SciShow
Underwater Animals Are So Loud, They'd Damage Our Hearing
We often think of the ocean as a pretty serene, lovely place to relax. But it turns out there's quite a racket going on under the waves, and some of the culprits are not the animals you'd expect!
SciShow
Why Fava Beans Can Kill You
For some people, fava beans can be deadly. What is it about this little legume that makes it so?
SciShow
Best Nap Ever: Rotifers Wake Up After 24,000 Years
Tiny creatures called rotifers seem to have no problem continuing their lives after waking from a refreshing 24,000-year nap. And DNA samples from goats that lived 30,000 years ago tell us a bit about how humans were managing them back...
TED Talks
TED: Underwater astonishments | David Gallo
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the...
MinuteEarth
Why Do Female Hyenas Have Pseudo-Penises?!
Female hyenas don't have penises, but it sure looks like they do - and we still aren't quite sure why. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Pseudopenis: a structure that...
TED Talks
TED: A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases | Nina Fedoroff
Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus -- and other deadly...
SciShow
Do Humans Have Pheromones?
Ever wonder if there's something about your scent that might be sending signals to the people around you? Well as it turns out, it's possible- but it winds up being a lot more complicated than you might think. Chapters View all A...
SciShow
The Insect Nothing Messes With: Meet the Velvet Ant
Big or small, most creatures end up on something else's dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very unappetizing package.
MinuteEarth
Why It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena
Thanks to spotted hyenas’ unusual social structure, males experience a tough life of solitude, harassment, and deprivation. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start your googling with...
SciShow
Why Do Animals Have Sex for Pleasure?
Seeking pleasure comes naturally to us humans, and we experience it in various ways, including sex. But it turns out plenty of other organisms also seek out the feeling of sexual pleasure, even outside mating purposes.
SciShow
We've Been Ignoring Female Birdsong for Centuries
Birdsong has historically been described as a male trait to compete for female mates, but there's a good chance that you've never learned about female birdsong, and they do indeed sing!
SciShow
Killing Mosquitoes With a Flip of a Gene
Eliminating certain species of mosquitoes could make summertime more enjoyable and cut down on the transmission of certain diseases. And scientists are looking into doing this by manipulating a single gene!
TED Talks
Denise Herzing: Could we speak the language of dolphins?
For 28 years, Denise Herzing has spent five months each summer living with a pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins, following three generations of family relationships and behaviors. It's clear they are communicating with one another -- but...
SciShow
Why Animals Keep Self-Amputating
Some lizards will lose a tail to avoid becoming a meal, but there's more than one reason for animals to self-amputate.
SciShow
What’s Up With Those Bright Blue Eggs?
It seems like birds would want to hide their eggs, but there are hundreds of species that lay blue to blue-green eggs. Thanks to some clever experiments, we’re finally starting to understand why birds might benefit from conspicuously...
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Birds
There are a number of bird species that construct pretty cool things - today on SciShow, we'll visit with three of them...
TED Talks
Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease
In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically...
SciShow
The Mosquito That Doesn’t Bite You, Even Though It Could
If you know one thing about mosquitoes, it’s probably their lust for blood. But there’s actually one species that almost never bites, even though it can. Could finding out why help us combat blood-borne diseases?
Bozeman Science
Information Exchange
Paul Andersen explains how organisms use information to communicate with each other. Signals are used by bees doing the waggle dance to communicate the location of flowers. Territorial markings are used by wolves to establish territory....
SciShow
Why These Weird Carnivores Smell Like Popcorn
If it smells like delicious buttered popcorn when you are in a middle of the forest, it’s not because there’s a movie theater nearby, but Binturongs, arboreal carnivore, might be.
SciShow
The Absolute Worst Thing About Butterflies
Who doesn’t love to gaze at a beautiful butterfly fluttering by? Aesthetically speaking, they are simply wonderful to watch. Wonderful, that is, unless you are getting a rare glimpse of pheromone laced coremata.
SciShow
What the Fox Says
Thanks to a couple of Norwegian musicians, a lot of people have become obsessed with one question: What does the fox say? It turns out that foxes "say" lots of different things depending on the situation, and if you think the song is...
MinuteEarth
Bitcoin mining is a lot like reindeer mating 🪙💖🦌
Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies, like NFTs, work a lot like reindeer mating.