Nature League
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish - De-Natured
In this De-Natured segment of Nature League, Brit breaks down a recent scientific journal article about the rates of speciation of marine fish around the world. Article citation: Rabosky, D.L., Chang, J., Title, P.O., Cowman, P.F.,...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Matter and Mind (long form version)
Neuroscience has enabled us to explain how the brain affects the body. Yet there is no theory to explain how the matter of the brain creates thought and experience. Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material...
A Capella Science
More Than Birds (Extreme Parody)
An explanation of the shocking discovery that birds are modern-day dinosaurs, to the tune of Extreme's "More Than Words"
Professor Dave Explains
Charles Darwin's Idea: Descent With Modification
Now that we've learned about molecules and cells and the simplest forms of life, we are ready to understand how all of life on earth evolved from a single common ancestor. Given our newfound knowledge about the chromosomal theory of...
Curated Video
Monitoring elephant seals on California's coast
AP Television
A�o Nuevo State Reserve, California - June 2, 2010
1. Various elephant seals on beach
2. Tracking shot researchers carrying gear along beach
3. Group shot researchers preparing sedative for seal
4. Close shot test...
Curated Video
Botanists use cell phones and GPS to monitor invasive species
AP Television
Santa Monica Mountains, Calif. - June 18, 2009
1. Wide Santa Monica Mountains
2. Birds on tree
3. Low angle feet of Phil Rundell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary biology at UCLA
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Phil Rundell,...
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: Jack Dumbacher, Elegance of Evolution
See evolutionary biologist Jack Dumbacher explain how mathematical models can reconstruct the evolution of organisms. [1:38]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: John Mc Cosker Galapagos in a Submersible
For environmental biologists, the Galapagos Islands remain deeply inspirational. To a marine biologist like John McCosker, the Galapagos represent a challenge to study evolutionary biology in a place where Darwin never dreamed of going...