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Instructional Video4:23
SciShow

Mind-controlling Parasites!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank introduces us to some freaky parasites that use mind control to hijack the brains of their hosts. Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Human parasites...
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Instructional Video4:48
TED Talks

Ellen Agler: Parasitic worms hold back human progress. Here's how we can end them

12th - Higher Ed
Parasitic worms date back thousands of years, causing diseases that limit human potential. But today, effective treatment against them requires just a few pills, taken once or twice a year. With 1.7 billion people at risk of infection,...
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Instructional Video1:46
National Geographic

Parasites Hitch a Ride on Turtle's Shell | National Geographic

Pre-K - 11th
This green sea turtle is providing free transportation to a few creepy, crawly hitchhikers. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science,...
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Instructional Video3:21
SWPictures

Genetically Modified Flies to Combat Sleeping Sickness

12th - Higher Ed
The video discusses the efforts of scientists in Antwerp to genetically modify the tsetse fly in order to combat the spread of sleeping sickness. By using a bacterium that lives inside the fly, the scientists can create a tiny protein...
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Instructional Video0:58
Next Animation Studio

Chagas disease posts lifelong threat of heart failure

12th - Higher Ed
Chagas disease is a potentially life-threatening illness transmitted by the kissing bug, which carries the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. It is mostly found in Central and South America. It is estimated that it infects as many as...
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Instructional Video4:24
SciShow

Parasitic Wasps Found Inside 30 Million-Year-Old Flies | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week, definitive evidence that wasps were just as brutal millions of years ago as they are today, and some interesting effects caused by naked mole-rat poop.
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Instructional Video3:34
Mr. R.'s Songs for Teaching

Parasite Song

Pre-K - 4th
I wrote this for my elementary science students. Parasites and their hosts! Hope you enjoy! LYRICS: Ticks and fleas, leeches, lice None of you are really nice, Parasites, parasites, You’re no friend to me… Parasite, parasite, Why’d you...
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Instructional Video47:34
Gresham College

The Parasite Zoo - Professor Mark Viney

10th - Higher Ed
Welcome to the hidden world of Parasites: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-parasite-zoo Parasites are everywhere and it is normal for animals, ourselves included, to be infected with them. Parasites are specially adapted...
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Instructional Video53:18
Gresham College

Zombie Ants and Fearless Mice: Parasites and the Brain

10th - Higher Ed
Parasites can dramatically change the behaviour of their hosts. This lecture tells us what this can tell us about the human brain. A lecture by Dr Tristram Wyatt, Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford 26...
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Instructional Video1:09
Natural History Museum

Parasitic plants: Are there vampires in your garden?

K - 11th
Some plants resort to stealing to get the nutrients they need. Although having parasitic plants in your garden may sound bad, they actually play an important role in increasing biodiversity. Museum scientist Tom McCarter explains....
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Instructional Video1:15
Curated Video

Parasites And Hosts | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool

12th - Higher Ed
Parasites And Hosts | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Let's learn all about parasites. Parasites are organisms that live on or in other organisms! This is known as the host organism. The relationship can be mutually...
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Instructional Video1:27
Curated Video

Meet a Friendly, Tongue Eating Parasite

6th - 11th
Meet cymothoa exigua, a crustacean parasite whose gross out factor is turned up to 11. This creepy crawly makes its living by entering the gills and severing the blood supply to a fish's tongue. Once the tongue is consumed, cymothoa...
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Instructional Video4:48
Curated Video

Human Parasite

3rd - 11th
Subscribe to Naked Science - http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1 Every other Wednesday we present a new video, so join us to see the truth laid bare... This young girl from India was born with an additional set of arms and legs, with x-rays revealing...
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Instructional Video2:24
Curated Video

Thinking like a parasite | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool

12th - Higher Ed
Thinking like a parasite | Ecology & Environment | Biology | FuseSchool Ever thought about how the world looks out of a parasite's perspective? This fun video takes you on that journey! SUBSCRIBE to the FuseSchool YouTube channel for...
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Instructional Video1:02
Natural History Museum

Can parasites use mind control? | Natural History Museum

K - 11th
Parasites usually try and stay hidden, but some are clearly attention seekers. Meet the parasites that put on some very colourful displays. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook:...
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Instructional Video9:38
Curated Video

The Case for Saving PARASITES.

9th - 11th
PARASITE. Doesn't the word just make your skin crawl? (that's actually the worms living under your flesh... just kidding). Despite our "ick" reaction to these animals, they play important roles in their environments - and many are under...
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Instructional Video1:00
Natural History Museum

Look into my (other) eyes... the clownfish and their parasitic isopods | Natural History Museum

K - 11th
Qing Lin's colourful clownfish image, The insiders, features more creatures than it may seem at first glance. Read more about the extra animals in this image:...
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Instructional Video3:01
AsapSCIENCE

The Most Horrifying Parasites!

6th - 11th
Science breaks down the creepiest parasites on the planet! SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 James Cook University - http://bit.ly/1gvKQ01 Special thanks to JCU and Dr. Kate Hutson. Check out her website at http://bit.ly/GWIYNS Join the...
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Instructional Video3:23
Natural History Museum

Parasite in motion: Schistosomiasis | Natural History Museum

K - 11th
Our stop-motion video follows the life cycle of Schistosoma, a life-threatening parasite that can live in water, snails and even people. Learn more about how Museum scientists and collections are helping to battle neglected tropical...
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Instructional Video0:48
New Scientist

Wasps use parasitic mites as baby bodyguards

9th - 11th
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14262?DCMP=youtube Researchers have found that parasitic mites that live in the same nests as baby wasps actually protect them from intruders.
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Instructional Video5:43
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

The Most Gruesome Parasites – Neglected Tropical Diseases – NTDs

6th - 11th
There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them. Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here:...
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Instructional Video3:21
Natural History Museum

Parasites in motion: Schistosomiasis | Natural History Museum

K - 11th
Our stop-motion video follows the life cycle of Schistosoma, a life-threatening parasite that can live in water, snails and even people. Learn more about how Museum scientists and collections are helping to battle neglected tropical...
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Instructional Video7:23
Journey to the Microcosmos

Mouthless Parasites That Make Their Home In Worm Guts

Higher Ed
You’ve heard those worm horror stories, right? Stories of painful stomach cramps or diarrhea or nausea that eventually turns out to be caused by some worms that have taken up residence in someone’s intestines. It’s so terrifying and wild...
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Instructional Video0:41
Next Animation Studio

Zombie bee parasite spreads across US

12th - Higher Ed
A parasite that infects honeybees turning them into zombies is continuing its spread across the US. Beekeepers in Kent, Washington State have recently identified cases of infection by Apocephalus borealis, or scuttle fly, first reported...

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