Even if you have a dog of your own, we bet you don’t know these three amazing things about our furry best friends!

Why do dogs eat grass? A look at your pup’s wild relatives may give you a sense of what dogs’ diets are really like.

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In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we learn more about the planet’s two favorite pets.

This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside.

Nick Jenkins talks with Hank Green about selective breeding, with special guest Jessi Knudsen Castañeda.

True Pines (conifer trees in the genus Pinus) are often confused with other members of the Pinaceae family like Picea (Spruces), Abies (Firs), Pseudotsuga (Douglas-firs) or Larix (Larches). So is very likely that your Christmas tree is...

Of all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and...

Why is it that humans react to stimuli with certain behaviors? Can behaviors change in response to consequences? Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890...

I'm sure you've heard of Pavlov's Bell (and I'm not talking about the Aimee Mann song), but what was Ivan Pavlov up to, exactly? And how are our brains trained? And what is a "Skinner Box"? All those questions and more are...

Join the AI conversationp://AgeofAI.org' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>conversation That video was based on Max’s book "Life 3.0”, which you can find at We live in...

Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients.



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While you unwrap that luscious truffle, let Hank explain the science of chocolate -- where it comes from, what its active ingredient is, and how it works. Also learn the difference between chocolate, cocoa, cacao and coca, so you really...

Hank guides us through the process of natural selection, the key mechanism of evolution.

There are a few animals that will instinctively lick their wounds when injured. SciShow Quick Questions explores the reasons why they do this, and why we sometimes have to stop them from doing it.

In which Mike Rugnetta brings you the final installation of our unit on creation myths. This week, we're talking about human beings and their relationship to the natural world. It turns out foundational stories have a lot to teach us...

Bertie wants to buy a pet and it is his job to look at the needs of each animal and decide which is the best pet for him. With the help of his trusty book he explores the animal world, making observations and developing his knowledge of...

This video teaches using commas in a series, as a short pause, in dates, locations, conjunctions, letter writing, and more.

Dogs rescued onto lifeboat as floods devastate popular tourist destinationCredit: Guardia Civil

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Down Behind the Dustbin – Poetry Workshop

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