Before a discussion involving animals that hibernate, this video, featuring Meredith Viera, could be used to introduce the concept. Through a visual representation, the short video shows what hibernation means.

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...

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...

Drew sneaks up on various animals to show their different behaviors. He discusses the fact that behavioral adaptations evolved over time, just like physical adaptations. Unfortunately the shade of the trees in the first part of the video...

Brief video reports on the value of special training for an iguana living in the San Diego zoo.

There are some outstanding animal behaviors in the natural world, and this film celebrates the most amazing examples on Earth. Elephants have shown remarkable levels of intelligence by cooperating with each other to solve a puzzle. [4:26]

This collection of videos contains beautiful footage of the natural world in action while showing cutting-edge science research.

BBC video showing in slow motion the fastest tongue and the fastest claw in the animal world, belonging to a salamander and to the mantis shrimp. (3 min. 50 sec.)

Learn about animal behavior, communication, and intelligence by taking a look at separate case studies of a dolphin, an octopus, a dog, and a parrot. [55:13]

In this Dinosaur Train clip Gilbert teaches the kids about the giant prehistoric sea turtle called Archelon. Gilbert reminds the kids that different species behave differently and have unique life cycles. Take this video as an...

The latest on the bug beat: To survive floods, fire ants band together to form a raft. They can sail for weeks. But how does the raft stay afloat? Researchers report the answer in PNAS this week. Plus, engineers at Tufts are looking to...

This lesson examine the nature vs. nurture debate. Personality and socialization will be defined. Freud's model of personality explained. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Nature vs. Nurture."

Urban development can be tough on wildlife. But some plants and animals are adapting to our cities in surprising ways. [3:21]

Earth Unplugged brings you the top ten most disgusting and deceiving animal defenses. [2:40]

The owner of a cockatoo discovered it dancing to the Backstreet Boys, posted a video of it to YouTube, which was seen by neuroscientists. They performed an experiment on the bird to see if it was actually responding to the music, and,...

Understand how the hawk moth keeps a precise position in the air, with a UNC Chapel Hill biomechanist's study using high speed cameras. [4:06]

Sam Easterson has refined the art of the critter cam. He is the curator of the Museum of Animal Perspectives--an online repository of remotely-sensed wildlife imagery. All the footage comes from cameras implanted in the landscape or...

Hank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do. [10:54]

Hank discusses the process by which organisms grow and develop, maintaining that, in the end, we're all just tubes. [11:32]

Examine the characteristics and behavior of horses while watching kids use the scientific method to determine whether horses can communicate with their ears.

Season 5 - Episode 4 from Alan Alda's Scientific American Frontiers explains the concepts of nature versus nurture, and explores the reasons why female chimps raised in captivity don't develop parenting skills. The episode also...

Hank and his cat Cameo help teach us about animal behavior and how we can discover why animals do the things they do. [10:22]

Learn how animal communication is involved in the social behavior of animal groups with this video. [8:57]

Video of a dog playing catch with an automatic ball machine. (Length: 2 min. 10 sec.)