Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

The Carbon Impact of the World’s Largest Mass Migration

12th - Higher Ed
The Carbon Impact of the World’s Largest Mass Migration
Instructional Video9:15
SciShow

7 Species That Were Saved From Extinction

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Chapters 0:00 0:05 0:11 0:17 0:23 0:29
Instructional Video2:22
SciShow

Is Australia Trying to Kill You

12th - Higher Ed
Australia: An entire continent so infested with deadly creepy crawlies and creatures of all kinds, it seems like it’s actively trying to kill you. But is the natural world really any more dangerous down under than anywhere else?
Instructional Video4:42
TED-Ed

Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea | Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What's as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? It's not a shark or a killer whale... it's the Atlantic bluefin tuna— the largest and longest-lived of the 15 tuna species. Its unique set of...
Instructional Video5:11
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The last living members of an extinct species | Jan Stejskal

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the savannahs of Kenya, two female northern white rhinos, Nájin and Fatu, munch contentedly on grass. They are the last two known northern white rhinos left on Earth. Their species is functionally extinct— without a male, they can't...
Instructional Video8:59
SciShow

Why Nutrition Studies Keep Contradicting Each Other

12th - Higher Ed
It seems like nutrition studies contradict a lot, and it’s practically impossible to get a straight answer on whether a given food or supplement is good for you. But why?
Instructional Video6:03
Be Smart

Why Do We Laugh?

12th - Higher Ed
Laughing is a universal human behavior, one that transcends borders of language and culture. But it's also REALLY WEIRD. Why do we do it? The answer has less to do with humor than you might think
Instructional Video2:57
MinuteEarth

These Names Can Kill Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species might actually help us save it. ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter...
Instructional Video2:35
SciShow

Why Is This Island Disappearing?

12th - Higher Ed
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow

Why Can't I Wear My Dog's Flea and Tick Collars?

12th - Higher Ed
It seems like the easiest way to avoid tiny parasites is to just slap on your animal’s tick or flea collar and hike into the woods worry-free. But you definitely shouldn’t.
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow

Technicolor Dream Fish: How Tilefish Flash

12th - Higher Ed
Lots of animals can change the color of their skin, but there's nothing quite like the chameleon sand tilefish, which can change its appearance in an instant and flash the colors of the rainbow.
Instructional Video7:56
SciShow

Human Parasites

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us about all of the things that live on us or in us - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.
Instructional Video3:45
SciShow

3 Animals That Are Smarter Than You Thought

12th - Higher Ed
Dolphins, crows, apes -- you know the drill about smart animals. But there are lots of animals that are smarter than you think. Not everyone thinks they're pretty, but scientists know they're smart.
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

What Would Earth Be Like Without a Moon?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes to you a world where the night is always dark, the tides are paltry -- and the days are only 8 hours long. See how different Earth would be if there were no moon!
Instructional Video9:07
Crash Course

Non-Human Animals: Crash Course Philosophy

12th - Higher Ed
Today we are taking all the things we have learned this year about doing philosophy and applying that to moral considerations regarding non-human animals. We’ll explore what philosophers like Peter Singer and Carl Cohen have to say about...
Instructional Video5:32
SciShow

Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...