Amoeba Sisters
Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins
Explore biomagnification which can happen when toxins become more highly concentrated when moving up through trophic levels in the food chain. Uncontrolled use of DDT is used in video as an example. Learn why bioaccumulation can occur in...
Crash Course
Conservation and Restoration Ecology: Crash Course Ecology
Hank wraps up the Crash Course on ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the kung fu moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks and apply them to protecting...
Crash Course
Ecology: Crash Course History of Science
We’ve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now it’s time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!
Professor Dave Explains
Community Ecology and Landscape Ecology
With a better understanding of population ecology, we are ready to zoom out and look at community ecology, which involves interactions between species, as well as landscape ecology, which will broaden our understanding of ecosystems. How...
Nature League
What Is Nature League?
This week on Nature League, Brit discusses what a Nature League actually is and how to create a happy and healthy relationship with topics in the Anthropocene.
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Ecology
We've learned a lot about living organisms on this channel, but now it's time to broaden our scope quite a bit. How do living organisms interact with each other and their physical environments? What is the nature of the biosphere? The...
FuseSchool
What Is Environmental Sampling?
From this video you will learn that ecologists are interested in the distribution of organisms within habitats, and use transects and quadrats and other sampling methods to collect quantitative data. They take unbiased and representative...
Visual Learning Systems
Biotic Components
This video explains the different levels of organization in nature, starting with individual organisms and moving up to populations, communities, and ecosystems. Ecosystems part 4/8
Visual Learning Systems
Biotic Ecosystem Components
The video is about the different components of an ecosystem, specifically the biotic components, which include all living things in an area. The video provides examples of different populations and communities, such as monarch and tiger...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Egypt's landmark nature preserve under threat
VOICED: Egypt's landmark nature preserve under threat
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Forest Canopy Researcher
Learn about a scientist who invented a tool to help her do her job. Watch how she climbs trees to study epiphytes that live in the forest canopy.