Instructional Video2:56
SciShow

Why Can’t We Scoop All the Plastic Out of the Ocean?

12th - Higher Ed
Lots of people want to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and plastics have a huge impact on ocean environments. But marine wildlife are already adapting to our plastic waste, which means cleaning it up isn't as simple as just......
Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

Adorable Dolphin Kiddos Play Like Us

12th - Higher Ed
Whether it's solo or with a friend, young dolphins love to partake in a bit of play.
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

Salmon Can Turn on Night Vision. Why Can’t We?

12th - Higher Ed
Most of us can only see certain wavelengths of light our entire lives. So why can salmon switch on night vision? We'll learn how they can reshape their eyes to see into the infrared.
Instructional Video3:23
SciShow

Why You Have to Blink to Walk

12th - Higher Ed
When we picture the first tetrapods, or land vertebrates, crawling out of the ocean, we probably imagine they need legs. But evolution also had to bestow another important adaptation before they could leave the water: blinking!
Instructional Video6:14
SciShow

These Animals Lost Their Stomachs. Why?

12th - Higher Ed
What do a platypus, a pufferfish, and a seahorse have in common? Why, they all managed to evolve themselves out of having a working stomach! The reasons why might vary, as well as how they manage to live their lives without them, but...
Instructional Video5:38
SciShow

This Squid Glows… To Make Itself Invisible

12th - Higher Ed
When you live in the ocean, it can be hard to find ways to keep hidden from predators, or from your own prey. But these three animals have found clever ways to stay hidden, by using light to their advantage. One of them even /makes...
Instructional Video2:30
MinuteEarth

The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills

12th - Higher Ed
When it comes to the mating game, fish have some of the strangest ways of thwarting the competition.
Instructional Video3:22
MinuteEarth

These Countries Are Cheating

12th - Higher Ed
By overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.
Instructional Video4:40
SciShow

This Sturgeon-Paddlefish Hybrid Shouldn't Exist | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Chromosome shenanigans have resulted in some unexpected hybrid fishes. Also, this record-breaking mouse lives at a ridiculous altitude.
Instructional Video3:26
SciShow

The Strange Mystery of the Barreleye Fish

12th - Higher Ed
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, there's a fish that's . . . a little different. Join us for a new episode of SciShow where Hank will tell you all about the Pacific Barreleye Fish and what makes it so mysterious....
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

The Tiny Fish That's Changing Modern Medicine

12th - Higher Ed
The little fish Danio rerio holds secrets to understanding how vertebrates develop, how diseases like cancer work, and how we might one day learn how to regenerate human heart tissue.
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow

Four Creatures That Glow

12th - Higher Ed
Fireflies, crustaceans, jellyfish -- lots of living things glow, and they do it for all kinds of reasons, some of which we haven’t even discovered yet.
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

8 Incredible Record-Breaking Bridges

12th - Higher Ed
All across the world people need to get from one place to another. And sometimes to get to that other place we need bridges. Here are eight bridges that are extraordinary in their own way, from standing the test of time to handling...
Instructional Video2:29
SciShow

Do Zombies Float or Sink?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re trying to figure out where to plan on sheltering during the zombie apocalypse, it’s essential to know whether zombies sink or float!
Instructional Video2:43
SciShow

The Tiny Reasons This Island Is Shrinking

12th - Higher Ed
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

The Carbon Impact of the World’s Largest Mass Migration

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and their research and technology partner MBARI for partnering with us on this episode of SciShow. They worked together on an exhibition, “Into The Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean,” to give...
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow

How Do We Know We’re Tired?

12th - Higher Ed
Sleep is complicated. And there's still a lot we don't know about it, but zebrafish larvae are a surprisingly good place to look to learn more about what makes us sleepy.
Instructional Video2:00
SciShow

Do Fish Drink Water?

12th - Higher Ed
They live in the water, but do they actually drink it? Turns out, some fish actually do! Learn all about how different kinds of fish get the fresh water that they need to survive in this new episode of SciShow!
Instructional Video2:33
SciShow

Can Soda Save a Dying Fish?

12th - Higher Ed
For years, catch-and-release anglers have been pouring soda on bleeding fish in an effort to help save their lives. But.. does this actually work?
Instructional Video8:29
SciShow

5 Strange Cases of Animal Rain

12th - Higher Ed
You might want a really sturdy umbrella to dig into this video, because we’re discussing 5 animals that have a tendency to rain down from the sky and the reasons we think this might be happening!
Instructional Video9:10
SciShow

10 of the Strangest Prehistoric Creatures

12th - Higher Ed
We know what the dinosaurs looked like thanks to fossils, but have you seen some of these wild creatures? Join Michael Aranda for a new episode of SciShow and take a closer look at some of the strangest-looking animals evolution has...
Instructional Video7:37
SciShow

Monogamy

12th - Higher Ed
Hank examines the zoological definition of monogamy, as well as some other breeding strategies that animals use.
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow

Your Head Might Be On Sideways

12th - Higher Ed
In your brain the right side controls the left half of your body and vice versa. We still aren't sure why this is, but some scientists have come up with a pretty bizarre explanation: that some ancient vertebrate ancestor was born with...
Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

Why Frogs Sometimes Fall From the Sky

12th - Higher Ed
It doesn't seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it... probably.