Curated Video
Wolf Spider
From draglines to egg sacs, find out about the many ways that spiders use silk. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Rather than spin a web, wolf spiders catch their prey by stalking it on the ground. Wolf spiders use draglines to...
Curated Video
Kakapo
Meet the heaviest parrot in the world: the flightless kakapo of New Zealand. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. The kakapo is the heaviest species of parrot in the world. Kakapos cannot fly, so move around the forests of New...
Curated Video
Species
The most basic unit in the classification of types of organisms. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
Curated Video
Breeding silver foxes
In the 1960s, silver foxes were bred in Siberia as an experiment in behaviour. What did this experiment show? Life processes - Living processes - Reproduction Learning Points Acquired characteristics are a result of environment and...
Curated Video
Inside the Dutch Flower Industry
Vast fields of tulips are a classically Dutch scene but the flower originally came from Persia and was introduced to Holland in the seventeenth century. It is just one species of flower grown in the Netherlands as part of a huge industry.
Curated Video
What is Migration?
Migration is nearly universal within the animal kingdom; Animals across the globe, from birds and mammals to reptiles and insects, migrate for a whole variety of different reasons. Resources on Earth fluctuate and change constantly. Warm...
Curated Video
Protecting the Costumes: The Battle Against Clothes Moths at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House faced a costly moth infestation in its costumes due to a new heating system. To combat this, they turned to a pioneering technique called auto confusion, which uses pheromone traps to prevent moths from breeding...
Wonderscape
Protecting Endangered Ducks: Conservation Efforts and Challenges
This video addresses the threats to duck populations worldwide, focusing on habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. It spotlights endangered species like the Brazilian Merganser and Madagascar Pochard, detailing the conservation efforts to...
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Selective Breeding #77
Selective breeding is the process of choosing the best animals and plants and breeding them together, in the hope of getting even better offspring. Learn how it all works and why we do it in this video!
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Animals Live In Marshes?
This video is answering the question of what animals live in marshes.
Curated Video
Decoding DNA
A video entitled “Decoding DNA” which introduces DNA and explains the role it plays in reproduction and biotechnology.
Nature League
Can We Domesticate Opossums?
This week on Nature League, Brit explores the incredible process of domestication and answers Adrian's question about keeping a house opossum.
Vlogbrothers
The World's Largest Fruits
In a lot of ways, it's pretty wonderful that we live at a time where we can benefit from the work and intelligence of literally thousands of generations of people. We rarely think of the people alive today who work to bring us are food,...
Science360
Emperor Penguin Populations in Antarctica and Climate Change - Science Nation
You might call them the "poster children" of Antarctica. Penguins have long topped the charts as the iconic animal of the frozen continent. But now, a new study indicates melting sea ice, caused by climate change, may soon wreak havoc on...
Science360
Emperor Penguins and Climate Change
You might call them the ""poster children"" of Antarctica. Penguins have long topped the charts as the iconic animal of the frozen continent. But now, a new National Science Foundation study indicates melting sea ice, caused by climate...
Curated Video
Selective Breeding: Process and Outcomes
The video explains the process of selective breeding, which is the process by which humans breed plants and animals for certain desirable characteristics. It goes on to illustrate how scientists and farmers might identify cows with high...
Visual Learning Systems
Genetics in Our Lives: Video Quiz
This exciting program takes a glimpse at some of the amazing advances in modern genetics. Starting with the discovery of DNA, students will be exposed to advances such as the creation of recombinant DNA, vaccines, the human genome...
Barcroft Media
Mississippi Mom Is The $15,000 Pitbull Queen
GIANT Pit Bulls and happy family life might not traditionally go hand-in-hand, but one Mississippi mum is changing perceptions of the breed. Renee Castleman, 27, and her husband, Patrick, own Gatorhead Bullies - a breeding business...
STAT
Searching for Zika in Houston, Texas
Officials in Harris Couty, Texas, knew Zika virus would arrive. They just didn't know when.
msvgo
Fishery
It explains the salient points followed during feeding, rearing and breeding of aquatic animals.
Brave Wilderness
This SNAKE has NO PANTS!
On this Creature Features episode, Coyote introduces you to... the Garter Snake! Get ready to learn 5 facts you probably didn't know about this creature, including why this snake has NO PANTS! How many of these facts did you already know?
Brave Wilderness
Small Lizard is Super Fiesty!
On this special episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote searches just outside of his Florida hotel for some feisty Brown Anoles! Many of you out there have been asking for this one and luckily these small lizards are absolutely everywhere in...
NASA
Predicting Malaria Outbreaks With NASA Satellites
In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on severe fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can...