Curated Video
Salmon: A Keystone Species in Aquatic Ecosystems
This video provides an overview of salmon, a family of schooling fish found in the northern hemisphere. It discusses their characteristics, behaviors, habitats, and life cycle. The video highlights the different species of salmon, their...
TED-Ed
How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton-Top Tamarins
Tamarin monkey language can be categorized by stem upsweep, duration, peak frequency, and frequency change. Although other complex terminology is used to describe the 38 calls of this species, the video is easy to follow and a...
Other
The Great Animal Orchestra
Great interactive experience in which you select an acoustic landscape, then sit back and listen to the harmony of the animal kingdom.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Can Apes Really "Talk" to Humans?
What can we learn from the controversial history of ape language research? [7:42]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Guess How Whales Hear!
This video segment explores how one marine biologist used the scientific process to discover how whales hear. [5:58]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Sounds Do Animals Make?
Although they can't speak, most animals have their own way of communicating. This video segment presents examples of animal communication.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Listening to Frog Love Songs
In this interview, biologist Darcy Kelley tells us about her work listening to the underwater love songs of South African clawed frogs, and what they tell us about animal communication. Aired Feb. 12, 2010 [12:26 min]
Other
Science Museum of Minnesota: Wild Music
Multidisciplinary exhibition about sound, making music, the noises that animal make, and what it's like to be a musician.
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 15
Three snippets about pests including bee stings 101, keeping cockroaches out, and bird calls! [2:57]
British Library
British Library: Listen to Nature: Explore Wildlife Sounds in the World
Explore wildlife sounds across the globe through an interactive world map. Listen to quality sound recordings made in a number of locations.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:horse Ears
Examine the characteristics and behavior of horses while watching kids use the scientific method to determine whether horses can communicate with their ears.
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: David Blackburn, Frog Communication
It takes a finely tuned ear to describe the characteristics of a frog's call. By studying these animals, scientists like herpetologist David Blackburn are finding new evidence about how changes in ecosystems are causing great changes in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Animal Communication
Learn how animal communication is involved in the social behavior of animal groups with this video. [8:57]
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Extreme Communication
Elephants communicate through the air like we do, but also seismically through the ground. [2:14]