually weren't. Learn about the definition of true dinosaurs and the evolutionary...
SciShow
5 Ways Humans Are Influencing Species Evolution
Evolution is a never ending process, but there are some cases where humanity has given it a big push.
SciShow
Electric Eels Bigger Than You Zap in PACKS
We’ve long thought that electric eels hunt individually…until we discovered a lake where one species hunt, and zap, in packs!
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Human Evolution
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we answer the question "why are you the way that you are?"