PBS
How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World
They have survived every catastrophe and every mass extinction event that nature has thrown at them. And by being the little, filter-feeding, water-cleaning creatures that they are, sponges may have saved the world.
PBS
Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years
Paleodictyon, a hexagonal-patterned fossil, is a bit of a mystery. We don’t even know if it’s a trace fossil, or the organism itself. So… what could it be?
SciShow
Can Sponges “Think” Using Light?
Sponges might not look like particularly complex animals, but they've had billions of years to evolve their own special systems. And one of those systems might involve sending messages through their body in the form of light.
SciShow
The Bizarre World Of Underwater Sneezing
For us terrestrial animals, sneezing is a regular part of life involving the movement of a lot of air. But animals that live underwater and don't breathe air like we do also sneeze. Sea sponges, corals, and hagfish use their snot to...
SciShow
Why Taking Turns Is Good for Dolphin Skin
Dolphins are sophisticated creatures similar to us in many ways. But until recently, one of their behaviors had scientists scratching their heads.
TED Talks
TED: The deep sea's medicinal secrets | Sam Afoullouss
Under the sea, untold wonders await in the form of untapped medicinal potential. Chemist Sam Afoullouss dives into the science behind natural remedies, explaining why the ocean's great (and still largely unexplored) biodiversity is ideal...
SciShow
Do You Need a Brain to Sleep?
You might think you need a brain to be able to sleep, but organisms with super simple neural networks can still "sleep" sort of like we do. So, if these organisms can sleep too, then what is sleep anyway?
SciShow
8 Strange New Deep Sea Creatures
Learn about some new sea creatures that recently made their debut to the land world!
SciShow
7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!
SciShow
There Are Crystal Mirrors Hidden in Scallop Eyes
Sea creatures abound this week, as scientists make discoveries about scallop eyes and use models to help figure out the age old mystery, "Which came first, comb jellies or the sea sponge?”
SciShow
The New Oldest Animal Fossils?
A new study reports what might be the oldest fossil animals ever found. And we're also learning more about what role the hippocampus plays in certain types of visual memory.
SciShow
The Oldest DNA Ever Found
Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting DNA from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living under Antarctica's ice shelf, and they're really cool.
SciShow
The Shrimp and the Sponge: A Deep Sea Love Story
This Valentine’s Day weekend, we'd like to tell you a deep-sea shrimp love story that begins with a sponge, and two shrimp — and ends in forever.
SciShow
These Chimps Treat Each Other’s Wounds. With Bugs
Chimpanzees in Gabon have been observed using bugs as a possible antiseptic, but what's more surprising is that they're applying this remedy to one another in what may be a form of chimpanzee health care.
SciShow
What's at the Bottom of the Deepest Lake in the World
Besides being the deepest lake on Earth, Lake Baikal supports a bizarre collection of species that are found nowhere else!
SciShow
Carnivorous Sponges — So That's a Thing
There aren't many creatures as safe and chill as the humble sea sponge, right? Well, not so fast! It turns out there's a whole family of carnivorous sponges that trap and eat small animals using spines and migrating stomaches!
Crash Course
Animal Development: We're Just Tubes - Crash Course Biology
Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes.
Crash Course
Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses - Crash Course Biology
Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as "animals" has been called into question because they are so simple) and finishing with the most complex...
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
Invertebrate
An animal without a backbone or spinal column. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts...
Curated Video
Sponges
Discover an animal with no eyes, mouth or heart. Material processes - Classifying materials - Properties of materials Learning Points Porous materials are absorbent due to tiny pores allowing liquid or gas to pass. Humans sometimes...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is A Hawksbill Turtle?
This video is answering the question of what is a hawksbill turtle.
Bizarre Beasts
What if Your Butt Swam Away?
You have one butt, a shark has one butt, even a jellyfish has one butt/mouth, but deep inside sponges of Australia's Darwin Harbor there's a marine worm with BUTTS, hundreds and hundreds of butts. And sometimes those butts have minds of...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 17
Spooky Antarctic vibes, moving magma matters, tracking the tropics and aging ancient animals. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week. Oldest clue of animal life...