SciShow
Why Do Fish School?
You might think that fish ride the undercurrents with all their buds to avoid the hungry mouths of predators - safety in numbers, right? But, it turns out, there’s more to consider when asking why fish swim in schools.
SciShow Kids
Why Don’t Animals Need Sunscreen?
You should always wear sunscreen when you're playing outside, but you may have noticed that animals are outside all the time and they don't need sunscreen. Why?
TED Talks
TED: How computers are learning to be creative | Blaise Aguera y Arcas
We're on the edge of a new frontier in art and creativity -- and it's not human. Blaise Aguera y Arcas, principal scientist at Google, works with deep neural networks for machine perception and distributed learning. In this captivating...
SciShow
5 Toxins Animals Steal For Themselves
Thievery is a known survival strategy in the wild. But you couldn’t steal a toxin...or could you? Meet 5 animals that turn someone else’s poison into their own weapon of choice. PORE-FORMING TOXINS 0:50 BIRDS-FOOT TREFOIL 2:45 SIX-SPOT...
SciShow
Counting Species out of Thin Air
Recent proof-of-concept studies showed that researchers were able to survey animals in an area simply by vacuuming up DNA in the air.
SciShow Kids
Our Favorites | Compilation
Jessi and Squeaks are packing up for a long trip, but before saying goodbye, wanted to share some of their favorite videos.
SciShow Kids
Name That Poop!
Poop: it's gross... it's funny... it's educational?! Join Jessi and learn all about how you can observe poop in your neighborhood to figure out what kinds of animals live near you! Just don't touch it!
SciShow
Animal Melodies: 5 of Nature’s Sweetest Singers
Humans are known to carry a tune, but we're hardly the only animals that sing. In fact we've got five of nature's finest singers, and what makes them so unique. Chapters View all BIRDS 1:17 BATS 3:26 FRUIT FLIES 5:18 MICE AND RATS 7:09...
SciShow
Slowly Solving the Mystery of Turtle Origins
The origin story of turtles is a mystery that has perplexed many for centuries, but thanks to more recent studies, we might be one step closer to figuring out their lineage.
SciShow
Why Don't Humans Have a Mating Season?
Unlike lots of other animals, there’s no such thing as the “mating season” for humans, and it might have to do with how we raise our kids.
MinuteEarth
Are Any Animals Truly Monogamous?
In the animal kingdom, monogamy is rare and cheating is common, even among seemingly faithful species like the superb fairy wrens. This video explores the biological reasons behind infidelity in birds, highlighting how mating strategies...
SciShow
The World's Bird Poop Obsession
Here's something to think about the next time you clean your windshield.
SciShow
These Birds Smell Like Tangerines
On remote, rocky North Pacific islands, you may find a cute little bird that just so happens to smell like tangerines.
SciShow
Could Dinosaurs Have Been Warm-Blooded?
For a long time, scientists have debated whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Turns out, they were probably somewhere in between.
SciShow
A Very Handy Fish Fossil
This week, scientists discover something in a fish fossil that might give us a hand in finding our earliest land-dwelling ancestors.
SciShow
What We've Learned from Fossilized Farts
We tend to think of fossils as dinosaur bones or petrified wood, but what if we told you that there's a lot we can learn from fossilized waste?
SciShow
The Terrifying Promise of Robot Bugs
Imitating nature to build a better (or possibly more terrifying) future. We've been trying to build flapping-wing robots for hundreds of years, and now, ornithopters are finally being developed, and may be used mostly for military...
SciShow
Seeing Sick Birds Boosts Canaries’ Immune Responses
Unlike humans, domestic canaries don’t have the option of social distancing when one of their own is ill. But canaries may have evolved a nifty workaround for protecting their populations when disease strikes!
SciShow
7 Nests That Will Change How You Think of Birds
There are estimated to be over 18,000 different bird species with a wide variety of nest shapes and sizes. From teeny, adorable cups to massive compost mounds, the diversity of birds’ nests is definitely impressive. Chapters 1 BALD...
SciShow
Why Billions of Passenger Pigeons Died in Under a Century
How could the most abundant bird in North America go extinct so quickly? Short answer: us.
SciShow
The Northern Hemisphere’s Very Own Giant Penguins (Sort Of)
Today, penguins are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. But fossils have revealed giant lookalikes to these swimming birds further up north, spurring questions of how they evolved and what happened to them.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do we know what color dinosaurs were? - Len Bloch
The microraptor was a four-winged carnivorous dinosaur with iridescent black feathers. But if our information about this dinosaur comes from fossils, how can we be certain about its color? Len Bloch shows how making sense of the evidence...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is Aristophanes called "The Father of Comedy"? - Mark Robinson
Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world's earliest surviving comic dramas. They're stuffed full of parodies, songs, sexual jokes and surreal fantasy -- and they've shaped how comedy's been written and...