Instructional Video3:11
SciShow

Why Lizards Don't Run Marathons

12th - Higher Ed
Lizards tend to scurry around in short bursts rather than running long distances, and the reason why might be nearly as old as life on land.
Instructional Video2:16
SciShow

What Did Dinosaurs Taste Like?

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered what dinosaur meat might have tasted like? Chances are you've eaten dinosaur more recently than you might expect.
Instructional Video11:41
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: With WheezyWaiter!

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show, where Hank goes head-to-head with Craig Benzine, better known as WheezyWaiter.
Instructional Video3:55
SciShow

Record-Breaking Discoveries of 2016!

12th - Higher Ed
It’s been a pretty cool year for science around the globe, and we here at SciShow like to highlight the superlatives: some of the biggest, oldest, fastest, and most amazing discoveries of 2016.
Instructional Video8:54
SciShow

7 Ridiculous Feats of Strength in the Animal Kingdom

12th - Higher Ed
You're probably already familiar with some of the more common examples of super strong animals, like the crocodile with its powerful bite or the leafcutter ant's impressive overhead carry. However, there are lots of lesser-known animals...
Instructional Video9:16
SciShow

The Strange Scourge of Light Pollution

12th - Higher Ed
Light pollution -- it's not just the bane of light sleepers and frustrated astronomers. It also is tinkering with the biological cycles of all kinds of living things, including us! SciShow takes you behind the glare to understand the...
Instructional Video4:23
SciShow

The Dress: Now with Peer-Reviewed Science!

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers have an idea about how your lifestyle affects the way you see the dress, and we've identified a new ancestor to the dinosaurs!
Instructional Video6:30
Be Smart

Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

12th - Higher Ed
Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic...
Instructional Video19:26
TED Talks

TED: What are animals thinking and feeling? | Carl Safina

12th - Higher Ed
What's going on inside the brains of animals? Can we know what, or if, they're thinking and feeling? Carl Safina thinks we can. using discoveries and anecdotes that span ecology, biology and behavioral science, he weaves together stories...
Instructional Video13:45
TED Talks

TED: The beautiful tricks of flowers | Jonathan Drori

12th - Higher Ed
In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide the insects in,...
Instructional Video5:03
SciShow

These Adorable Puppies Were Born Smart | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
It turns out that dogs are born with a lot of their ability to interact with people, and songbirds have to mute their minds to stay in sync during their quick back and forth duets.
Instructional Video22:05
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Battle of the Brains!

12th - Higher Ed
It's the battle of the SciShow Psych Hosts: Brit Garner and Hank Green! Brit came prepared, but can Hank still win the game for his Patron?
Instructional Video18:26
TED Talks

Alison Gopnik: What do babies think?

12th - Higher Ed
"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.
Instructional Video3:27
SciShow

How Birds Really See the World

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder what it looks like from a birds-eye-view? Hank explains they see more than you think!
Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? | Steve Rothstein

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A mother honeyguide has placed its chick into a bee-eater's nest— puncturing all the other eggs in the nest and leaving only its own hatching alive. Over the following weeks, the host parents devotedly care for the hatchling whose mother...
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

North Americas Lost Parrot

12th - Higher Ed
When you picture a parrot, you probably don’t picture Denver, but up until about a century ago, the United States was home to its very own species of parrot: the Carolina parakeet. What happened to this endemic bird?
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

Why Frogs Sometimes Fall From the Sky

12th - Higher Ed
It doesn't seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it... probably.
Instructional Video10:03
SciShow

7 Animals That Can't Be Trusted

12th - Higher Ed
Almost every human has told a lie at some point or another - but did you know that we are not the only species to do this? From dogs to cuttlefish to thornbills, these 7 animals also lie! Chapters MOURNING CUTTLEFISH 0:52 2 DOGS 2:41...
Instructional Video5:50
Be Smart

Pigeon Story: How the Rock Dove Became the Sky Rat

12th - Higher Ed
A look at the science behind pigeons.
Instructional Video22:42
TED Talks

Paul MacCready: Nature vs. humans

12th - Higher Ed
In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the...
Instructional Video8:33
SciShow

8 Creative Ways Animals Store Food

12th - Higher Ed
You aren't the only animal with a pantry!
Instructional Video16:20
TED Talks

Frans Lanting: The story of life in photographs

12th - Higher Ed
In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack...
Instructional Video3:43
SciShow Kids

Fun Facts About Turkeys!

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks learn some amazing turkey facts, from the sounds they make to what their poop looks like!
Instructional Video5:00
Be Smart

This Rainforest Caterpillar Looks Like Donald Trump

12th - Higher Ed
They have some of the best caterpillars in Peru. The best.