American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Big Idea 6: Life Evolves on Earth
See evidence of how life began on Earth and how it has changed over time. [4:10]
Crash Course
Crash Course Big History #5: The Evolutionary Epic
In the last 3.8 billion years, life on Earth has evolved from single-celled prokaryotes to an array of life we have today. Find out about about Darwin, evolution, and natural selection. [15:05]
Crash Course
Crash Course Biology #20: Evolution It's a Thing
Hank gets real with us in a discussion of evolution - it's a thing, not a debate. Gene distribution changes over time, across successive generations, to give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization. [11:44]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Should We Let Pandas Go Extinct?
Wildlife on Earth is disappearing. Today, over 20,000 species are on the verge of dying out, but we simply don't have the time or resources to rescue them all. It's a tough situation but not a unique one. In this video you will learn how...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Evolution Clarification
A follow up to the evolution video with explanations of what better and success means in terms of evolution. Understand that modern day definitions of better and success differ from the evolutionary definition which means improved...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Introduction: A New View of the Evolution of Animals
The scientific fields of paleontology, embryology, anatomy, and genetics have all contributed to a new view of the evolution of the animal kingdom. [3:42]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: The Story of the Animal Kingdom: Ultimate Animal
We think that humans are at the top of the evolutionary ladder. But is being big, brainy, and fast the best design? Evolution has produced many animals with different approaches to life. Every animal is uniquely adapted to win at the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crash Course Big History: The Evolutionary Epic
Understand why extinction events are no joke in this video. This video explores how in the last 3.8 billion years, life has changed from single-celled prokaryotes to the diversity of life we have today. Learn how this has happened...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Dna Spells Evolution
DNA weaves together the tapestry of life on Earth. It mutates, which can lead to variation among organisms. Watch how natural selection relies on DNA to mold organisms to suit their environments. Play the Evolution Lab:...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution 101
Learn about the basics of evolution in this video. Explore how every creature that's ever lived has been shaped by the powerful force of evolution. [5:01]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Understanding and Building Phylogenetic Trees
Learn how to read and draw phylogenetic trees, or cladograms.
PBS
Pbs: Over Wyoming: Grades 3 and 4: Land Formation, Fossils, and Erosion
Students will learn about land formation, fossils, and erosion
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Did Life Start in Mica?
A biophysicist discusses her hypothesis that in the early days of Earth, organic compounds needed for life may have been synthesized in the tiny spaces between sheets of mica rock.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Despite Long Lives, Humans Age Like Other Primates
Primatologist Susan Alberts discusses a study on the longevity of humans, baboons and chimps.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Modern Extinctions
Climate, pollution, loss of habitat -- what are the leading causes of modern extinctions?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Darwin's Supporting Evidence
Like any great scientist, Charles Darwin didn't come to his ideas alone. We'll talk with biologist Sean Carroll about the flora, fauna, fossils, and scientists that helped prove Darwin was right.
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Careers in Science: Evolution Statement
A video about the development of the Academy's "Evolution Statement," by Careers In Sciences interns. [4:30]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Spore and Evolution
How close is the new computer game Spore to the way evolution really works?
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Evidence for Evolution
Paul Andersen lists major evidence for the existence of evolution. He begins with a discussion of Charles Darwin and the evidence that he presented in the Origin of Species, including biogeography, fossils, and homologies. He also...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Evolution Continues
Paul Andersen explains how life has evolved and continues to evolve today. A brief discussion of artificial, natural and sexual selection is included. The beak of the finch is used to explain how directional selection is achieved.
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Evidence for Evolution Ii
Paul Andersen describes pieces of evidence that Charles Darwin used to support the idea of evolution and his process of natural selection. He begins with the following evidence use in the Origin of Species; artificial selection,...