Instructional Video16:34
SciShow

Quiz Show: SciShow Host Showdown

12th - Higher Ed
Hank Green and Michael Aranda must put their knowledge of hearing, seeing, and tasting to the test in order to win this quiz show written and hosted by the inimitable Blake de Pastino and his sidekick, Smart Blake.
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

The Awesome Bug That Lives on Frozen Volcanos

12th - Higher Ed
In the frozen mini volcanoes on Maunakea in Hawai'i there lives a scavenger-predator that prefers its meals delivered.
Instructional Video11:00
SciShow

7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)

12th - Higher Ed
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!
Instructional Video7:22
Amoeba Sisters

Classification

12th - Higher Ed
Explores classification in biology as well as taxonomy hierarchy: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species with The Amoeba Sisters! This video also discusses the importance of scientific names and why...
Instructional Video14:11
TED Talks

Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

12th - Higher Ed
Sloths have been on this planet for more than 40 million years. What's the secret to their success? In a hilarious talk, zoologist Lucy Cooke takes us inside the strange life of the world's slowest mammal and shows what we can learn from...
Instructional Video11:02
SciShow

Spinal Posture & A Legless Lizard: SciShow Talk Show #13

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of the SciShow talk show, Michael and Hank discuss human posture and evolution and Hank shares some personal information, and then Jessi from Animal Wonders shares Leonard, the legless lizard.
Instructional Video2:51
SciShow

The Frog with Hidden Claws

12th - Higher Ed
A frog with retractable claws? Weird. A frog with claws that it has to push through its skin to use? Even weirder.
Instructional Video2:56
SciShow

Why Are Pandas Black and White?

12th - Higher Ed
Their signature black and white color scheme is part of what makes pandas instantly recognizable - but not many mammals are black and white, so... why do they look like that?
Instructional Video33:46
SciShow

Studying the Solar Eclipse: SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Jen Fowler of the Montana Space Grant Consortium joins us this week to talk about her work with weather balloons and the upcoming solar eclipse, and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings along Gaia the Southern Three-Banded Armadillo!
Instructional Video2:17
MinuteEarth

Why You Shouldn't Give Ginger To Monkeys (and other animal sayings)

12th - Higher Ed
Humans from different cultures anthropomorphize different animals to represent the same human traits. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Sunshower: A meteorological...
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

Animals That Do Drugs

12th - Higher Ed
Turns out humans aren't the only animals that can medicate themselves - many other animals have found ways to deal with illness by using natural remedies. Hank will tell you about some of the most interesting methods animals have found...
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

3 Discoveries You Missed Because of COVID

12th - Higher Ed
There have been a lot of scientific discoveries around COVID, but other science stories did happen in 2020 — including amazing discoveries about everything from dinosaurs to parasites.
Instructional Video10:25
Crash Course

Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth: Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to ecology - the study of the rules of engagement for all of us earthlings - which seeks to explain why the world looks and acts the way it does. The world is crammed with things, both animate and not, that have been...
Instructional Video3:12
SciShow Kids

Why Don’t Woodpeckers’ Heads Hurt?

K - 5th
Woodpeckers search for food by using their face to dig through tree bark! But why doesn't this give them a headache?
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

Get to Know a Dinosaur!

K - 5th
Do you have any questions about dinosaurs, or anything else about nature, or outer space, or machines?
Instructional Video16:33
SciShow

Quiz Show: Michael Aranda vs. Emily Graslie

12th - Higher Ed
Having worked together for years, it's time for Emily Graslie and Michael Aranda to go head to head in a SciShow Quiz Show Grudge Match.
Instructional Video2:21
SciShow

Ghost Crabs Take Stomach Growling to a Whole New Level

12th - Higher Ed
You think your tummy rumbles? Meet the ghost crab — it growls using teeth inside its stomach, and not because it’s feeling peckish!
Instructional Video5:08
SciShow

Could the Plague Rise Again?

12th - Higher Ed
How likely is a 21st-century epidemic of the plague? Unlike other diseases, the plague is alive and well in some parts of the world, but scientists and doctors are continuing to develop better treatments.
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow

Why Avocados Shouldn't Exist

12th - Higher Ed
The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence.
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

The Coolest Birds on Earth | A SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
It's Thanksgiving in the US, so everyone's got turkey on the brain. And sure, turkeys are great, but there are lots of other cool birds that just don't get their due! So SciShow has put together a collection of episodes honoring some of...
Instructional Video3:07
SciShow

So Apparently Platypuses Glow in the Dark

12th - Higher Ed
Of all the weird animals that exist in the world, platypuses are up there with the weirdest, and last year scientists discovered something even more peculiar about their fur: it glows! What may be even more strange, though, is how little...
Instructional Video7:24
PBS

What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?

12th - Higher Ed
Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
Instructional Video6:06
Be Smart

Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Concussions?

12th - Higher Ed
A look into the science of concussions.
Instructional Video4:22
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

Pre-K - Higher Ed
When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and...