Instructional Video16:35
SciShow

Animal Clothes & Exploding Toads | SciShow Quiz Show

12th - Higher Ed
Two authors battle it out on SciShow to see who knows the most about animal clothes and mysterious circumstances.
Instructional Video9:17
SciShow

9 Extreme Bug Mating Rituals

12th - Higher Ed
Welcome to the romantic, violent, treacherous, and murderous mating lives of bugs.
Instructional Video4:48
SciShow

Life-Changing Birdsong

12th - Higher Ed
Bird parent's calls can change how their babies develop! And, do you learn faster when playing a game to benefit yourself or other people?
Instructional Video2:55
SciShow

The Fly That Lays Eggs in Toad Nostrils

12th - Higher Ed
We were probably all told to quit picking our noses at one point, and by most standards, this is good advice. But if you were a toad, it might come in handy to scratch away blowfly eggs
Instructional Video8:29
SciShow

6 Organisms That Cheat the System

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are not the only animal that use cheats to make things easier. Some of the animals and plants have weird but very clever cheating skills to survive in their environment, too.
Instructional Video4:22
SciShow

Dinosaurs Probably Weren't Cold-Blooded, According to Eggshells

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists can find answers in some pretty unusual places, and recently they found some evidence that dinosaurs weren't cold-blooded by looking at... eggshells?
Instructional Video2:22
SciShow

Why Can Applesauce Replace Butter? And Oil? And Eggs?

12th - Higher Ed
Bakers will sometimes replace the butter, oil, or eggs in their breads, muffins, and assorted tasty treats with applesauce. That pretty much sounds like culinary magic, but it's not... it's culinary SCIENCE!
Instructional Video4:55
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress. Well-known cannibals like the praying mantis and black widow were considered bizarre exceptions. But now, we know they more or less...
Instructional Video7:26
SciShow

Fecal Shields, and 5 Other Ways Animals Use Poop

12th - Higher Ed
Proud of what you just did in the bathroom? You should be, but here are 6 animals who are masters of the art of pooping!
Instructional Video4:39
SciShow

The Most Incredible Octopus You’ve Never Heard of: The Blanket Octopus

12th - Higher Ed
All octopuses start out as teeny, tiny plankton, and most grow up to settle down on the seafloor. The blanket octopus, however, never settles down, and spends its life wandering the open ocean.
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow Kids

Where Do Lice Come From?

K - 5th
Lice are tiny bugs that love to live in people's hair and suck their blood! Anyone can get lice and they can be tricky to get rid of, but Jessi and Squeaks are here with some lice facts that could help you avoid these itchy little critters!
Instructional Video2:18
MinuteEarth

Why Do Animals Eat Their Babies?

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young. ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic,...
Instructional Video3:23
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You've promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. It's part of the Wuddly species, cousin to the terrifying duddly and the hideous fuddly. To make one, 100 eggs are placed in an incubator to undergo egg fusion,...
Instructional Video1:11
SciShow

Why Are Eggs ... Egg-Shaped?

12th - Higher Ed
Why are eggs egg-shaped? There's a logic to it, but it's ovoid!
Instructional Video11:09
SciShow

6 of the Oldest Parasites Ever Found

12th - Higher Ed
Where there's life, there's other life looking for a free ride. Here are six of the world's oldest parasites.
Instructional Video4:07
SciShow

How to Milk a Cockroach

12th - Higher Ed
Cow, almond, soy, goat. There are a lot of choices when it comes to milk, but if you're looking for that nutritious boost of vitamins and minerals in the morning, have you considered cockroach milk?
Instructional Video4:59
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The wild sex lives of marine creatures | Luka Seamus Wright

Pre-K - Higher Ed
On a reef in the Pacific Ocean, 17,000 camouflage groupers dart about in the cloudy water. It is, in fact, an underwater orgy— turned feeding frenzy. An orgy might seem like a rather flamboyant way to breed, but sex in the sea is a...
Instructional Video5:11
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The last living members of an extinct species | Jan Stejskal

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the savannahs of Kenya, two female northern white rhinos, Nájin and Fatu, munch contentedly on grass. They are the last two known northern white rhinos left on Earth. Their species is functionally extinct— without a male, they can't...
Instructional Video6:57
Be Smart

3 Incredible Examples of Evolution Hidden In Your Body

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are special, and we got that way thanks to evolution and natural selection. The proof is right there in our bodies! From anatomy to genes, here are some stories of how you got to be the way you are.
Instructional Video2:10
SciShow

Should You Store Eggs in the Fridge?

12th - Higher Ed
Should I refrigerate my eggs or keep them out on the counter? This depends on where you live, and what egg practices your country follows.
Instructional Video3:54
SciShow

Awesome Animal Dads

12th - Higher Ed
Let's talk about some of the awesome single dads out there in the animal kingdom!
Instructional Video6:34
Be Smart

Zombie Parasites!

12th - Higher Ed
Shows like The Walking Dead are full of hungry, mindless, surprisingly fleet-footed armies of brain-eating zombies. Could they actually exist? Are zombies real? Well, maybe if you're talking about zom-bees! This week I introduce you to...
Instructional Video22:18
SciShow

Neurology, Pharmacology, & Poultry | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Dr. Genevieve Lind explains how she uses frog eggs to learn how drugs affect receptors in the brain and Jessi's chicken Goldie shows us one use for the cloaca.
Instructional Video3:11
SciShow Kids

Ostriches: The World's Biggest Birds! | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
There are all sorts of flying birds, but some of the world's biggest are ones that stick to the ground, like the awesome ostrich!