Instructional Video3:01
MinuteEarth

The Species That Broke Evolution?

12th - Higher Ed
The ancestors of gars, horseshoe crabs and coelacanths looked almost the same as their modern relatives. Darwin called species like these “living fossils'' because they seem like they are evolutionarily frozen in time. But Darwin was wrong.
Instructional Video2:52
Be Smart

Does Evolution Have a Point? 12 Days of Evolution #12

12th - Higher Ed
Some of the biggest evolution questions finally answered.
Instructional Video4:23
SciShow

The Strange Case of the Missing Sunscreen Gene

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever spent too much time in the sun and forgotten to put on sunscreen, you know how painful a sunburn can be. But for some animals, forgetting the sunscreen wouldn't be a problem because they can just produce their own!
Instructional Video11:00
SciShow

7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)

12th - Higher Ed
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!
Instructional Video9:38
SciShow

Living Fossils Are Dead! Long Live Living Fossils

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists are looking to end how we categorize living fossils, and in doing so, give the phrase new life.
Instructional Video12:09
Crash Course

Chordates - CrashCourse Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal...
Instructional Video1:10
Curated Video

Creatures That Look The Same As They Did Millions Of Years Ago

6th - Higher Ed
From the coelacanth to the cockroach, these "living fossil" creatures haven't changed much in millions or even hundreds of millions of years.
Instructional Video2:14
Visual Learning Systems

Features of Fish: Bony Fishes

9th - 12th
This colorful, lively series of videos explores the fascinating features of fishes. The major characteristics of this widely diverse group of vertebrates are described through the use of live-action video. Special attention is paid to...
Instructional Video4:17
TED-Ed

The Coelacanth: A Living Fossil of a Fish

6th - 12th Standards
It was just another day of fishing at the local pier when a man unknowingly reeled in a fish thought to be extinct for 65 million years. This short video explains how scientists were surprised to discover that this 360 million year...
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: John Mc Cosker, a Living Fossil

9th - 10th
The California Academy of Sciences sent John McCosker and a team of oceanographers to Grand Comore, an island in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. There, they obtained two coelacanth specimens, which provided researchers...