California Academy of Science
Why Protect Pollinators?
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
Deep Look
These Whispering, Walking Bats Are Onto Something
Over millions of years, bats developed flight and echolocation, so why are some bats now walking to look for food? An interesting video explains the changes in predator and prey relationships due to adaptation. Which adaptation is the...
The Brain Scoop
Into the Bat Caves of Kenya: Part 2
Field research is dirty work! Join a team of research scientists from the Field Museum in the second installment of a two-part series that is part of a larger playlist exploring mammals. The team continues their search for bats in...
The Brain Scoop
Into the Bat Caves of Kenya: Part 1
To the bat cave! No, not the one you're thinking of. Part one of a two-part series of expedition videos from playlist on mammals finds a group of researchers from the Field Museum embarking upon a quest. Content includes preparation for...
The Brain Scoop
Two Bats and a Spider
What creatures lurk in the rainforest at night? Meet three of them in one short video. Part of a playlist exploring mammals, the video presents a look at night research in the Amazon. Scientists locate and photograph two bat species and...
MinuteEarth
Why do Bats Transmit so many Diseases like Ebola?
In many different areas of the world, bats spread diseases that kill humans. Understanding how this happens may be the key to our survival. The video explains the diseases carried by bats, how they spread to other species, and the reason...
Be Smart
Bats: Guardians of the Night
A single bat can eat 8,000 mosquitoes in one night. These fascinating and wonderful creatures help to control the insect population, plant seeds, and are some of the most harmless animals on Earth. Though often misunderstood,...
TED-Ed
I'm Batman
When you think about bats, what comes to mind? Vampires? Rabies? After watching this short video you'll have a whole new appreciation for these terribly misunderstood mammals.
Curated OER
The Beauty Of Pollination
Beautiful high-definition video footage by Louie Schwartzberg captures the flights of hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees up close. Fruits ripen with time-lapse photography and flowers bloom as these animals, along with bats, seek food...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bats of the Southwest
This video segment from the Nevada Department of Wildlife looks at various species of bats and how they impact the environment. [3:14]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Indiana Bats of Carter Cave
This video segment from Kentucky Life explores one of the endangered habitats of Indiana bats and describes the benefits of bats to humans. [1:48]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 9
Learn about a variety of interesting pest stories like mosquito munchies, the truth about earwigs, and holy wings Batman! [2:57]
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?
Fatal epidemics such as Ebola, Hendra and SARS are all carried by bats. Learn here how it is not necessarily the fault of the bat but rather than through natural processes. [3:12]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: To the Bat Cave!
Bat biologist Nickolay Hristov develops new techniques for filming and visualizing bats and the caves they occupy.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Moths Can Escape Bats by Jamming Sonar
For over 50 million years, bats and moths have been engaged in an evolutionary arms race: bats evolving new tricks to catch moths, and moths developing counter-measures to escape bats. William Conner, a biologist at Wake Forest...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Tour a Bat Cave
Listen to this discussion of a Video Pick of the Week, which is a visit by a biologist to the interior of a bat cave, using innovative equipment to record the bats. Includes a link to the video. Aired Sept. 7, 2012. [5:44]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 19
Learn about a variety of interesting pests like slow-growing beetles, a slug's life, and fascinating bats! [3:14]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 7: A New Foe Emerges Nipah
In 1988 Southeast Asia faced it's own battle with Nipah, a fruit bat-borne disease that kills more than three quarters of those infected. Nipah is only contracted in Bangladesh between the months of December and March, and this was a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 5: Contact Tracing
Find out why contact tracing is such a crucial part of controlling outbreaks of infectious disease. Tracing back to patient zero during the West African Ebola outbreak shed light on Ebola's zoonotic origins and rapid spread. Contact...
Songs for Teaching
Bring Back the Bat
Use this site to learn different characteristics of bats by reading through the lyrics of this song. Included on this site are links to different books that you can use to supplement your unit on bats.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Can Bats and Wind Power Get Along?
New research finds that an adjustment to wind turbines could allow bats and wind power generation to better co-exist.