Curated Video
CHINA: BEIJING: CROCODILE ZOO: VISITORS CAN FEED LIVE BIRDS TO CROCS
Mandarin/Nat
A crocodile zoo which preserves all the cruelty of the wild recently opened in Beijing.
It is not a place for the fainthearted, the zoo offers chicks and ducks for sale so visitors to the park can toss them into the...
Curated Video
Tourism keeps traditional eagle hunting alive
Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan - 19 July 2008
1. Various of mountains
2. Sary-eji, a golden eagle, flying from the arm of golden eagle hunter, Sagynbai Zarnayev
3. Eagle flying, landing on grass
4. Sagynbai on horseback going up to eagle
5....
Curated Video
Six UK-born blue macaws sent to Bolivia in battle against extinction
1. Various of blue macaws in quarantine cage after being repatriated from England
2. Wide of conservationist Jose Diaz leading group of students around the Blue Macaw Conservation Centre
3. Mid of Diaz talking to group
4. SOUNDBITE:...
Curated Video
USA: OREGON: STAR OF 'FREE WILLY' ARRIVES IN NEW HOME
Natural Sound
Keiko the killer whale is happily swimming in his new home.
The ailing star of the "Free Willy" movies, got a warm welcome as he arrived at the new home built for him with seven (m) million U-S million in donations from...
Curated Video
Chinese donate lion to Kabul zoo
Beijing Airport - September 30, 2002
1. Ceremony to hand over lions
2. Chen Runsheng, Secretary General of China Wildlife Conservation Association, giving speech during the ceremony
3. Close up Chen handing over contract to Abdul Basir...
Curated Video
Paragliders and archaeologists share joy of Roman ruins
AP Television
Norba, Italy - April 21, 2011
1. Wide pan right of paraglider taking off
VNR - Luigi Sabatini
Norba, Italy - April 21, 2011
2. Various point of view footage of paraglider taking off
AP Television
Norba, Italy - April 21,...
Crash Course
Meet Your Master: Getting to Know Your Brain - Crash Course Psychology
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, we get to meet the brain. Hank talks us through the Central Nervous System, the ancestral structures of the brain, the limbic system, and new structures of the brain. Plus, what does Phineas...
TED Talks
TED: Can we learn to talk to sperm whales? | David Gruber
Animals are communicating -- but what are they saying? And can we talk back? Marine biologist David Gruber introduces Project CETI: a team of scientists, linguists and AI specialists hoping to decode sperm whale language. Using...
Crash Course
The Evolutionary Epic Crash Course Big History 5
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...
TED Talks
Suzanne Lee: Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution
What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help...
SciShow
10 Cute Animals With Secretly Scary Behaviors
We've all seen those animals, "Oh my gosh! It's so cute! I just want to cuddle with it!" Well stop it right now! Remember, that little cutie is a wild animal, so no cuddling. Also, you'll want to make sure it's not one of these ten...
SciShow
What Fake Fragrances Teach Us About Sustainability
Humans love to make perfumes and fragrances from the weirdest sources, And to protect those sources, we sometimes come up with synthetic alternatives....which then create their own sets of environmental problems.
SciShow Kids
Dimetrodon, the Animal With a Sail! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids
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...
SciShow
Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats
Being attacked by a predator can be scary, but tiger moths have a very distinguished way to survive predatory bats. Meanwhile, scientists have presented findings on the importance of microbial ecosystems beneath the soil.
SciShow
The Unsung Scientist Behind the Building Blocks of DNA | Marie M. Daly
Our understanding of both clogged arteries and the building blocks of DNA are thanks to the groundbreaking work of Dr. Marie M. Daly, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph. D. in chemistry.
PBS
What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope
We traveled to Bozeman, Montana to meet with Dr. Ellen-Therese Lamm who explores ancient life by studying it at the cellular level. Kallie and Dr. Lamm discuss how she does this, and what she's learned by putting dinosaur bones under a...
SciShow Kids
Keeping Our Water Clean!
Where does the water on the road go after a rain day? And taking care of them can be very important! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes - Water...
SciShow
5 Times Animals Inspired Better Drugs
Scientists have been turning to the animal world for inspiration for a long time, including for medicines. And many different types of animals have been responsible for this inspiration, including sharks, spiders, and... roadkill.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Do larger animals take longer to pee? | David L. Hu
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...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Gillian Gibb: Why can't some birds fly?
Though the common ancestor of all modern birds could fly, many different bird species have independently lost their flight. Flight can have incredible benefits, especially for escaping predators, hunting and traveling long distances. But...
SciShow
Why River Otters Have Bones… In Their Hearts
Most mammals can develop bones in their hearts. For humans, it's usually a bad thing, but for river otters, it could be a useful adaptation.
Bozeman Science
LS1D - Information Processing
In this video Paul Andersen explains how information is processed in in animals. He starts by describing the different forms of information and how they are received by receptors. He explains how information is received by the brain and...
SciShow
Why Are There So Many Beetles
Beetles are the most diverse group of complex organisms on Earth, making up over 20% of all named animal species. One in five species on this planet is...a beetle. How did one group of organisms get THAT massive?
SciShow
Why Are Some Animal Babies So Helpless
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...