Get introduced to protists and fungi with the Amoeba Sisters! This video explores basic cell type, mode of feeding, habitat examples, and ecology of both protists and fungi. This video also mentions a few examples of how protists and...

Paul Andersen surveys organisms in the protists. He reviews the diversity found within the domain Eukarya and explains that the Kindgom Protista is simple a junk drawer for organisms that don't fit elsewhere.

Interactions between species are what define ecological communities, and community ecology studies these interactions anywhere they take place. Although interspecies interactions are mostly competitive, competition is pretty dangerous,...

Science is about more than just finding immutable laws of nature. It’s about having the imagination to try things and ask questions that might not necessarily lead anywhere, but that just… feel right.

This video provides a brief overview of the characteristics and differences between organisms in the Kingdoms Protista and Fungi, emphasizing their cellular structure, mode of nutrition, and ecological roles. This video is part of the...

In this video, we explore the fascinating world of protozoans, animal-like protists that are grouped by their unique modes of movement. These diverse protozoans exhibit various structures and behaviors, highlighting the incredible...

Making decisions can be pretty hard, but imagining trying to do it without a brain!

The big Roomba of the microcosmos is fascinating to watch as it lives its sink or swim life.

While our journeys are often enjoyed at a slow pace, when we go just a little bit slower and look a little bit deeper there’s always something new to find.

Are you immortal if you never age? Defying death is not as clear-cut as it might initially seem. What we define as immortality depends a bit on what you think it means to die.

Even in the microcosmos, it's important to stay inside if you want to avoid a virus.

This is kentrophoros, a ciliate that James—our master of microscopes—had been searching for, receiving samples from all over the world in the hopes of finding it gliding around. When you first look at it, it doesn’t seem particularly...

We recently discovered some Holospora infecting one of our Paramecium samples. How does that happen? How does the Holospora get in there? And how are they so successful at infecting?

The Complicated Relationships of the Microcosmos

How to Survive the Microcosmos

On this week's journey, we explore the ways things eat in the microcosmos, from Stentors filter feeding to Dileptus hunting down and absorbing its prey.

These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.

Didinium The Paramecium Hunter

Everyone knows about bacteria, but there are tons of other unicellular species! Archaea are prokaryotes just like bacteria, but they live in some pretty weird places, which teaches us a lot about the kinds of conditions life can thrive...

The diverse groups of microorganisms in the Kingdom Protista are illustrated in this video. Microscopic views compare the main categories of protists. the different phyla of algae are also discussed. Other terminology includes: protozoa,...

1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and ask the question, "Are our cells more than ourselves?"

Upon viewing the Microscopic Life video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that only during the past few hundred years have people been able to see and study very small life forms, generally referred to as...