TED Talks
TED: Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold. These scarcely...
SciShow
Symbioses Are Way More Complex Than You Think!
When we hear the term symbiosis, we tend to think about a simple partnership between two biological organisms. But in many cases, there are more than two parties involved and it's way more complicated.
Curated Video
Lichen: Indicator Species
Lichens exist in extreme environments where other life struggles to survive. But these tough species cannot tolerate pollution, and reflect the health of ecosystems. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Lichens are organisms that can...
Professor Dave Explains
Terrestrial Biomes Part 2: Forests and Tundra
In our journey through the terrestrial biomes, we've covered rainforest, desert, grassland, and shrubland. Now let's take a look at deciduous forest, evergreen forest, and tundra. Where are these located? What sorts of organisms live...
Curated Video
Biome
This live-action video program is about the word biome. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word biome through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Visual Learning Systems
Life in the Tundra: Challenges and Adaptations
The video provides an overview of the challenging conditions and unique plant and animal life found in the tundra. It highlights the short growing season, low-lying plants, and the abundance of insects that attract breeding birds. It...
National Parks Service
Study the Scientist: A Botanist
Botanist Martin Hutten, who was the former manager of Yosemite National Park's invasive plant program, is featured in this short video where he discusses invasive plants and their impact on Yosemite.
Curated Video
Indicator Species: How Different Species Indicate Pollution in the Environment
This video discusses indicator species, which are organisms that can indicate the presence or absence of certain types of pollution in the environment. The video begins by defining pollution and its harmful effects on living organisms....
Visual Learning Systems
Fungi: Lichens
From making bread to decomposing things in the environment, fungi play a very important role in our lives. Vivid video footage, accompanied by colorful animations, illustrates the fascinating origin, diversity, and characteristics of...
Mazz Media
Forest
This live-action video program is about forests. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Moss & Lichen Which One Is Actually a Plant
Moss & Lichen Which One Is Actually a Plant
Mazz Media
What is a Biome?
This live-action video program is about the word biome. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word biome through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
PBS
When Giant Fungi Ruled
Fungi are more than fun ... they're also functional! Most everyone knows they serve as Earth's decomposers, but ancient fungi took their job to a whole new level! An entertaining video from a large biology playlist examines the giant...
SciShow Kids
Lichen: Two Living Things In One
What do fungus and algae create? Lichen! Discover where lichen lives, how it survives, and how to find the three main types of lichen in a video all about lichen!
Be Smart
The Oldest Living Things In The World
And the prize for oldest living thing on Earth goes to . . . In this video from PBS Digital Studios, viewers learn about the oldest living things on Earth, all over 2,000 years old, such as bristlecone pines, baobab, sea grass,...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Hunting the Wild Lichen
A lichenologist explains what lichens are and how they can be found almost everywhere. They are an organism that have not been studied very much. Aired Nov. 12, 2010. [3:53]
SciShow
Sci Show Kids: Lichen: Two Living Things in One!
A video describing the organism lichen which is both a fungus and an algae. Learn how in lichens there is a symbiosis relationship between the fungus and algae. [3:19]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Video Pick: We Like Lichens
Not a fungus, not a plant - both? Neither?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Field Trip to a Fungi Foray
This convention is for mushrooms and the people who love them. [5 mins. 18 secs.]