SciShow
Why Your Dog Has An Anti-Tick Pill And You Don’t?
If you've ever given your pet an anti-flea and tick medicine, you may have wondered why there's not a similar drug out there for you. Here's a little dive into the history of these drugs, and why there may someday be a human-grade...
Be Smart
These Death-Eating Scavengers Are Real Life-Savers | IN OUR NATURE
Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways. In this special limited series, Emily Graslie and Trace Dominguez join me as we explore the universal rules of life that tie together Earth’s living...
Be Smart
Why Is Our Skeleton On the Inside?
Having bones is pretty cool. They make our blood, let us hear, and keep us from being just a squishy puddle on the floor. But for every species with bones, there are at least 20 species on Earth with exoskeletons instead. And those...
SciShow
How to Find Thousands of Oceanic Fossils in... Ohio?
Modern-day Ohio is more than 600 kilometers from the ocean - yet it has thousands of ocean fossils dating back to the Ordovician, giving us a glimpse at its past under an ancient, fishless sea.
SciShow
The Wild, Wiggly, Weird World of Worms | Compilation
There are tens of thousands of types of worms on our planet, and these wiggly wonders are oh-so fascinating that we had to put together different stories about them to reveal just how 'wormdeful' they are.
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This comb jelly literally tears itself a new one. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow
This comb jelly literally tears itself a new one. #throwbackthursday #shorts #science #SciShow
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook
Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multiple ways of treating it - but what about other species? How do the...
PBS
The Most Useful Fossils In The World
For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious fossils could basically be used to tell time in...
SciShow
The 10 Oldest Fossils, and What They Say About Evolution
Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to point at a fossil and know that it’s the first, say, plant? Well... yeah! But it's not that easy! Scientists are always making new discoveries that throw all our old assumptions into question, but we've...
SciShow
The First Wild 'Virgin Births'
Hank shares news about two unusual animals in crisis: the saiga, which have lost about half of their total population in the past month, and the smalltooth sawfish which has been found to reproduce in the wild, without sex.
Bozeman Science
Animals
Paul Andersen briefly surveys members of the Domain Animalia. He begins with brief description of the phylogeny of animals. He then describes the characteristics of all animals, heterotrophy, multicellularity, motility and blastula. He...
Professor Dave Explains
Invertebrate Chordates Part 1: Subphylum Cephalochordata (Lancelets)
Many people presume that all members of Chordata have a backbone, but that actually is not true. Vertebrates have backbones, meaning members of subphylum Vertebrata. There are two other subphyla within Chordata, those being...
Curated Video
Learn about Reptiles & Amphibians with Jungle Bob
Howcast - Learn about Jungle Bob, one of Howcast's reptile and amphibian experts, in this video.
Curated Video
Trying to Keep Track and Take Care of 300 Jellyfish Is No Easy Feat
This marine marvel captivates visitors every year at New Orleans' Audubon Aquarium.
Curated Video
Jellyfish Are Some of the Most Interesting Creatures in the World: Come on a Journey to Learn More About Them
They're spineless - brainless - and absolutely mesmerizing to watch.
Curated Video
See What it Takes to Look After 300 Jellyfish
This marine marvel captivates visitors every year at New Orleans' Audubon Aquarium.
Great Big Story
Unveiling the deep, the Acorn Worm's evolutionary secrets
Discover the Acorn Worm, a primitive creature linking vertebrates and invertebrates, and its profound impact on our evolutionary history.
Curated Video
Chordate
Animals that at least at some stage in their development possess a stiff, rod-like structure running along their back, called a notochord. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...
Curated Video
What is a Fish?
Fish are by far the most diverse of all the vertebrate groups. Discover the shared characteristics that make a fish, a fish. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Fish are aquatic vertebrates. Jellyfish, starfish and other marine...
Curated Video
What is an Invertebrate?
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone – but that’s the only thing they all have in common! Learn more about some of the many different types of invertebrate, from arthropods to sponges. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points....
Curated Video
Oceans: Coral Seas
Coral seas are the most colourful and diverse habitats on Earth, built from a unique symbiotic relationship between coral larvae and algae. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Coral reefs are found in warm, tropical oceans and are...
Curated Video
Octopus
An octopus can behave in extraordinary ways to avoid being eaten. Living things - Animal kingdom - Grouping animals Learning Points All animals are either vertebrates with a backbone or invertebrates without a backbone. The way animals...
Curated Video
Invertebrates – Jigsaw
What is it? ... It's a spider's face! Life processes - Variation and classification - Invertebrates A Twig Tidbit Film - Jigsaw. An image is slowly revealed as pieces of the jigsaw are removed. The children have to identify it.
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Vertebrates and invertebrates
There are millions of animals in the world. They are all either vertebrates with a backbone, or invertebrates without a backbone. Living things - Animal kingdom - Grouping animals Learning Points All animals are either vertebrates with a...