Rise Of The Mesopredator
Adults Animals
Thanks to humans, old school apex predators are struggling to hold onto their perch at the top of the food chain.
Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?
Adults Animals
Sled dogs are the best endurance athletes in the world thanks to a weird quirk in their metabolism.
See What It Takes to Hide a Secret Tracker in a Rhino Horn
Adults Animals
In Tanzania, a team of veterinarians are on a covert mission to protect the black rhinoceros from poaching.
Why Some Animals Follow The Moon
Adults Animals
Organisms of all shapes and sizes synchronize their behaviors using biological clocks. Some keep pace with the daily rising and setting sun using circadian rhythms.
How Cats Became our Feline Overlords
Adults Animals
Check out how cats became our favorite little murder machines.
Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals?
Adults Animals
What mammal has the social life of an insect, the cold-bloodedness of a reptile, and the metabolism of a plant?
Leopard Mother Rescues Cub from Wild Dogs
Adults Animals
A young leopard is taught a lesson in caution after a close call with a group of African wild dogs.
Are Birds Modern-Day Dinosaurs?
Adults Animals
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago devastated the dinosaurs. But today's birds are proof there were a few survivors.
What's the difference between hibernation and sleep?
Adults Animals
The Arctic Ground Squirrel hibernates by burrowing under the permafrost and slipping into a state of suspended animation.
A simple way to tell insects apart
Adults Animals
There are nearly a million known insect species in the world, but most have one of just five common types of mouthparts.
Crocodile Feeding FRENZY!
Adults Animals
On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote feeds a GIANT Saltwater Crocodile!
Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt
Adults Animals
Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress.
Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants
Adults Animals
Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don't notice them much today because there aren't many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry engineers.
Why Are There As Many Males As Females?
Adults Animals
In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that?
Why Are Mosquitoes Attracted To Me?!
Adults Animals
Mosquitoes are attracted to me and it's likely due to my genes.
How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2
Adults Animals
Life on this planet is based on cells. Cells do vary in size. But they are pretty similar in their dimensions across all species. A blue whale doesn't have bigger cells than a hummingbird, just a lot more of them.