Instructional Video8:34
SciShow

9 Amazing New Arachnid Species

12th - Higher Ed
Whether they’re dancing, hunting, or being a pain in the nose, these new arachnid species will knock all 8 of your socks off.
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

A Song of Ice and New Species

12th - Higher Ed
Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
Instructional Video0:52
Curated Video

Divergence

6th - 12th
The process by which new species or variations within species evolve in populations.
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Glossary Film.
Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
Instructional Video2:58
Curated Video

Mechanisms of Evolution

6th - 12th
Genetic variation produces new characteristics and, over generations, drives the evolution of species. But how do new gene types arise and what are the processes behind evolution? Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points....
Instructional Video2:56
Curated Video

Natural Selection - Survival of the Fittest

6th - 12th
Darwin's theory of Natural Selection reveals an intense struggle for existence: a constant fight between individuals, species, and their physical environment, where only the fittest survive. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning...
Instructional Video3:08
Curated Video

Darwin's Dilemma

6th - 12th
The creation, controversy and competition surrounding the publication of Darwin's most iconic work: The Origin of Species. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Darwin, an English scientist, worked on his theory of...
Instructional Video3:08
Curated Video

What Causes Extinction?

6th - 12th
A look at the main causes of extinction from new diseases to climate change to competition from another species. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Extinction is a natural part of the evolutionary cycle. It occurs more...
Instructional Video0:54
Next Animation Studio

Researchers discover greenhouse gas eating ocean bacteria

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have discovered several new types of sea microbes that could eat oil and other pollutants.
Instructional Video1:11
Next Animation Studio

Florida now home to venomous new tarantula species

12th - Higher Ed
Florida has finally found a new spider that is not an invasive species — but it's not for the squeamish. <br/>
Instructional Video1:18
Next Animation Studio

‘Godzilla’ wasp discovered that dives underwater to attack its prey

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers have discovered a “Godzilla” wasp that deliberately dives underwater to insert parasitic eggs into its prey, according to a research article published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Instructional Video1:15
Next Animation Studio

New deep-sea animal might not be seen again for centuries

12th - Higher Ed
The rare animal glows delightfully and was found almost 4km deep on a deep-sea shelf called the Aricebo amphitheater.
Instructional Video3:04
Curated OER

Digging Up a Dinosaur Graveyard

5th - 8th
Travel with a team of paleontologists as they dig into the Gobi Desert to uncover new species of dinosaurs. They find several dinosaur graves containing a new find, Guanlong, or crested dragon, a never before seen species trapped in a...
Instructional Video2:00
Science Today

189 New Species

9th - 12th
Only two minutes long, this video explains that 189 species of animals were added to the list of known species in the year 2012. An interview with the Dean of Science and Research Collections from the California Academy of Sciences...