TED Talks
TED: Regenerative living can restore a broken world | Paul Hawken
A frog and a mockingbird changed Paul Hawken's life, kindling a devotion to protect and restore nature. Now, as one of the world's preeminent environmentalists, he advocates for regeneration — a calling and action plan for the world to...
SciShow Kids
A Lot About Axolotls! | SciShow Kids
Axolotls are amazing pets! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about why axolotls have feathery gills and live in water, and how to protect their natural habitat. First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea:...
SciShow
The Mystery of the Biggest Genomes
3 billion base pairs is a pretty typical genome size for organisms like us, but there are a few plants and animals with genomes so huge they completely blow this number out of the water. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
SciShow
How Tongues Helped Vertebrates Conquer Land
You might not think much of your tongue, but without it, we may have never conquered dry land and the world as we know it.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin
Thousands of animal species use toxic chemicals to defend themselves from predators. Snakes have blood clotting compounds in their fangs, the bombardier beetle has corrosive liquid in its abdomen and jellyfish have venomous, harpoon-like...
TED-Ed
These salamanders snack on each other (but don't die) | Luis Zambrano
Axolotls are one of science's most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regeneration: they can flawlessly regenerate body parts ranging from amputated limbs and crushed spines to parts of their...
SciShow
How Tongues Helped Vertebrates Conquer Land
You might not think much of your tongue, but without it, we may have never conquered dry land and the world as we know it.
SciShow Kids
Life in the Redwoods | Surprising Animals of the Redwood Forest
Jessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are...
SciShow
How Do Animals Re-Grow Limbs (And Why Can't We?)
Starfish can regrow lost arms, and salamanders can sprout new limbs. So why can't we? Sci Show explains the science of regeneration, and explores the limitations the humans face -- and are trying to go beyond.
SciShow
Lemurs Are Into Networking Too
New research says that even lemurs benefit from networking skills and some frogs are finally bouncing back from the Chytrid epidemic.
SciShow
A Pure and Restful Quiz Show | SciShow Quiz Show
Sally Le Page joins us on Quiz Show this week, where we celebrate the submission of her doctoral thesis with the most peaceful, relaxing questions we could devise, assuming you don’t count the volcanoes or screamed-at caterpillars
SciShow
Aquatic Animals That Live in Trees
Fish in a tree? How can that be? For some aquatic creatures, it's not necessarily bad to be a fish out of water.
SciShow
6 of the Coolest Things We've Found in Amber
Amber is amazing stuff! It can preserve organisms whole, and essentially freeze them in time, and the specimens we’ve found in it so far range from amazing to downright bizarre. Here are six of the coolest things we’ve found trapped in...
Curated Video
Exploring the Potential of Salamander Genes: A Pathway to Regrowing Lost Limbs?
This video highlights the devastating impact of land mines in Afghanistan and the potential for salamander genes to inspire new treatments for humans to regrow lost or damaged tissue. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany...
Curated Video
Marbled Salamanders
Why the female marbled salamander must abandon her eggs in order to survive. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Unlike most salamanders, the marbled salamander reproduces entirely on land. The male drops sperm onto the ground...
Curated Video
What is an Amphibian?
An introduction to amphibian life. How do amphibians differ from other land vertebrates? And why they are still so dependent on water to survive? Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Amphibians follow a two-stage life cycle: a...
Curated Video
Can Images Classify Themselves? | Self-Organization and Neural Cellular Automata
Can Images Classify Themselves? | Self-Organization and Neural Cellular Automata
Mazz Media
Amphibian
This live-action video program is about the word amphibian. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word amphibian through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Brave Wilderness
Exploring for Cave Creatures!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew hike deep into the West Virginia hills in search of the rare and cryptic Cave Salamander! However, locating the cave is the only the first obstacle. Once the cave is found they must...
Brave Wilderness
NEW SPECIES FOUND?! Rare Blue Crayfish!
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote finds an extremely blue and quite possibly new species of Crayfish! While adventuring in the back hills of West Virginia with herpetologist Tim Brust the team set their sites on encountering this...
Brave Wilderness
Catching GIANT SALAMANDERS in TOKYO!
On this episode of On Location, Mark and Mario are still in Japan... and Coyote gives them a special mission to find one giant salamander in the middle of Tokyo! Get ready to find out if Mark and Mario will be catching GIANT SALAMANDERS...
STAT
Science Happens! With Carl Zimmer
Jessica Whited, a biologist at the Brigham Regenerative Medicine Center, is studying how salamanders are able to regrow amputated limbs, complete with bones, muscles and nerves. She hopes her findings will one day help humans regenerate...
Brave Wilderness
Salamander Scavenger Hunt! - How Many will we Find?!
On this episode, Coyote and Mario are in Kentucky for a Salamander Scavenger Hunt! With many different species of salamander in this location, how many do you think they will come across?!
Brave Wilderness
Does the Mudpuppy Bark?
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew are back in West Virginia with herpetologist Tim Brust! This time they're looking for another salamander, the elusive Mudpuppy -- will they be able to find one? Watch now to find out!