Find out how evolution really works. This video explains the concept of adaptation and natural selection to describe how evolutionary change occurs. We'll find out that natural selection is comprised of four key components; each...

In an emergency, your brain works overtime to process more information in a smaller amount of time, almost as if you were slowing time down. The job of a firefighter requires this kind of fight-or-flight response and quick thinking. The...

The extent to which "Fittest" can describe social success versus reproductive success is explored. Evolution may not always lead to a more desirable trait, just the one which best suits the current environment. The idea of intelligent...

The evidence for natural selection is presented as a random variation of a characteristic allowing a particular strain of organism to survive with a higher probability of successful reproduction. Population change over a short period is...

Is that warm, fuzzy family feeling a product of evolution? Explore altruism through a video from an engaging science series. The narrator discusses parental instincts, evolutionary fitness, and an organism's drive to ensure it passes its...

Many animals have methods of surviving. But did you know that opossums are not the only animals known for "playing opossum"? Watch a video that explains the unique survival techniques and behaviors of animals, including tonic immobility...

How many ways to you know to start a fire? The video offers instructions for starting a fire without a match, lighter, or magnifying glass. As a resourceful option, it focuses on a method using a sandwich bag, water, and the sun to heat...

I'll scratch your back, if you'll scratch mine—unless someone else comes along that is a better scratcher! Examine the fickle nature of rainforest insects using a captivating video. The narrator describes the mutualistic relationship...

Is it survival of the fittest, or just luck? The video focuses on two examples, bears and ferrets, living in North America and Asia. It explains which animals are thriving and which are in danger of going extinct and the reasons. 

Although not pleasant, throwing up is one of the body's defense mechanisms. The video explains how some animals do not have this option, and instead, have other means of eliminating harmful substances. Horses and rats are two examples.

A scientific video covers three extreme types of cannibalism. First, it discusses eating species before they are born. Next, it explains sexual cannibalism. It concludes with mothers that feed their own flesh to their offspring.

Warblers are small birds that have been known to get caught in spider webs. The video covers community ecology, focusing on the Competitive Exclusion Principle using the example of warblers. It also includes fundamental versus realized...

What was Earth like 2.5 million years ago? Could life as we know it survive if transported back to the Pleistocene Epoch? Get your shots, pack your thermal jacket and bug spray, and the answer is perhaps.

This delightfully informative series concludes with the publication of DarwinÕs The Origin of Species and subsequent books. This is the final part of a three-part series.

What to do? Out in the woods without anything to wear? No worries, you can use things you've salvaged to make improvised clothing. Show this clip prior to going to science camp, to demonstrate creative thinking in action, and to show the...

In this video segment from NatureScene, observe some methods of plant identification with regards to the diversity of hardwoods at the Congaree Swamp. [3:47]

In this video episode [4:27] from The Favorite Poem Project, Pov Chin, a college student whose parents had escaped Pol Pot with her and a few family members, describes the pain and guilt that she has, knowing that most perished while...

A pride of lions take down a zebra with incredible teamwork - a risky business as zebras are much bigger and can kill lions with a kick of their hooves. Steve Backshall analyzes the hunt, breaking down the action with forensic precision....

Some of the world's most incredible animal migrations take place in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Among them are a 120-mile pronghorn migration and nine elk herds with unique migration patterns. While on assignment in Yellowstone,...

Learn about some survival mechanisms that allow plants to survive in cold climates. [2:49]