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Though he was descended from some of the world's most successful conquerors, Babur struggled to gain a foothold among the many other ambitious princes in Central Asia. So he turned his attention to India, where his descendants stayed and...

This week, Mike is teaching you about the most mythic of mythological creatures: Dragons. Cultures across the world (and across Westeros) tell stories of dragons, and their power to destroy, their power to prop up kings, and their power...

Anthony and Squeaks are spending the day watching videos all about cats and dogs of all varieties and they’re learning all sorts of interesting things along the way!

It's easy to assume a cat's coat pattern is based exclusively on genetics, but that isn't entirely the case for Siamese cats. Their unique coloration comes from a combination of genetics, a fragile enzyme, and losing heat from little...

Thanks to humans, old school apex predators are struggling to hold onto their perch at the top of the food chain. And now a new class of adaptable mesopredators are remaking the ecosystems they take...

Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical process that show up again and again, even in otherwise unrelated phenomena.

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...

Even if you have a cat of your own, you might not know these three amazing things about our furry friends!

Columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences -- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can't...

Sharman Apt Russell talks about her experiences with citizen science and Jessi from Animal Wonders joins the show with Fluffy the Chilean Rose Tarantula. Chapters View all SHARMAN APT RUSSELL Author & Citizen Scientist 0:18 TIGER BEETLE...

This video discusses the issue of tiger ownership in Texas, where there are more tigers in captivity than in the wild. It explores the reasons behind this phenomenon, such as the lack of laws against owning tigers and the successful...

Why there will likely soon be more tigers in backyards in Texas than in the wilds of Asia.

A quarter of the world's population cares a lot about the Chinese zodiac. even if you don't believe in it, you'd be wise to know how it works, says technologist and entrepreneur ShaoLan Hseuh. In this fun, informative talk, ShaoLan...

What's your sign? In Western astrology, it's a constellation determined by when your birthday falls in the calendar. But according to the Chinese zodiac (__), it's your shuxiang, meaning the animal assigned to your birth year. And of the...

Stage 1 - We learn about names of wild animals with our talking flashcards. Watch, listen and repeat!!



Stage 2 - We practice asking and answering questions like Is it a tiger? Yes, it's a tiger/ No, it's not a tiger. It's a...

Featured in tabletop RPGs, card games, books, animated movies and shows, the manticore is a legend. And there’s a lot of speculation about the origins of the manticore. Is it a man-eating monster from Persian myth or simply a...

This video examines multiple interpretations of a poem.

There are 3,200 tigers estimated to be living in the wild, compared to about 10,000 being kept as pets in the U.S. As a company that rescues all wild cats, Carolina Tiger Rescue has the overall goal of eventually going out of...

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