Instructional Video11:06
SciShow

Basically Every Mammal Is Good at Swimming... Except Us

12th - Higher Ed
From the world’s biggest land animal to a creature built more like a tank than a sub, meet seven mammals that you might not think can swim well, but do! CHAPTERS View all MOOSE 1:33 2 ELEPHANTS 3:21 ARMADILLOS 4:54 CAMELS 5:32 6 SLOTHS 9:03
Instructional Video2:34
Be Smart

Eight Incredible Deep Sea Oddities

12th - Higher Ed
We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's some of the most unbelievable oddities ever observed! Special thanks to the Monterey...
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow Kids

Who Knew? Amazing Owl Facts!

K - 5th
Who-who-who is quick, adorable and one of the best hunters in the whole bird family? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn some amazing facts about owls!
Instructional Video1:39
MinuteEarth

The Tiger Invasion: From the Wild to Texas Backyards

12th - Higher Ed
This video discusses the issue of tiger ownership in Texas, where there are more tigers in captivity than in the wild. It explores the reasons behind this phenomenon, such as the lack of laws against owning tigers and the successful...
Instructional Video4:42
TED-Ed

Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea | Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What's as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? It's not a shark or a killer whale... it's the Atlantic bluefin tuna— the largest and longest-lived of the 15 tuna species. Its unique set of...
Instructional Video10:27
SciShow

7 Animals with Super Weird (and Sometimes Horrifying) Teeth

12th - Higher Ed
Humans don't have interconnected teeth for slicing, or a secondary set of jaws to clamp down on prey already in our mouths, however, the rest of our animal kingdom is full of strange and awesome adaptations.
Instructional Video10:57
SciShow

6 "Vegetarian" Animals that Will Give You Nightmares

12th - Higher Ed
Some of the animals you think of as just cute grass-eating creatures might actually be more interested in chomping on your meaty bones.
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

These Horrifying Sea Slugs Smell Like Watermelon Candies

12th - Higher Ed
These fun looking sea slugs have a few unique features, not the least of which is the fact that they defend themselves by smelling like watermelon candies.
Instructional Video3:54
SciShow

Awesome Animal Dads

12th - Higher Ed
Let's talk about some of the awesome single dads out there in the animal kingdom!
Instructional Video10:14
SciShow

5 Animals With Superpowered Senses

12th - Higher Ed
From the ability to see “invisible” types of light to the power to taste all over their body, meet five incredible animals whose super senses far surpass our own! Chapters STAR-NOSED MOLES 3:04 HARBOR SEALS 4:56 CATFISH 6:49 BEARS 8:26
Instructional Video10:57
SciShow

Is Spider Silk the Future of Material Engineering?

12th - Higher Ed
Spiders have a long and fabled history of being a notorious creepy-crawly, but their silk might just change that image. Here are six ways in which spider silk is being studied to improve life for human beings.
Instructional Video1:42
MinuteEarth

Why Are There So Many Tigers In Texas?

12th - Higher Ed
Why there will likely soon be more tigers in backyards in Texas than in the wilds of Asia.
Instructional Video11:17
SciShow

8 Boss Invertebrates That Eat Whatever They Want

12th - Higher Ed
Even if you’re tiny, you can still be fierce. Here are 8 little invertebrates who punch above their weight class at dinner time. CHAPTERS View all DRAGONFLIES 0:46 REGAL JUMPING SPIDER 1:43 EPOMIS BEETLES 2:49 PRAYING MANTIS 4:34 BOBBIT...
Instructional Video2:40
SciShow

Carnivorous Sponges — So That's a Thing

12th - Higher Ed
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!
Instructional Video10:42
SciShow

6 Remarkable Ways Animals Catch Their Food

12th - Higher Ed
Claws and teeth are one way to catch a meal, but here are six animals that have evolved some pretty unique hunting techniques. Chapters FROGFISH 0:51 BOLAS SPIDERS 2:16 3 HUMPBACK WHALES 4:22 PISTOL SHRIMP 5:19 8:14 HUMANS 8:39
Instructional Video3:40
SciShow Kids

5 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Awesome

K - 5th
Dolphins aren't just smiley and cute! Jessi gives you 5 reasons why dolphins are awesome in this episode of SciShow Kids.
Instructional Video10:48
TED Talks

TED: What I learned from spending 31 days underwater | Fabien Cousteau

12th - Higher Ed
In 1963, Jacques Cousteau lived for 30 days in an underwater laboratory positioned on the floor of the Red Sea, and set a world record in the process. This summer, his grandson Fabien Cousteau broke that record. Cousteau the younger...
Instructional Video5:28
SciShow

Dangerous Soaps: How Animals Use Surfactants

12th - Higher Ed
When you think of surfactants, you might think of soaps, detergents and other man-made chemicals. But it turns out that some other animals utilize their own versions of these sudsy molecules.
Instructional Video2:52
SciShow

That’s Not a Rattlesnake… It’s an Owl!

12th - Higher Ed
When living underground leaves them vulnerable to attack, burrowing owls have a trick up their sleeve—they’ve developed the ability to mimic rattlesnake sounds that scare off predators!
Instructional Video7:13
SciShow

5 Ways Orcas Have Earned the Nickname “Killer Whale”

12th - Higher Ed
Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them has entirely different prey preferences and hunting techniques, more than earning their nickname “killer whale!” Chapters 1 MAKING WAVES 2:12...
Instructional Video4:23
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Where do genes come from? - Carl Zimmer

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other large organisms, there are a lot more genes to go around. Where did...
Instructional Video9:55
Crash Course

Community Ecology II: Predators - Crash Course Ecology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gets to the more violent part of community ecology by describing predation and the many ways prey organisms have developed to avoid it.
Instructional Video11:09
Crash Course

Community Ecology: Feel the Love - Crash Course Ecology

12th - Higher Ed
Interactions between species are what define ecological communities, and community ecology studies these interactions anywhere they take place. Although interspecies interactions are mostly competitive, competition is pretty dangerous,...
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow Kids

Meat-Eating Plants

K - 5th
Many animals eat plants, but did you know some plants eat animals? Jessi and Squeaks explore some of their favorite meat eating plants!