Fungi play a crucial role in decomposition. As they follow this process, fungi release nutrients that the trees around it absorb. Eventually, the fungi attach itself to the roots of the nature around them and begin the cycle of giving...

This video discusses the traditional and modern methods of classifying organisms based on their similarities. The video explains that the classification of organisms is essential to understand the relationships between different groups...

This video provides a brief overview of copper, highlighting its unique properties and various uses in different industries. It explores how copper is used in electrical connections, plumbing, industrial machinery, architecture, and the...

Learn more about the issue of biodiversity loss in this interview with Dr. Enrique Salmón.

From making bread to decomposing things in the environment, fungi play a very important role in our lives. Vivid video footage, accompanied by colorful animations, illustrates the fascinating origin, diversity, and characteristics of...

The Micro World Right Under Your Feet

It's time to learn about microorganisms! These are all the tiny little critters in the water, and the air, and in the ground, and inside you. We didn't even know they were there until a few hundred years ago, but once we started to learn...

In this video, the teacher discusses the different kingdoms of living things. They explain that the animal Kingdom is the largest and most general category, including diverse organisms such as worms, marmots, and starfish. The video also...

It's time to dive into our collection of spores, molds, and fungus!

This live-action video program is about class. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...

Mushrooms are some of the most fascinating organisms on the planet. But what are they exactly? Are they plants? No! In fact, they are extremely different from plants. They belong in their own kingdom, called the Fungi kingdom. What else...

The human body is a wondrously complex machine made of flesh, bone, muscles, organs, blood vessels and highly specialized systems that function together to sustain life. This fascinating third part of The Human Body series examines the...

Over is 50-year career, Montana State University plant pathologist Gary Strobel has traveled to all seven continents to collect samples of endophytes from remote and sometimes dangerous places. Endophytes are microorganisms - bacteria...

Today we're exploring the intriguing Ouramoeba vorax. Or wait... is it Amoebophilus simplex? Let's figure that out together by diving into some history!<br/>

Penicillin is a type of antibiotic that can be used to treat bacterial infections. Really important - antibiotics can only be used to treat bacterial infections. Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 by a scientist called Alexander...

From making bread to decomposing things in the environment, fungi play a very important role in our lives. Vivid video footage, accompanied by colorful animations, illustrates the fascinating origin, diversity, and characteristics of...

The official orientation film of Redwood National and State Parks. This short movie is shown in our visitor centers. CREDIT: NPS

One day, we may fill the tank with fungi fuel!

Plant fungi and bacteria called "endophytes" fueling breakthroughs in energy, medicine and
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Over his 50-year career, Montana State University plant pathologist Gary...

The classification system organises species into domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and finally species. ‘Kingdom’ is the second highest rank below the rank of domain in this sequence of classification. It helps us to...

Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the four kingdoms of, Eukarya: Protista, Plantae, Animalia and Fungi.

For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...

Cell Structure and Function Set: 1. This clip introduces the cell as the basic block of life: Basic cell structure in prokaryotes and eukaryotes is described.