Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing
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Thanks to Curtin University and the University of Western Australia for sponsoring this video. Also, special thanks to Kingsley Dixon and the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission.
The Real Reason Leaves Change Color In the Fall
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The chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears, and the yellow to orange colors become visible and give the leaves part of their fall splendor.
The threat of invasive species
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Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation.
How Does An Owl Fly So Silently?
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Using sensitive sound equipment the team try to find out how an owl can fly so silently compared to other birds.
Woven bark fiber
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I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don't know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut stands up to rain) and this caused a large wattle tree to fall down taking a few smaller trees with it.
Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?
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I smell a science storm a-comin'!!
Tiny Godzilla
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Marine Iguanas at Cabo Marshall, Galapagos Islands
Why is Mount Everest so tall?
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At 8,850 meters above sea level, Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, has the highest altitude on the planet. But how did this towering formation get so tall? Michele Koppes peers deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide, to find the answer.
How Do Bees Make Honey?
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Bees start making honey, which is their food, by visiting flowers. They collect a sugary juice called nectar from the blossom by sucking it out with their tongues.
How Mushrooms Make It Rain
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Did you know that mushrooms can actually help make it rain? It sounds totally far fetched but take a quick look at this video and you'll start to understand how spores from mushrooms may be responsible for making it rain.
Can you solve the frog riddle?
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You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog.
Alaska Airlines Solar Eclipse Flight
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You can't help but get excited when you fly with us and see a solar eclipse. We adjusted Flight #870 from Anchorage to Honolulu on March 8, 2016 just so our passengers could catch the solar eclipse from 35,000 feet.
GoPro Awards: Elephant Encounter
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Captured and submitted by GoPro Awards recipient Orlando Getty after his encounter with a curious herd of elephants.
Fast Forward
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For bikepacker and ultra-long-distance racer Lael Wilcox, taking on the Arizona Trail-800+miles of desert singletrack-is a challenge unlike any other, and it will test her to the core.
How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts?
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Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment.
How I found a mythical boiling river in the Amazon
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When Andres Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it.
GoPro Awards: Freediving the Bridge of Chrisoula K
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Come down to the ocean depths with freediver Karsten Moeller as he takes one breath to explore the Chrisoula K shipwreck.