Instructional Video3:51
SciShow Kids

4 Reasons Cows are Awesome!

K - 5th
Did you know that there were over 200 types of cows? Join Jessi and Squeaks as they discuss some cool facts about these amazing animals.
Instructional Video4:27
SciShow Kids

Animal Track Detective! Science for Kids

K - 5th
Maybe you've seen animal tracks in the mud after a rainy day, but did you know that you can study these tracks to learn all kinds of things about the animals that made them? Grab your detective hat and join Jessi to find out how!
Instructional Video9:25
TED Talks

TED: How your nature photos can help protect wild animals | Tanya Berger-Wolf

12th - Higher Ed
We're losing animal and plant species at such a swift, unprecedented rate that it's nearly impossible to keep up. Computational biologist Tanya Berger-Wolf demonstrates how harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and one of the...
Instructional Video7:26
SciShow

Fecal Shields, and 5 Other Ways Animals Use Poop

12th - Higher Ed
Proud of what you just did in the bathroom? You should be, but here are 6 animals who are masters of the art of pooping!
Instructional Video16:10
TED Talks

TED: The ocean's glory -- and horror | Brian Skerry

12th - Higher Ed
Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change.
Instructional Video11:06
SciShow

Basically Every Mammal Is Good at Swimming... Except Us

12th - Higher Ed
From the world’s biggest land animal to a creature built more like a tank than a sub, meet seven mammals that you might not think can swim well, but do! CHAPTERS View all MOOSE 1:33 2 ELEPHANTS 3:21 ARMADILLOS 4:54 CAMELS 5:32 6 SLOTHS 9:03
Instructional Video12:18
SciShow

6 of the Coolest Things We've Found in Amber

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video5:17
Be Smart

Relationship Advice from the Animal Kingdom

12th - Higher Ed
Ever find yourself wishing for relationship advice and have no one to turn to? Looking for the secrets to a long and happy relationship but can't find the answers? Maybe you just want to know how to tell that certain someone that you...
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

Xenophyophores: The Strange Life of a Giant Single Cell

12th - Higher Ed
You may think of single-celled organisms as being microscopically small, but these ocean dwellers are a little heftier than that.
Instructional Video4:41
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why do cats have vertical pupils? | Emma Bryce

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Peering into the eyes of different animals, you'll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, like goats, have rectangular pupils. Other...
Instructional Video5:01
TED-Ed

TED-ED: How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe, and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have multiple ways of treating it - but what about other species? How do the...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow Kids

4 Things You Didn't Know About Ravens

K - 5th
Here at SciShow Kids we're gearing up for the spookiest time of year! And today, we're going to learn all about ravens! Ravens may give you the creepy crawlies, but they have some awesome skills and behaviors that make them very clever...
Instructional Video13:55
SciShow

All About Poop, Plus a Tortoise: SciShow Talk Show #15

12th - Higher Ed
The SciShow Talk Show has a new look! And a new guest who isn't new at all - Jessi Knudsen Castañeda from Animal Wonders joins Hank to talk about one of her favorite subjects: poop! They are joined by Augusto Castañeda and Yucca the...
Instructional Video3:57
SciShow Kids

Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea!

K - 5th
The ocean is full of some amazing creatures, but one that remains a bit of a mystery is the Narwhal, which looks like an underwater unicorn.
Instructional Video5:06
TED-Ed

TED-ED: Is there a disease that makes us love cats? - Jaap de Roode

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Today, about a third of the world's population is infected with a strange disease called toxoplasmosis - and most of them never even know it. And while the parasite can multiply in practically any host, it can only reproduce sexually in...
Instructional Video1:53
SciShow

Why Do Cat Eyes Glow in the Dark?

12th - Higher Ed
Those eerie shining orbs staring at you from the bushes when you take the trash out at night could be any number of animals, but why do their eyes glow like that?
Instructional Video8:59
TED Talks

Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are

12th - Higher Ed
How do you remember where you parked your car? How do you know if you're moving in the right direction? Neuroscientist Neil Burgess studies the neural mechanisms that map the space around us, and how they link to memory and imagination.
Instructional Video9:15
SciShow

7 Species That Were Saved From Extinction

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Chapters 0:00 0:05 0:11 0:17 0:23 0:29
Instructional Video2:57
MinuteEarth

These Names Can Kill Animals

12th - Higher Ed
Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species might actually help us save it. ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter...
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow

Why Can't I Wear My Dog's Flea and Tick Collars?

12th - Higher Ed
It seems like the easiest way to avoid tiny parasites is to just slap on your animal’s tick or flea collar and hike into the woods worry-free. But you definitely shouldn’t.
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow

Technicolor Dream Fish: How Tilefish Flash

12th - Higher Ed
Lots of animals can change the color of their skin, but there's nothing quite like the chameleon sand tilefish, which can change its appearance in an instant and flash the colors of the rainbow.
Instructional Video7:56
SciShow

Human Parasites

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us about all of the things that live on us or in us - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.
Instructional Video10:00
SciShow

Life or Death Farts: How Animals Use Passed Gas

12th - Higher Ed
We aren’t the only animals that pass gas, but other animals have found some much more creative ways to harness the power of their farts! Chapters View all SONORAN CORAL SNAKES 0:45 HERRING 1:48 3 MANATEES 4:06 SOUTHERN PINE BEETLES 4:32...
Instructional Video9:14
SciShow

What Do 'Natural' and 'Artificial' Flavors Really Mean?

12th - Higher Ed
What does it actually mean when your snack cake has "naturally flavored" on the package?