SciShow Kids
The Wonderful World of Insect Mouths | SciShow Kids
In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks learn about the many kinds of mouths insects can have, and why they look so different!
SciShow Kids
These Caterpillars Don't All Look Like Caterpillars | SciShow Kids
In this episode, Jessi and Squeaks explore the many ways that caterpillars use to avoid being munched on by predators, and that it often comes down to how they look!
SciShow
Why are Insects Attracted to Light?
You know how moths like to fly into lamps or crawl all over your tv screen at night? Why do they do this?! The answer is more complicated than you might think...
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Finally, Some Good News About Corals | SciShow News
Corals might have a fighting chance against bleaching, and fuzzy moths aren't just sporting their fur because it's adorable. Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow
5 Toxins Animals Steal For Themselves
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: https://streamlink.to/music-for-scien.... Check out the “For Your Love" music video here: • "For Your Love of... . Thievery...
SciShow Kids
Respect the Insect! | SciShow Kids Compilation
Squeaks and Mr. Brown are taking a break from working in the garden to learn about bunches of cool insects that live there and other places in the world!
SciShow
Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats
Being attacked by a predator can be scary, but tiger moths have a very distinguished way to survive predatory bats. Meanwhile, scientists have presented findings on the importance of microbial ecosystems beneath the soil.
SciShow
5 Toxins Animals Steal For Themselves
Thievery is a known survival strategy in the wild. But you couldn’t steal a toxin...or could you? Meet 5 animals that turn someone else’s poison into their own weapon of choice. PORE-FORMING TOXINS 0:50 BIRDS-FOOT TREFOIL 2:45 SIX-SPOT...
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Bugs Aren't Brainless! | Great Minds: Charles Henry Turner
At the turn of the 20th century, scientists thought that insects were nothing more than tiny reflex machines. But Charles Henry Turner, who was possibly America’s first Black entomologist, ran some groundbreaking animal behavior studies...
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5 Gross Gifts Animals Give Their Mates
We humans might think that flowers are pretty good gifts for a first date, but many insects have their own nuptial gifts, and well, flowers they ain't. Chapters SIX SPOT BURNET MOTHS 0:52 RED VELVET MITE 2:21 GROUND CRICKET 3:45 SCORPION...
Bozeman Science
Behavior and Natural Selection
Paul Andersen explains how the behavior of various organisms is shaped by natural selection. The action of phototropism and the timing of photoperiodism have both been shaped by the relative availability of light. Courtship in the bower...
SciShow
The Moth That Drinks Bird Tears & 6 Other Absurd Diets
These organisms don’t just dabble in out-of-the-box delicacies, they make some really bizarre dietary choices! Chapters View all FRUIT-EATING CROCODILES 0:57 SNAIL-SLURPING SNAKES 3:14 SHELL-CRUNCHING CATERPILLAR 5:31 PORTA-POTTY PITCHER...
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Finally, Some Good News About Corals | SciShow News
Corals might have a fighting chance against bleaching, and fuzzy moths aren't just sporting their fur because it's adorable.
Be Smart
Is This A NEW SPECIES?!
This is the first-ever video of what we're calling the "hermit crab caterpillar"! We're pretty sure this strange caterpillar is a NEW SPECIES. We went to the Peruvian Amazon to see amazing things, but we never expected this :) But that...
TED Talks
They Might Be Giants: Wake up! It's They Might Be Giants!
In a very, very early-morning set, They Might Be Giants rock TED2007, playing "Older," "Bee of the Bird of the Moth," "Asbury Park," "Fingertips," and "The Alphabet of Nations." Plus they take phone calls from the dead.
SciShow
The Absolute Worst Thing About Butterflies
Who doesn’t love to gaze at a beautiful butterfly fluttering by? Aesthetically speaking, they are simply wonderful to watch. Wonderful, that is, unless you are getting a rare glimpse of pheromone laced coremata.
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3 Times Science Debunked the Paranormal
With the right questions, and careful observation, a ghost story can transform from a spooky anecdote to a scientific experiment.
SciShow Kids
Story Time: A Very Special Moth
Squeaks and Jessi have a story to tell you about the peppered moth, a special insect that taught us a lot about a process called natural selection.
Crash Course
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course Computer Science
So we've talked a lot in this series about how computers fetch and display data, but how do they make decisions on this data? From spam filters and self-driving cars, to cutting edge medical diagnosis and real-time language translation,...
MinuteEarth
This Is Not A Bee
It can be hard to distinguish bees from all the other insects out there that look like bees. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start your googling here: Mullerian mimicry: a type of...
SciShow
Why Can't We Make Spider Silk?
People have been using silkworm silk to make stuff for thousands of years, but spider silk could potentially be even more useful. It's stronger than steel, super stretchy, and could be made into anything from bridge cables to...
SciShow
Dangerous Soaps: How Animals Use Surfactants
When you think of surfactants, you might think of soaps, detergents and other man-made chemicals. But it turns out that some other animals utilize their own versions of these sudsy molecules.
SciShow Kids
Butterfly or Moth?
Do you have a favorite insect? We really like butterflies! But there's another awesome insect with really big wings and long antenna that you might see flapping around: moths! Moths and butterflies can look really similar, but we've got...