Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Role of Fungus-like Protists
This video is an introduction to the topic of fungus-like protists and their impact on Irish society during the potato famine. This video is part of the 11-part series, Classifying Monerans and Protists.
Visual Learning Systems
Fungi: Fungi Nutrition and Growth
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...
Visual Learning Systems
Protists: Fungus-like Protists
The diverse groups of microorganisms in the Kingdom Protista are illustrated in this video. Microscopic views compare the main categories of protists. the different phyla of algae are also discussed. Other terminology includes: protozoa,...
Visual Learning Systems
Fungi: Characteristics of Fungi
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...
Science360
Disappearing Frogs
Disease, pollution, and loss of habitat are killing off hundreds of species of amphibians. One of the biggest threats right now is an aquatic fungus called chytrid that infects the skin of these historically tough, resilient creatures....
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 4
Zombie ants, DNA robots, growing organs & an app for assessing autism. It’s episode 4 of your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation....
National Parks Service
Redwood National and State Parks - Redwood Ranger Minute: Citizen Science: Ecoclub Amphibian Project
Ranger Anica meets up with the youths and adults of the Bilingual McKinleyville Ecoclub to learn about their pioneering work tracking the chytrid fungus in Redwood National and State Parks. CREDIT: NPS
Professor Dave Explains
Inocybeaceae, Strophariaceae, and Hymenogastraceae (Galerina and Psilocybe)
With the family Agaricaceae covered, it's time to look at some more families within the order Agaricales. In this tutorial we will examine the families Inocybeaceae, Strophariaceae, and Hymenogastraceae. This ncludes some well-known...
Next Animation Studio
Outbreak of coffee rust threatens Latin American coffee supply
A fungus outbreak is threatening to wipe out Latin American coffee crops and trigger a global coffee crisis.
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 32: Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs
Historically, mountain yellow-legged frogs thrived throughout the Sierra Nevada, but today these endangered amphibians are found in only a handful of locations. Restoration efforts in Yosemite are helping protect what was once the most...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Protists: Fungus-like Protists
Eukaryotes that are clearly not animals, plants, or fungi belong to a very diverse and fascinating group called protists. This series of videos uses captivating video footage to illustrate organisms from tiny microscopic creatures to...
Curated Video
Understanding the Difference Between Baking Powder and Yeast
In this video, the differences between baking powder and yeast are explained. While both serve the purpose of leavening baked goods, they work in different ways. Baking powder creates air bubbles through a chemical reaction, while yeast,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mushroom Farming (and Eating!) in Hobart
Movin' to the Country is a series that celebrates the entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers transforming Australia's beautiful regional areas in surprising new ways. In Mount Rumney, a former electrician grows mushrooms in an old...
Maddie Moate
FROG ON MY FACE?! Maddie Meets the Endangered Frogs | Maddie Moate
Whilst at the Manchester Science Festival I got the amazing opportunity to go behind the scenes at The Manchester Museum Vivarium and meet some of the most critically endangered frogs. The Vivarium and its staff play a pioneering role in...
FuseSchool
Microorganisms and making alcohol
What are microorganisms? They are microscopic organisms or tiny living things. Microorganisms can cause diseases, but in this video we are going to learn about how they are useful to us, specifically in making alcohol.
Professor Dave Explains
Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, Hygrophoraceae, Clavariaceae, and Physalacriaceae
Mushrooms come in many shapes, colors, and sizes. Let's take a look at few families in the order agaracales. You may have seen some of these mushrooms at your local grocery store! Agaricales part 5
Professor Dave Explains
Family Amanitaceae (The Hallucinogenic Amanitas)
In this last section of the Agaricales series, we will learn how to identify the poinsonous death cap mushroom and a legendary hallucinogenic mushroom! Agaricales part 6
Next Animation Studio
Banana plantations in Colombia threatened by deadly fungus
Officials from the Colombian Agricultural and Livestock Authority have confirmed that the tropical race 4 fungus has spread to the country’s Cavendish banana plantations.
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 21: Snow Plants
These striking red plants are a common Yosemite roadside attraction in the springtime, but most park visitors are confused about what they're seeing. Is it a plant, a mushroom, or maybe a visitor from another planet? Learn about the...
Next Animation Studio
Newly discovered fungi turn flies into parasite-spewing zombies
Two new species of fungi have been discovered that devour flies from the inside and cause them to release spores from holes in their abdomens, according to research published in the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Professor Dave Explains
Family Agaricaceae
We've looked at two of the subphyla within phylum Basidiomycota. Now it's time to dive into the third, Agaricomycotina, which contains most of the macroscopic mushrooms. In particular, we will focus on class Agaricomycetes, order...
Visual Learning Systems
Fungi: Lichens
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...
Professor Dave Explains
Mushroom Identification Terminology
We now know a bit about mushrooms, their structure, and their life cycle, but let's learn a bit more terminology before we dive head first into the world of mushrooms. We know about stipes and caps and partial veils and spores, but...
SWPictures
Fighting Malaria with Fungus
The video discusses a new approach to fighting malaria mosquitoes using a natural fungus called Beauveria Bassiana.