Science360
DigiMorph: Bringing Fossils to Life - Science Nation
High tech x-ray scanning equipment has opened up a whole new world to scientists studying delicate specimens such as fossils, skeletons and ancient manuscripts. It's called "high resolution X-ray computed tomography," and it essentially...
Next Animation Studio
Researchers discovered fossilized Megalodon tooth after diving expedition in a flooded cavern in Mexico
Researchers found 13 prehistoric shark teeth during a diving expedition in a sinkhole called Cenote Xoc in the Mexican city of Merida.
Curated Video
Evidence for Human Evolution: Fossils and Stone Tools
This video introduces the theory of evolution by natural selection and explores evidence for human evolution, specifically through fossils and stone tools. The speaker explains that evolution is the gradual change in characteristics over...
Next Animation Studio
Giant prehistoric ‘prawns’ developed night-vision eyes
Radiodonta, meaning “radiating teeth”, are a group of arthropods that dominated the oceans around 500 million years ago.
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Fossils: Introduction
Upon viewing the Exploring Fossils video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that fossils are the ancient remains or traces of once-living things. Understand that fossils come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and...
Science360
New dinosaur species sheds light on the beginnings of birds and dinosaurs
Through an expedition to the Gobi Desert of China, scientists have solved the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds--independent of birds. The discovery extends the fossil record of the family Alvarezsauridae--a...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Fossils And My Brother | POEM
Michael Rosen performs Fossils and my Brother.
Next Animation Studio
New parrot-like dinosaur’s fossils found in Gobi desert
Paleontologists have found the fossils of four members of a brand new oviraptor species that had only two digits per claw.
Brave Wilderness
Sharktooth JACKPOT! 1,000 in 1 Hour?!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and Mario have teamed up once again with PaleoCris and Fossil Rick! They're back in a top secret location in Florida and splitting into two teams to find SHARK TEETH! So, what kind of shark...
Visual Learning Systems
Fossils Quiz
This video is a quiz on the topics covered in the Fossils series. Topics include: the different processes by which fossils are formed, what fossils tell us about the past, and how scientists interpret fossils. Other terminology includes:...
Next Animation Studio
NASA’s next Mars rover will sport laser to vaporize rocks
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will sport a rock-vaporizing laser gun
Weird History
Meganeura, The Prehistoric Dragonfly
Three hundred million years ago, the largest insect ever known to humankind hunted in fern jungles and boasted an enormous wingspan of nearly 2.5 feet. Different from modern dragonflies in its size and other attributes, the Meganeura...
Earth Rangers
Birds are Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs have long fascinated humans. Surprisingly, there are still dinosaurs on Earth today, but they look different from their multi-ton ancestors that went extinct millions of years ago. The dinosaurs that exist today are small, have...
Curated Video
Fossils: A Journey Through Earth's Past
Fossils are preserved specimens that provide us with information about plants and animals of the past. They contribute to our understanding of evolution and the history of life on Earth. Learn about different types of fossils and how...
Mazz Media
Punctuated Equilibria and Speciation
Darwin saw evolution of new species as a slow process occurring over very long periods of time. Changes that lead to new species usually take place in small populations where genetic changes can accrue rapidly. This video will help...
Brave Wilderness
Hunting for Dinosaur Tracks!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew search the deserts of Southern Utah for Dinosaur Tracks! Believe it or not there are still places in the world you find the footprints of real Dinosaurs, and although the Brave...
Curated Video
Fossils: Evidence for Evolution and Extinction
This video explains the use of fossils as evidence for the theory of evolution by natural selection. It describes the three main ways in which fossils can be formed, and how they provide evidence of organisms that lived millions of years...
Brave Wilderness
Unearthing a Prehistoric Turtle!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, and team up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson to explore the Badlands by hunting for fossils at a top-secret dig location! And amongst...
Brave Wilderness
PROOF...Dinosaurs had FEATHERS!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, to visit the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, teaming up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson! We go behind the scenes to...
Brave Wilderness
Digging Up Jurassic Treasure!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and Mario are in Wyoming and going digging for dinosaur treasure in an active dig site discovered in 1995! This site is famous for being the only confirmed dinosaur feeding site in the WORLD!...
Weird History
The Feud That Almost Destroyed Paleontology
Nothing better than an intense rivalry between scientists...right? Well, that's exactly what happened with paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh -- two men who really take the cake for petty feuds.
NASA
Fossils of Planet Formation: Lucy Mission Teaser
Beyond the asteroid belt are "fossils of planet formation" known as the Trojan asteroids. These primitive bodies share Jupiter's orbit in two vast swarms, and may hold clues to the formation and evolution of our solar system. Now, NASA...
Brave Wilderness
SCREAMING SKULL Frozen in Time!
On this episode of Base Camp, Coyote and Mario discuss the new series Beyond Dinosaurs! They reminisce of how much fun it was to learn from and look through the fossil archive of renowned paleontologist Peter Larson, coming across...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Impressions of Fossils
In this video, viewers are introduced to the concept of impression fossils or imprints that form when organisms leave their mark on soft surfaces like wet cement or mud. Fossils part 8/12