Instructional Video8:46
SciShow

Weird Ways We've Fought Invasive Species

12th - Higher Ed
Invasive species can wreak havoc in their new habitats, and the survival of entire ecosystems can depend on getting rid of them. In some cases, we humans have gotten pretty creative in our attempts to eradicate the problem.
Instructional Video7:03
SciShow

Mysterious Mars News

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings us news from planets all around the solar system: Mars, Mercury, and even planet Earth have been in the news lately. A retraction from NASA about the Curiosity mission; the discovery of water and organic material in craters...
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow Kids

Blobfish: The World's Ugliest Animal | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
The blobfish has been called "The World's Ugliest Animal", but it's actually really cool. Find out why it's shaped the way it is with Jessi and Squeaks.
Instructional Video16:41
TED Talks

Craig Venter: Sampling the ocean's DNA

12th - Higher Ed
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean's biodiversity.
Instructional Video9:47
Crash Course

Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad...
Instructional Video10:46
SciShow

What We Can Learn from 5 Times Rivers Ran Backward

12th - Higher Ed
Usually, you can count on a river to flow in one direction, but some things can make it reverse course. Aside from being weird and surprising, these river reversals can often reflect geological changes and have long-lasting impacts on...
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

The Milky Way's Black Hole Burped 3.5 Million Years Ago

12th - Higher Ed
The black hole at the center of the Milky Way is quiet now, but new evidence suggests that it woke up around 3.5 million years ago. And Enceladus may have the the building blocks of the building blocks of life.
Instructional Video19:36
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: Katelyn Salem vs. Hank Green

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Quiz Show! Katelyn Salem of Kate Tectonics competes against Googleable internet sensation, Hank Green.
Instructional Video18:08
TED Talks

TED: My wish: Protect our oceans | Sylvia Earle

12th - Higher Ed
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.
Instructional Video3:29
SciShow Kids

Solar-Powered Slugs

K - 5th
We need to eat food to fuel our bodies, but this special slug, called emerald elysia, can make food using sunlight - just like plants do! All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see,...
Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting

12th - Higher Ed
With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on Earth!
Instructional Video5:17
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How big is the ocean? - Scott Gass

Pre-K - Higher Ed
While the Earth's oceans are known as five separate entities, there is really only one ocean. So, how big is it? As of 2013, it takes up 71% of the Earth, houses 99% of the biosphere, and contains some of Earth's grandest geological...
Instructional Video9:42
SciShow

The Oldest Shipwreck in the World

12th - Higher Ed
Marine archeologists accidentally found the world’s oldest known intact shipwreck, and their work scanning, diving, and exploring has given us some very cool insights into more than just our history sailing the oceans.
Instructional Video12:24
SciShow

6 Mysteries Geologists Can’t Explain — Yet!

12th - Higher Ed
Explaining strange Earth geology is often straightforward — combine a volcanic eruption a dash of erosion, and boom, you’ve got a striking cliff! But not all the features on this planet are so easy to figure out. From the ground randomly...
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

3 Secrets About Ancient Earth, Hidden in Marine Fossils

12th - Higher Ed
Fossils can provide clues to the conditions that ancient species lived in, like what their environments felt like, how deep in the water some species lived, or even how long the Sun was out!
Instructional Video8:01
SciShow

Crabs Keep Turning Into Land Animals!

12th - Higher Ed
When a species evolves from living in water to living on land it’s called terrestrialization, and it’s not an easy task. Yet crabs keep making the jump from sea to shore. Why? And how do they do it?
Instructional Video5:55
SciShow

3 of the Biggest Experiments Ever

12th - Higher Ed
Whether it's robots under the sea, wave detectors in space, or star-power on land, this episode has big experiments covered.
Instructional Video6:00
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can the ocean run out of oxygen? | Kate Slabosky

Pre-K - Higher Ed
For most of the year, the Gulf of Mexico is teeming with marine life, from tiny crustaceans to massive whales. But every summer, disaster strikes. Around May, animals begin to flee the area. And soon, creatures that can't swim or can't...
Instructional Video14:00
TED Talks

Tim Flannery: Can seaweed help curb global warming?

12th - Higher Ed
It's time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change -- and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help. In a bold talk, he shares the epic carbon-capturing potential of seaweed, explaining how oceangoing...
Instructional Video7:20
TED Talks

Charles Moore: Seas of plastic

12th - Higher Ed
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris...
Instructional Video12:40
PBS

When Sharks Swam the Great Plains

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever been to, or lived in, or even flown over the central swath of North America, then you've seen the remnants of what was a uniquely fascinating environment. Scientists call it the Western Interior Seaway, and at its greatest...
Instructional Video17:48
TED Talks

TED: Why I must speak out about climate change | James Hansen

12th - Higher Ed
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply...
Instructional Video10:56
TED Talks

Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience

12th - Higher Ed
Dive into the deep with open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma, as she shares what she learned about resilience during her personal journey from the scorching heat of Rajasthan, India to the bone-chilling waters of her record-breaking swim in...
Instructional Video6:10
Be Smart

How Baby Sea Turtles Find Their Way Home

12th - Higher Ed
Find out how baby sea turtles find their way home after hatching!