Visual Learning Systems
What Is a Bird?: Video Review
Vivid, live-action footage of birds from throughout the world illustrate the lives of birds. Concepts and terminology: feathers, wings, skeleton, flight, and eggs.
Science360
What dead birds tell us about ecosystems
Wonder why you should spend a glorious day in the summer or a cold, windy day in the winter collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses for a citizen science group? Julia K. Parrish, the Executive Director of COASST—a citizen science group...
NASA
Getting a Bird’s-Eye View of Biodiversity With Landsat
Global temperatures are rising, putting bird species across America in danger of extinction as their habitats change. To understand how temperature affects birds across the country, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Earth Rangers
Birds are Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs have long fascinated humans. Surprisingly, there are still dinosaurs on Earth today, but they look different from their multi-ton ancestors that went extinct millions of years ago. The dinosaurs that exist today are small, have...
Curated Video
Biotic Factors: How Living Things Affect Ecosystems and Communities
This video is a lecture presentation on biotic factors. The presenter defines biotic factors and explains how they can affect communities and ecosystems. The focus is on living factors, such as availability of food, arrival of new...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Why Do Birds Have Hollow Bones?
This video is answering the question of why do birds have hollow bones.
Curated Video
Latvia, Engures ezers nature park
The damp marshlands at Nature Park "Engures ezers" are simply ideal for an exquisite wild orchid, Engure Lake is on the list of locales where the Latvian Ornithology Society holds one of its major events - Bird-watching Days. Observation...
Next Animation Studio
Scientists unravel mystery behind disease that is killing bald eagles
Scientists have discovered the cause of an illness that turns bald eagles into zombies before they die
Earth Rangers
All Kinds of Dinosaurs
Paleontologists learn about dinosaurs by searching for and studying fossils, which provide evidence about how a living dinosaur would have looked or acted. They use what they learn to teach others. Occasionally, paleontologists make a...
Easy Languages
The Easiest Polish Food You Can Make at Home | Easy Polish 136
The Easiest Polish Food You Can Make at Home | Easy Polish 136 Easy Polish is a project created to help you learn Polish in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Katowice and other cities in Poland. All our...
Curated Video
Winter: The Coldest Season Explained
Winter, that cold, dark time of year in places far from the equator. Learn how the tilt of the Earth's axis affects the amount of sunlight different regions receive, leading to colder temperatures in winter. The video also touches on how...
Brave Wilderness
SLEEPY OWL BITES ME?!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, we count down the top 5 birds ever featured on the Brave Wilderness channel! And... Coyote gets bitten by an owl along the way?! Get ready, you're about to see if a sleepy owl BITES Coyote!
Science360
Fascinating Flight
Biologist Ken Dial has documented in extraordinary detail how birds are put together and the mechanics of how they take to the air. With support from the National Science Foundation, Dial and his team at the University of Montana Flight...
Curated Video
Crocodilians: Adaptations, Behavior, and Reproduction
This video provides an overview of crocodilians, a diverse group of reptiles found worldwide. It explores their evolutionary history, physical characteristics, hunting behaviors, social structures, mating rituals, and parental care. The...
Brains On
Birds and Their Eggs and Poop
The 10,000 different species of birds found on the planet all have a few things in common: they have feathers and wings, lay eggs, and are warm blooded. What special adaptations have they developed to help them fly fast, hatch their...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Canberra Morning
Discover Dobson’s quirky reflection on an everyday morning in Canberra.
Long morning shadows slant under cars, schoolkids chatter at the bus stop, and the bus driver listens to the radio. But why are the shadows compared to “low-bellied...
Curated Video
Clarifying and Explaining in English
This English language learning video covers how to explain and clarify situations and ideas. It also covers the use of gerunds as the subject of the sentence.
Brave Wilderness
PARROT BLOOD - What Mystery Does it Hold?
In this episode, Coyote and the crew are in Costa Rica at a Scarlet Macaw sanctuary, Asomacao, to assist on a special conservation project! Working alongside Dr. Ana Maria Torres Majia, watch as Coyote helps collect biometrics from one...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Sustainable Design
Describes two ways that companies can re-think their design and operational strategies to find innovation and cost savings
Curated Video
Exciting 8+ IELTS Part 2 Answer About a Plant
Today you’ll hear an 8+ IELTS Part 2 answer about a plant. Could you speak for 2 minutes about a plant in IELTS Speaking Part 2?! That is a very challenging topic card to receive on exam day. In today’s answer, I adhere to our strategy...
True Calling
Bird Biologist
Kristine Kirkby is a raptor biologist and works on the falconry team at Vancouver International Airport. In an amazing partnership between human and bird, Kristine gets to pursue her passion and work together with wildlife, in order to...