Instructional Video21:32
SciShow

SciShow Talk Show: The Insectarium with Olivia Gordon

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to SciShow Talk Show where Hank talks with interesting people about interesting things! In this episode Hank talks with Olivia Gordon of the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. Chapters View all MISSOULA BUTTERFLY...
Instructional Video6:54
Bozeman Science

LS1B - Growth and Development

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen answers the following question: How do organisms grow and develop?
Instructional Video2:19
MinuteEarth

The Secret Weapon That Could Help Save Bees

12th - Higher Ed
Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade antibiotic.
Instructional Video11:22
TED Talks

Yaniv Erlich: How we're building the world's largest family tree

12th - Higher Ed
Computational geneticist Yaniv Erlich helped build the world's largest family tree -- comprising 13 million people and going back more than 500 years. He shares fascinating patterns that emerged from the work -- about our love lives, our...
Instructional Video4:41
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about? Carlos Reif...
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

The Vine That 'Loves' Parasitic Wasps to Death

12th - Higher Ed
This vine loves sucking the life out of plants AND insects.
Instructional Video17:04
SciShow

Tornado Talk with Mark Heyka

12th - Higher Ed
Hank sits down with local meteorologist Mark Heyka for a 100% chance of fun as they discuss tornados and weather phenomenons. Then Jessi from Animal Wonders comes on to show off a pair of adorable sugar gliders.
Instructional Video6:30
Be Smart

Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

12th - Higher Ed
Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic...
Instructional Video9:47
TED Talks

Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

12th - Higher Ed
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process...
Instructional Video5:02
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil | Iseult Gillespie

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son. Upon noticing his lucky birthmark, townsfolk predicted he would marry a princess. But soon, these rumors reached the wicked king. Enraged, the king stole the child away, and...
Instructional Video1:57
SciShow

Why Do Koalas Hug Trees?

12th - Higher Ed
As if koalas could be any more adorable, they also tend to spend a lot of their time hugging trees. But why? Quick Questions has the answer!
Instructional Video2:17
MinuteEarth

When Trees Go Nuts

12th - Higher Ed
Every once in a while, all the oaks or spruces or other plants in a region suddenly produce a tremendous bounty of seeds – up to 100 times more than usual. But why do they do it, and how do they all manage to sync up?...
Instructional Video30:38
SciShow

Mountain Pine Beetle Update: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow welcomes back Diana Six to talk to us about current news on the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak. Then, Jessi Knudsen Castañeda stops by and brings a familiar friend whose anatomy may help scientists develop better hypodermic...
Instructional Video14:11
TED Talks

Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

12th - Higher Ed
Sloths have been on this planet for more than 40 million years. What's the secret to their success? In a hilarious talk, zoologist Lucy Cooke takes us inside the strange life of the world's slowest mammal and shows what we can learn from...
Instructional Video3:08
MinuteEarth

The Plankton Paradox

12th - Higher Ed
The competitive exclusion principle predicts that there would just be a few species of plankton, but instead there are thousands.
Instructional Video3:12
SciShow Kids

Why Don’t Woodpeckers’ Heads Hurt?

K - 5th
Woodpeckers search for food by using their face to dig through tree bark! But why doesn't this give them a headache?
Instructional Video2:09
MinuteEarth

The Lost Penis Enigma

12th - Higher Ed
Because there are so many different types of penises among our evolutionary relatives, we didn’t know until a recent discovery whether they all had the same origin.
Instructional Video6:06
Be Smart

Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Concussions?

12th - Higher Ed
A look into the science of concussions.
Instructional Video9:45
TED Talks

AJ Jacobs: The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited!

12th - Higher Ed
You may not know it yet, but AJ Jacobs is probably your cousin (many, many times removed). Using genealogy websites, he's been following the unexpected links that make us all, however distantly, related. His goal: to throw the world's...
Instructional Video3:27
SciShow

The 3 Coolest Things Built By Birds

12th - Higher Ed
There are a number of bird species that construct pretty cool things - today on SciShow, we'll visit with three of them...
Instructional Video16:27
TED Talks

TED: Hooked by an octopus | Mike deGruy

12th - Higher Ed
Underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission Blue to share his awe and excitement -- and his fears -- about the blue heart of our planet.
Instructional Video10:23
SciShow

4 Ways to Uncover Ancient Earthquakes

12th - Higher Ed
Earthquakes shake a lot of things up, but after decades or even centuries, it might be a little tough to figure out when or even where one may have happened. Luckily, nature has a few ways of letting us know.
Instructional Video9:17
SciShow

6 Animals That Thrive Upside-Down

12th - Higher Ed
For humans, being upside-down isn’t a comfy way to hang out for very long, but for these six animals, upside-down feels just right! Chapters THREE-TOED SLOTH 0:38 UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH 2:10 NUTHATCH 3:37 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER 3:57 4:55...
Instructional Video11:47
TED Talks

Robert Full: Learning from the gecko's tail

12th - Higher Ed
Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.