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SciShow Kids

Why Are These Frogs So Colorful? | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Join Squeaks as he learns about some of the most colorful animals ever: poison dart frogs! Some animals are bright and colorful to warn other animals that they might be dangerous... and some are just copycats. First Grade Next Generation...
Instructional Video8:29
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5 Strange Cases of Animal Rain

12th - Higher Ed
You might want a really sturdy umbrella to dig into this video, because we’re discussing 5 animals that have a tendency to rain down from the sky and the reasons we think this might be happening!
Instructional Video9:07
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7 Unbelievably Hardcore Ants

12th - Higher Ed
The ant world is an incredible, dangerous, and downright bizarre place. Some ants, though, are a lot cooler and more resourceful than you might give them credit for.
Instructional Video8:53
SciShow

We Keep Finding Fossils in VERY Weird Places...

12th - Higher Ed
Fossils aren't just something you find at dig sites. Correction: 3:03 Actually, it was the American Museum of Natural History. But it was a Bruce Museum curator who found it!
Instructional Video10:10
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7 Extreme Animal Moms

12th - Higher Ed
From changing diapers to cleaning up vomit, human parents can have it tough, but at least they don't have to incubate their babies under their skin or liquify their own guts to feed their brood like these animal moms do! In honor of...
Instructional Video8:46
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9 Weird Ways Animals Communicate

12th - Higher Ed
We all know ducks quack, dogs bark, and birds chirp, but that barely scratches the surface of all the amazing ways animals have devised to talk to each other!
Instructional Video4:50
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The Carnivorous Plants That Gave Up Meat for Poop

12th - Higher Ed
Seymour might have had better luck had he raised one of these Bornean plants instead of a giant Venus flytrap. Instead of evolving to eat animals, they’ve evolved to play nice in exchange for their nutrient rich feces.
Instructional Video18:30
SciShow Kids

Respect the Insect! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Squeaks and Mr. Brown are taking a break from working in the garden to learn about bunches of cool insects that live there and other places in the world!
Instructional Video10:31
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6 Ways Animals Prevent Epidemics

12th - Higher Ed
Humans aren’t the only ones who have to worry about epidemics: meet six other animals who take their own precautions to avoid getting sick! Chapters pathogens 0:40 vectors 1:15 VECTOR AVOIDANCE: BLUEBIRDS 2:19 social immunity 3:35...
Instructional Video12:03
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8 of the Worst Stinging Insects

12th - Higher Ed
Generally, humans try to avoid getting stung by insects. However, in the name of science, the betterment of humanity, and pure curiosity, there are brave people out there who willingly subject themselves to the business end of the most...
Instructional Video9:37
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4 Animals That Don’t Have Resident Gut Microbiomes

12th - Higher Ed
We humans couldn’t live without our gut microbes, but not all animals rely on microscopic digestive communities like we do. And understanding why these animals ditched their microbial partners can teach us a lot about the costs and...
Instructional Video10:35
SciShow

5 Tiny Bots Inspired by Nature

12th - Higher Ed
The creation of tiny robots could enable the exploration of new frontiers, from the tightest spaces in the human body to the most remote ecosystems. Here are 5 little bots that draw inspiration from nature to get the job done.
Instructional Video10:09
SciShow

7 Extreme Animal Moms

12th - Higher Ed
From changing diapers to cleaning up vomit, human parents can have it tough, but at least they don't have to incubate their babies under their skin or liquify their own guts to feed their brood like these animal moms do! In honor of...
Instructional Video2:54
SciShow

The Insect Nothing Messes With: Meet the Velvet Ant

12th - Higher Ed
Big or small, most creatures end up on something else's dinner menu. But the velvet ant combines a ton of defenses into one very unappetizing package.
Instructional Video2:42
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Robot Ant Swarms Have Arrived!

12th - Higher Ed
Robot design commonly mimics the abilities of their human creators, but some researchers have been inspired by a possibly unexpected creature: an ant.
Instructional Video5:10
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These Ant Paramedics Save Their Injured Comrades

12th - Higher Ed
A species of ant has been discovered to rescue and tend to the battle wounds of other ants injured while hunting, and scientists think that this is the first time this behavior has ever been observed in insects.
Instructional Video2:34
SciShow

These Voracious Ants Are Their Own Mobile Home

12th - Higher Ed
Army ants move around a lot, which means they can't build a nest like other ants do. So, to build their shelters, they came up with another, way weirder solution...
Instructional Video8:29
SciShow

5 Strange Cases of Animal Rain

12th - Higher Ed
You might want a really sturdy umbrella to dig into this video, because we’re discussing 5 animals that have a tendency to rain down from the sky and the reasons we think this might be happening!
Instructional Video9:22
SciShow

Reinventing the Wheel: 5 Species That Roll

12th - Higher Ed
If wheels and rolling have proven so efficient for humans, why hasn’t evolution pushed at least some other species in that direction? Well actually, there are a few species that can get around by rolling. Chapters View all GOLDEN WHEEL...
Instructional Video4:19
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3 Surprising Ways Animals Use Saliva

12th - Higher Ed
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!
Instructional Video9:24
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7 Unbelievably Hardcore Ants

12th - Higher Ed
The ant world is an incredible, dangerous, and downright bizarre place. Some ants, though, are a lot cooler and more resourceful than you might give them credit for. Chapters SKULL-COLLECTING ANT 0:40 TRAP-JAW ANTS Credit: Johnson...
Instructional Video5:28
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Dangerous Soaps: How Animals Use Surfactants

12th - Higher Ed
When you think of surfactants, you might think of soaps, detergents and other man-made chemicals. But it turns out that some other animals utilize their own versions of these sudsy molecules.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

The Carnivorous Plants That Gave Up Meat for Poop

12th - Higher Ed
Seymour might have had better luck had he raised one of these Bornean plants instead of a giant Venus flytrap. Instead of evolving to eat animals, they’ve evolved to play nice in exchange for their nutrient rich feces.
Instructional Video3:25
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DID YOU KNOW - Ants can carry over 50 times of their body weight

9th - Higher Ed
In this video, we uncover 10 fascinating facts about ants that will blow your mind! From their incredible anatomy and super strength to their complex social structures, ants are far more than just tiny insects. Discover the diverse...