Instructional Video4:06
SciShow

How Studying Elephant Seals Could Treat Heart Attacks

12th - Higher Ed
Generally, when you think of carbon monoxide, nothing good comes to mind. And that’s… pretty reasonable. But elephant seals show us how we might be able to use carbon monoxide as an effective therapy for heart attacks and strokes.
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow

These Lice Dive Kilometers Under the Ocean!

12th - Higher Ed
Lice don’t just thrive in the biomes of body hair and fur, they can also live in a place that seems like it should be bug-free: the oceans.
Instructional Video2:42
SciShow

How Do Marine Mammals Hold Their Breath For So Long?

12th - Higher Ed
How is it possible for air-breathing marine mammals like sperm whales and elephant seals to hold their breath for so long?
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

5 Ways Orcas Have Earned the Nickname “Killer Whale”

12th - Higher Ed
Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them has entirely different prey preferences and hunting techniques, more than earning their nickname “killer whale!” Chapters 1 MAKING WAVES 2:12...
Instructional Video8:00
Great Big Story

Working with Seals to Explore the Deep

12th - Higher Ed
Join Wes Larson and the UC Santa Cruz team for an exciting expedition to track and study elephant seals, revealing their crucial role in ocean research.
Instructional Video20:28
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Andrew Haldane: Creating a Socially Useful Financial System 2/5

Higher Ed
Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability, Bank of England, speaking at the breakout panel entitled "How Can We Create a Financial System That Is Socially Useful?" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
Instructional Video6:58
Brave Wilderness

Elephant Seal Research Mission!

6th - 8th
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote teams up with Año Nuevo Reserve Director, Dr. Patrick Robinson, to assist with his Elephant Seal research for the Costa Lab at the University of California Santa Cruz. Coyote and Dr. Patrick’s...
Instructional Video3:39
Curated OER

Oceans: Antarctica

4th - 8th
Welcome to the coldest, driest, windiest place on Earth: Antarctica. Krill serve as the food to support the entire ecosystem here. It is why fish, seals, whales, and sea birds can exist! Much of this ecosystem has remained a mystery...