Instructional Video5:09
SciShow

Does the Food Chain Stop At Jellyfish?

12th - Higher Ed
Jellyfish aren't the most nutritious animals in the ocean. Yet sea turtles and many other organisms get their nutrition from almost nothing else. Here's why they don't totally starve to death.
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

The Bizarre World Of Underwater Sneezing

12th - Higher Ed
For us terrestrial animals, sneezing is a regular part of life involving the movement of a lot of air. But animals that live underwater and don't breathe air like we do also sneeze. Sea sponges, corals, and hagfish use their snot to...
Instructional Video5:09
SciShow

Slug Sex and Bubble Rafts: Nature's Most Unusual Slime

12th - Higher Ed
Slime videos have been a popular trend on YouTube recently, but there are a few animals with their own versions of slime, which they use for some very cool things!
Instructional Video8:40
SciShow

Why Do These Animals Get Tied Up in Knots?

12th - Higher Ed
Ready your puns, viewers! From sick worm kings to uncomfortable floating snakes, today's episode is all about four types of animals that can get tied up in knots (either intentionally or...knot).
Instructional Video3:04
SciShow

Life Inside a Dead Whale

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder what it'd be like to have a whale as a house? Wonder no more after you watch this episode of SciShow! Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Instructional Video8:45
SciShow

10 Bizarre Ways to Avoid Being Dinner

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re a wild animal, you might spend your days actively trying to NOT become another animal's dinner. And some animals have come up with some pretty bizarre strategies to stay safe. Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

Why Humans May Actually Be Fish

12th - Higher Ed
Is there a chance that more species may actually be closer to fish than we originally thought?
Instructional Video4:46
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The world's slimiest animal | Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 2017, a truck screeched to a halt. One of its containers slid off, hit a car, and spilled its contents— thousands of kilograms of hagfish. The result of this accident was an absolute mess: the highway was coated in a thick slime that...
Instructional Video5:12
SciShow

Slug Sex and Bubble Rafts: Nature's Most Unusual Slime

12th - Higher Ed
Slime videos have been a popular trend on YouTube recently, but there are a few animals with their own versions of slime, which they use for some very cool things!
Instructional Video8:45
SciShow

10 Bizarre Ways to Avoid Being Dinner

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re a wild animal, you might spend your days actively trying to NOT become another animal's dinner. And some animals have come up with some pretty bizarre strategies to stay safe.
Instructional Video10:21
SciShow

How to Eat When You Don't Have a Mouth: Lessons From 5 Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Not all animals have a mouth, or even need one to eat! These different feeding strategies can teach us a lot about our ancestors and how they went from not needing a mouth at all to only eating with one.
Instructional Video12:09
Crash Course

Chordates - CrashCourse Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal...
Instructional Video2:42
Curated Video

How Did Fish Evolve?

6th - 12th
Journey through the evolution of fish, from the first vertebrate to the fish species that would eventually evolve to crawl onto land. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. The first fish was called Haikouichthys, and it evolved in...
Podcast5:54
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Science of Snot

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Most people don’t like to spend time thinking about snot, slime, and mucus. Believe it or not, these are important substances that keep humans and animals safe. In fact, there are scientists who study snot! Listen to hear one of these...
Instructional Video6:20
Bizarre Beasts

This Slimy Fish Ties Itself in Knots

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Hagfish are slimy sea noodles that wear their skin like a pair of loose pajamas... and that isn't the weirdest thing about them.