Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

The Cat That (Maybe) Ate an Entire Species

12th - Higher Ed
Many cat owners are familiar with the "gifts" their feline friends are fond of giving, but if left unchecked, this behavior can be devastating.
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

How Do Parrots Talk Like Humans?

12th - Higher Ed
Are parrots just good at imitating sounds or is there something else that separates them from other birds?
Instructional Video9:17
SciShow

6 Animals That Thrive Upside-Down

12th - Higher Ed
For humans, being upside-down isn’t a comfy way to hang out for very long, but for these six animals, upside-down feels just right! Chapters THREE-TOED SLOTH 0:38 UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH 2:10 NUTHATCH 3:37 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 3:57 4:55...
Instructional Video10:03
Bozeman Science

Information Exchange

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen explains how organisms use information to communicate with each other. Signals are used by bees doing the waggle dance to communicate the location of flowers. Territorial markings are used by wolves to establish territory....
Instructional Video4:15
SciShow

The Trick to Not Freezing During Hibernation

12th - Higher Ed
You may wish that you could pack on a few pounds and sleep the next few months away, and scientists are one step closer to understanding how some animals are capable of doing this.
Instructional Video2:07
MinuteEarth

An Egg Is Just One Cell

12th - Higher Ed
One of Earth's biggest cells is one you're probably really familiar with.
Instructional Video10:12
TED Talks

Emma Schachner: The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet

12th - Higher Ed
We've all heard the theories on why the dinosaurs died -- but how did they come to dominate the earth for so long in the first place? (Hint: it has nothing to do with their size, speed, spikes or fantastic feathers.) Travel back in time...
Instructional Video3:37
SciShow

Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?

12th - Higher Ed
It seems like kind of an awkward way to spend most of your time, but flamingos seem perfectly happy to hang out on one leg. For a long time, people assumed they were trying to conserve heat. But thanks to some unusual research, we now...
Instructional Video10:49
SciShow

7 of Australia's Most Terrifying Inhabitants

12th - Higher Ed
If you've spent any time on the internet, you know that Australia is host to all sorts of horrible spiders and snakes. But that doesn't even begin to cover the myriad of dangerous, sometimes deadly, plants and animals you might encounter...
Instructional Video10:01
PBS

FAQs From Our First Year

12th - Higher Ed
Over the first season of PBS Eons, we've explored the history of Earth from the very origins of life right up to the Cenozoic Era that we're in now. To celebrate our first anniversary together, we'd like to answer some of your most...
Instructional Video3:01
MinuteEarth

Why It's Good To Have A Weak Hand

12th - Higher Ed
We might have a strong hand because having a weak hand is actually useful.
Instructional Video2:29
MinuteEarth

Does It Pay To Cheat?

12th - Higher Ed
For some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
Instructional Video5:35
SciShow

Feathered Reptiles Ruled Earth's Skies... Twice! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Feathers might have originated tens of millions of years before we'd thought, and a 3D rendering of ankylosaur nasal passages lends new insight into how they stayed cool.
Instructional Video1:10
SciShow

Why Are Eggs ... Egg-Shaped

12th - Higher Ed
Why are eggs egg-shaped? There’s a logic to it, but it’s ovoid!
Instructional Video24:58
TED Talks

Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone

12th - Higher Ed
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a...
Instructional Video3:46
SciShow

Killer Gulls Rip Into Whales and Murder Seal Pups

12th - Higher Ed
If gulls just stole some of your chips while you were out trying to enjoy your lunch, you should feel lucky, because one species has recently developed a taste for live mammal meat!
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

Countershading: Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

12th - Higher Ed
Penguins are infamous for being ready for any formal event, yet it seems that we're still unsure why they, and numerous animals have this distinct color contrast.
Instructional Video9:35
TED Talks

TED: A dance to honor Mother earth | Jon Boogz and Lil Buck

12th - Higher Ed
Movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck debut "Honor thy mother," a delicate, powerful performance of spoken word, violin and dance that draws on the tormented relationship between nature and humanity.
Instructional Video11:36
TED Talks

TED: The great penguin rescue | Dyan deNapoli

12th - Higher Ed
The world's largest volunteer animal rescue, saved more than 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast of South Africa. Dyan deNapoli tells the triumphant story. How does a job this big get done? Penguin by penguin by penguin ...
Instructional Video21:53
SciShow

Learn To Taxidermy | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Olivia Gordon shows Hank how to taxidermy a squirrel and Zoe the Red Lored Amazon parrot shows off with the help of Jessi from Animal Wonders.
Instructional Video0:50
SciShow

Some birds commit arson. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow

12th - Higher Ed
Some birds commit arson. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow
Instructional Video29:52
SciShow

Two Fungi That Produced a New Type of Antibiotic: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Andrea and Don Stierle talk with Hank about their work analyzing various microorganisms in the Berkeley Pit and how they discovered a new type of antibiotic. Then Jessi joins in to show off Blueberry, the northern blue-tongued skink.
Instructional Video3:34
Be Smart

How Poop Shapes the World

12th - Higher Ed
Waste not, want not.... right? Poop, in all of its various forms throughout nature, shapes the world in ways you might not imagine. One creature's waste is another's fuel, and all over nature these leftovers help new life spring up....
Instructional Video3:48
SciShow

Launching ExoMars!

12th - Higher Ed
ExoMars 2016 is about to launch, and The Arecibo Observatory is picking up some mysterious signals this week on SciShow Space News!