In this episode of the Kratt brothers, we learn about how animals adapt to their environment in order to survive. The storyline has them visiting the Australian Outback to help a young koala return to its eucalyptus forest home. They...

This video shows a variety of deep sea animals (benthos) and explains the adaptations that enable them to live at extreme depths.

This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" illustrates the remarkable camouflage of a praying mantis against its leafy backdrop. [0:57]

In this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations," paleontologist Jenny Clack explains that vertebrates evolved fingers before they invaded land. [3:49]

This video will explore adaptations by looking at how genes are reused and recycled in icefish. The video includes embedded quiz modules to test students' understanding. [13:14]

This lesson discusses how living things adapt to survive changing environments. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Organisms: Adaptations to Environment."

Learn about some survival mechanisms that allow plants to survive in cold climates. [2:49]

Plants are more than just green, photosynthesis machines. They behave and adapt to their environmental cues much like animals do. [2:32]

A movie following the research of Roger Hanlon on cephalopods and their ability to use camouflage. Learn about a cephalopods ability not only to change their coloring but also their skin texture. Roger Hanlon explains his research and...

Have you heard the expression "skinny as a rail?" Learn where it originated and much more about this unusual bird, the Sora Rail. [8:05]

Understand how the hawk moth keeps a precise position in the air, with a UNC Chapel Hill biomechanist's study using high speed cameras. [4:06]

Listen as Molecular Biologist Liz Roth-Johnson explains why cold weather makes carrots taste sweeter. [1:02]

Investigate how organisms adapt to their environments through this to-the-point video. [1:22]

Take a look into structural coloration, the physics of light, and how it is possible that the Morpho butterfly's wings appear to be blue, despite their containing no blue pigment at all. [3:03]

Students will learn how plants and animals develop cool tricks for surviving amid different climates, predators and more. [2:49]

A video investigating CAM plants and how they fix carbon at night. Learn how they minimize opening their stomata during to day to preserve water. [8:37]

Paul Andersen explains how natural selection is a major mechanism in evolution. The video begins with a discussion of Charles Darwin and the details of natural selection. The data of the peppered moth during the industrial revolution is...

Learn about some examples of how and why living things change because of changes in their environments. [4:36]

Find out how the "Owl Butterfly" may have gotten the spot on its wings. [13:29]

Why do some animals have much better night vision than others? We'll talk about new research tracing the root of improved night vision to the architecture of the DNA inside the photoreceptor rod cells of the animals' eyes.

A specific blend of fatty acids signal death or injury to a variety of animals, providing a warning to others of the species.

This lesson discusses how living things adapt to survive changing environments. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Organisms: Adaptations to Environment."

In this video, Paul Andersen defines adaptations and explains how organisms can become better adapted to there surroundings using the process of natural selection. Specific examples of adaptations, like coat color in rock pocket mice, as...