Squirt the clownfish and Anna the anemone are best friends. Squirt has to look after Anna, just like we look after our pets, and Anna protects him from other hungry fish. When Squirt goes off to play with his friends one day, he leaves...

The Gruesome Tale of the Hitchhiking Parasite

Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...

How come the east and west connections were not originally seen before in the ancient world?<br/>
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Michael Scott on Classical Connections, Part 1

The rare animal glows delightfully and was found almost 4km deep on a deep-sea shelf called the Aricebo amphitheater.

Coyote Peterson is no stranger to coming into contact with all kinds of dirt and grime while adventuring in the wild...but what about SLIME?! In this episode of Breaking Trail Coyote is in for the slimiest animal encounter of his LIFE...

Suctorians The Ugly Duckling of Ciliates

It may not be the super rare tentacled ciliate we were looking for, but it's still a really cool super rare tentacled ciliate!

This is Part 2 of Maddie and Greg's Underwater Adventure! Come dive with us as we go searching for animals living on a Coral Reef! What can YOU see? (Scorpionfish, Sea Turtles, Blue Starfish, Clownfish, and more!) You can find a list of...

Take a moment to enjoy the flapping of this deep sea cucumber known as a sea pig.

On this special edition of Nature League, Brit explores nature in the context of the performing arts by showing the behind-the-scenes process of putting on a production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid". Special thanks to the Missoula...

The next phylum we will cover is Ctenophora, home to the comb jellies, like the sea gooseberry and sea walnut. These are quite a bit different from true jellyfish of phylum Cnidaria. Let's see what these strange creatures are all about!

If you’ve been following James, our master of microscopes, on some of his other platforms, then you know what’s coming. You know that James has published his first academic paper, it's about this extraordinarily rare ciliate that you...

We've covered the five major classes of phylum Cnidaria, but there are actually two more minor ones that deserve a brief investigation. These are Myxozoa, and Polypodiozoa. These classes contain tiny parasitic species that have...

Jellyfish!

Learning about Jellyfish with this video. This is a good video for children and kids who want to learn about Jellyfish. Jellyfish are a very unique creature. They live in the ocean and are many different colors and...

On this episode of Beyond the Tide, Coyote sets off on an another aquatic adventure to find the ever elusive Octopus! Octopuses, one of the most intelligent animals that can be found in tidal pools, have extremely accurate camouflage. In...

This video explains what eye floaters are, how they occur, and when they may require medical attention. It reassures viewers that seeing floaters is a common occurrence and not a cause for alarm unless they become more frequent or affect...

A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through the importance of the coral reef and how different it is to other...

The Beautiful, Brutal Tentacles of Hydra

The hydra of mythology may not be as far off from reality as you think! Let's take a journey to the mall to meet our tentacled, regenerating friends!

This video provides a brief overview of two phyla of animals: Porifera (sponges) and Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydra, and jellyfish). This video is part of the 11-part series, Classifying Animals.

Characteristics of various ocean zones, including variations in ocean temperature, salinity, and depth are discussed. The different groups of marine life and adaptations of plants and animals are highlighted. Estuaries and various...