Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

Why Body Hair?

12th - Higher Ed
In today's episode Hank talks about hair: What's it good for, what's it made of, and why do we have less than other mammals?
Instructional Video2:52
SciShow

Why Are Pandas Black and White?

12th - Higher Ed
Their signature black and white color scheme is part of what makes pandas instantly recognizable - but not many mammals are black and white, so... why do they look like that?
Instructional Video2:52
SciShow

Where Do Camels Store Their Water?

12th - Higher Ed
When camels drink, they do so at a rate that would kill most other animals. But where does all of that water go? Hint: It's not their humps!
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

Where Are A Whale's Nipples?

12th - Higher Ed
Like dolphins, manatees, and other marine mammals, whales have nipples hidden in surprising places.
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow Kids

Blue Whales: The Biggest Animal EVER! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Did you know that the biggest animal that ever lived is still alive today? Let's learn all about what blue whales eat, where they live, and just how big they are, with Jessi and Squeaks!
Instructional Video2:36
SciShow

Is the Y Chromosome Disappearing?

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists know that the Y chromosome has been shrinking in size over millions of years, but recent studies suggest that it has more important genes, besides the ones that cause biological maleness.
Instructional Video14:46
Crash Course

The Evolutionary Epic Crash Course Big History 5

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about evolution. So, in the last 3.8 billion years, life on Earth has evolved from single-celled prokaryotes to the dizzying array of life we have today. So how did all this...
Instructional Video4:51
SciShow Kids

Dimetrodon, the Animal With a Sail! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks and Jessi use their pretend time machine to go way back in time and meet a creature even older than dinosaurs, called Dimetrodon! First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concept: Structure and Function: The way...
Instructional Video2:03
SciShow

Why Is My Body Temperature 37 Degrees?

12th - Higher Ed
Your body is really good at keeping its temperature at around 37� C, but have you ever wondered why?
Instructional Video9:44
SciShow

Why Some DNA Is Selfish

12th - Higher Ed
Your DNA is a part of you, but it might not share your sense of who's numero uno.
Instructional Video4:28
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Do larger animals take longer to pee? | David L. Hu

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A cat's bladder can only store a golf ball's worth of urine. For humans, it's a coffee mug and for elephants, a kitchen trash can. An elephant's bladder is 400 times the size of a cat's, but it doesn't take an elephant 400 times longer...
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

Why Are Some Animal Babies So Helpless

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever noticed that some animal babies, like baby deer, can walk around basically right after they're born, but other animal babies, like kittens, can't even open their eyes? There’s a reason for that, and it comes down to two...
Instructional Video21:52
SciShow

A User's Guide to the Human Body

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever wondered why you crave certain foods or what your appendix actually does, there's something in this collection for you!
Instructional Video11:35
SciShow

5 Times Evolution Should Have Planned Ahead

12th - Higher Ed
Natural selection can lead to some pretty amazing adaptations, but sometimes the resulting traits aren’t the most efficient solutions to the problems at hand. With the bar set to “good enough,” here are some features that arose from...
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

What Does Polar Bear Milk Taste Like?

12th - Higher Ed
It's a question that entails some risks: What does polar bear milk taste like, and why does it taste that way?
Instructional Video3:21
SciShow

Why Do Men Have Nipples?

12th - Higher Ed
If men can't nurse, then why do they have nipples? The answer has less to do with evolution and more to do with your personal development as a teeny tiny embryo. Short version: We're all girls -- at least at first. Hank explains!
Instructional Video5:54
PBS

The Time Terror Birds Invaded

12th - Higher Ed
About 5 million years ago, a new predator made its way from the south and onto the coastal plains of North America. It was a giant, flightless, carnivorous bird and came to be known by one of the coolest and most richly earned nicknames...
Instructional Video4:42
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant? Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they are extraordinary. Thomas Park explains how mole rats'...
Instructional Video5:27
SciShow

Oxygen Enemas Could Save Lives

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have known for some time that certain animals can breathe using their butts, but now, researchers have determined that certain mammals can too! And in very much other news, researchers in Washington state have developed a new...
Instructional Video4:25
SciShow

Do Animals Appreciate Music?

12th - Higher Ed
Animals might be music lovers, but how can we know? Is the ability to perceive and appreciate music a shared human and animal experience?
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

8 Strange Animal Sleeping Habits

12th - Higher Ed
Sleep is important, but not all animals need the same kind of deep rest as humans. From sleeping standing up to sleeping inside snot bubbles, here are 8 especially strange ways some animals catch their ZZZs.
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

How Researchers Made Mice Pups from Two Moms and Two Dads | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week in news: Scientist successfully breed mice using same-sex parents and some very clever genetic engineering.
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

How Tongues Helped Vertebrates Conquer Land

12th - Higher Ed
You might not think much of your tongue, but without it, we may have never conquered dry land and the world as we know it.
Instructional Video5:36
SciShow

The Chromosomes Hiding in Specks of Lint

12th - Higher Ed
Tiny versions of chromosomes show up in things like birds, reptiles, and amphibians. These mysterious lint-like flecks may be the building blocks for our entire genomes.