SciShow
How Anglerfishes Become One With Their Partners
Anglerfishes are pretty unique creatures, but what’s really unique is how some of these species mate.
SciShow
Did Dinos Dance? And Other Behavior Questions
Dinosaurs were social animals, moving in herds, hunting in packs, but could they dance?
MinuteEarth
Why It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena
Thanks to spotted hyenas’ unusual social structure, males experience a tough life of solitude, harassment, and deprivation. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic, start your googling with...
SciShow
Why Do Animals Have Sex for Pleasure?
Seeking pleasure comes naturally to us humans, and we experience it in various ways, including sex. But it turns out plenty of other organisms also seek out the feeling of sexual pleasure, even outside mating purposes.
TED Talks
Danielle N. Lee: How hip-hop helps us understand science
In the early 1990s, a scandal rocked evolutionary biology: scientists discovered that songbirds -- once thought to be strictly monogamous -- engaged in what's politely called "extra-pair copulation." In this unforgettable biology lesson...
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Birds
There are a number of bird species that construct pretty cool things - today on SciShow, we'll visit with three of them...
SciShow
The Absolute Worst Thing About Butterflies
Who doesn’t love to gaze at a beautiful butterfly fluttering by? Aesthetically speaking, they are simply wonderful to watch. Wonderful, that is, unless you are getting a rare glimpse of pheromone laced coremata.
SciShow
For These 7 Species, Sex Changes Everything
Animals and plants come in an amazing variety of shapes, sizes and colors. And in some species, they take it pretty extreme to deal with the battles within and between sexes.
SciShow
Fidelity Hormones, Contagious Behavior, and the Meat-Allergy Plague
This week's SciShow News finds Hank up to his elbows in weird disorders and strange behaviors, including a chemical that makes men stay faithful, new insights into what makes some behavior contagious, and the truth about a disease that...
SciShow
3 Surprising Ways Animals Use Saliva
To humans, drool can seem pretty disgusting, but other animals use saliva in surprising ways. Here are some of the weirdest ways other animals use their spit to survive!
SciShow
9 Extreme Bug Mating Rituals
Welcome to the romantic, violent, treacherous, and murderous mating lives of bugs.
TED Talks
Marlene Zuk: What we learn from insects' sex lives
In this enlightening, funny talk, Marlene Zuk shares just some of the ways that insects are truly astonishing -- and not least for the creative ways they have sex.
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Battle of the Sexes
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we take a look at how deep the divide between males and females actually goes.
Bozeman Science
Population Modeling
Paul Andersen shows you how we can use a spreadsheet to model population changes. He begins with a brief discussion of populations and life cycles. He then shows you how you can model a single generation using a spreadsheet.
SciShow
Bears Have Babies While They’re Hibernating
Bears forgo many activities to conserve their energy in the winter when food is scarce, including eating, peeing, and pooping. There is one thing that they specifically DO do during the winter, though: give birth! But, giving birth...
SciShow
The Biggest Volcano and Small Testes
Hank reviews the latest in science news, including the discovery of Element 115, the biggest volcano on Earth, and new insights into what it might mean to have small testicles.
SciShow
When Sex is Hard
When it comes to sex things can be complicated, but for the three species we are looking at today, sex is really hard.
Curated Video
Marvellous Spatuletail
Discover a tiny hummingbird with very unusual tail feathers. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. There are over 300 species of hummingbird. Hummingbirds use specialised beaks to feed on nectar. The marvellous spatuletail gets its...
Curated Video
Deep Sea Angler Fish
The deep sea angler fish lives in deep, dark waters. How does it find food and attract a mate in the dark? Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Deep sea anglerfish can swallow prey twice their size. Female anglerfish have...
Curated Video
Damselfly
From egg to nymph to adult: an introduction to the life cycle of the damselfly. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Damselflies spend the first part of their lives underwater. Damselflies change from aquatic nymphs into winged...
Curated Video
Dawson's Bee
For this large burrowing bee, mating season isn’t just competitive – it’s deadly. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Dawson's burrowing bee is one of the largest bee species in the world. Dawson's bees are solitary bees, and...
Curated Video
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Discover why the precarious choice of spawning location means this species' young must make a life-or-death decision as soon as they hatch. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. The South American red-eyed tree frog lives in rivers...
Curated Video
Midwife Toads
A look at the nurturing techniques of the male midwife toad, who is charged with looking after the newborn eggs. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Iberian midwife toads mate from September to March each year. During mating...