Curated Video
Fossils Are Amazing
Dr. Forrester explains what fossils are, how they are formed, and what information they provide. She will also be conducting an experiment using fossils.
Guinness World Records
Discovering the Titanosaur: The Largest 3D Printed Skeleton
After some bones of an unknown dinosaur were discovered, a 3D printed version of the skeleton was created at the American Museum of Natural History. Use this film to discuss fossils, paleontology and how 3D printing can bring the past...
Science360
Engineering innovative seismic retrofits that don’t break the bank - Science Nation
Researchers at the state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Materials Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using a full-scale model building to test new ways to protect structures from earthquakes and potentially save...
Science360
Enormous Underwater Fossil Graveyard Found
National Science Foundation-funded anthropologists and paleontologists uncovered what could be the largest single collection of lemur remains ever found. What’s more, they found it in a most unusual place--hidden in a series of...
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.
Next Animation Studio
New study supports asteroid theory of dinosaur extinction: UK scientists
Asteroid impact gets sole credit for wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, according to new research.
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...
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...
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.
A Capella Science
More Than Birds (Extreme Parody)
An explanation of the shocking discovery that birds are modern-day dinosaurs, to the tune of Extreme's "More Than Words"
Brave Wilderness
The MOST FAMOUS DINOSAUR Tooth!
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 explore...
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Researcher claims women also hunted 9000 years ago
After finding stone projectiles near a woman’s skeleton, Californian researchers concluded that ancient women hunted
Weird History
The Feud That Almost Destroyed Palentology
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. This fight,...
Next Animation Studio
Neanderthals buried their dead, new study suggests
Researchers recently analyzed the remains of a Neanderthal child and found that the two-year-old was probably buried by its tribe, casting new light on the way these ancient cousins of humans treated their deceased.
Next Animation Studio
Creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the 'oldest ancestor of all living creatures'
Geologists examining fossil impressions from South Australia have found evidence of the earliest relative of most animal life on Earth, a tiny, wormlike creature that lived 555 million years ago, according to a study published in the...
Howdytoons
Brontosaurus is Back
For many years, Brontosaurus was not considered a separate species of dinosaur. Now new evidence has changed this classification: Brontosaurus is not Apatosaurus but a separate species. Brontosaurus is Back!
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Importance of Fossils
This video discusses how fossils provide valuable information about the history of life on Earth. By studying fossils, scientists have learned about extinct animals, past climates, and changes in Earth's climate. Fossils part 3/12
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Fossils: the Importance of Fossils
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...
Getty Images
A Tyrannosaurus Rex and a triceratops tangle in a forest: a 3D animation depicts the skeletal and muscular systems of a Triceratops.
A Tyrannosaurus Rex and a triceratops tangle in a forest: a 3D animation depicts the skeletal and muscular systems of a Triceratops.
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A Quetzalcoatlus flies above a valley: a 3D animation depicts the nervous system of a Quetzalcoatlus: a Quetzalcoatlus flies over a river valley.
A Quetzalcoatlus flies above a valley: a 3D animation depicts the nervous system of a Quetzalcoatlus: a Quetzalcoatlus flies over a river valley.
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A computer program analyzes running dinosaurs; a Quetzalcoatlus takes flight in a jungle; a computer-generated anatomical model features the muscular system of a Quetzalcoatlus.
A computer program analyzes running dinosaurs; a Quetzalcoatlus takes flight in a jungle; a computer-generated anatomical model features the muscular system of a Quetzalcoatlus.
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A computer-generated anatomical model features the muscle fibers of a flying Quetzalcoatlus.
A computer-generated anatomical model features the muscle fibers of a flying Quetzalcoatlus.
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Two Parasaurolophus dinosaurs clash and emit infrasound waves.
Two Parasaurolophus dinosaurs clash and emit infrasound waves.
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A computer-generated anatomical model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex features its visual system.
A computer-generated anatomical model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex features its visual system.