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Curated Video
Raptor Characteristics
This video explores the fascinating world of raptors, or birds of prey. From hawks and eagles to falcons and vultures, these majestic creatures possess exceptional eyesight, strong grip, and curved beaks for tearing at their prey....
Curated Video
Eagles: Predators of the Skies
This video provides an overview of Eagles, highlighting their iconic appearance, hunting abilities, and unique behaviors. It explores their solitary nature, complex migratory patterns, and territorial behavior. The video also discusses...
PBS
Seasonal Science: Raptor Migration
45 percent of all raptors migrate, but they don't follow the paths of other migrating birds. An extensive Seasonal Science series introduces the unique migration process of raptors. The narrator explains the extremely small migration...
Curated OER
Jurassic Fight Club: T-Rex vs. Raptors - Part 1/2
Fight or flight response and physical prowess is examined in this seven-minute video. Using evidence and a knowledge of animal behavior, scientists were able to show how the bird-like raptor attacked its prey. Studying dinosaur behavior...
Curated OER
Jurassic Fight Club: T-Rex vs. Raptors - Part 2/2
The battle for survival between the duckbill and a pack of raptors progresses in this continuation of Jurassic Fight Club. This clip is highly dramatized and personifies the dinosaurs in a sensationalist way which takes the emphasis off...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Biology of Birds of Prey
We'll check in with biologists studying American kestrels, prairie falcons, red-tailed hawks, and other raptors that nest in Idaho's Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. Plus, bringing back the California condor.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Dinosaurs With Feathers, or Primitive Birds?
NPR reports on an exhibit at San Diego's Natural History Museum, which features 120-million-year-old fossils discovered in northeastern China that reveal a link between birds and dinosaurs.