Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiology... 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
AdultsAnimalsNatureWildlife A young leopard is taught a lesson in caution after a close call with a group of African wild dogs.
What's the difference between hibernation and sleep?
AdultsAnimalsNature 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
AdultsAnimalsNature 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!
AdultsAnimalsNature On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote feeds a GIANT Saltwater Crocodile!
Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt
AdultsAnimalsNature Until recently, scientists thought cannibalism was a rare response to starvation or other extreme stress.
Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants
AdultsAnimalsNatureEnvironment 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?
AdultsAnimalsBiologyNatureScience... In almost every animal species on Earth, equal numbers of males and females are conceived. Why is that?
How to Make an Elephant Explode with Science - The Size of Life 2
AdultsAnimalsGeneticsScienceBiologyExperiments... 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.
Emergence - How Stupid Things Become Smart Together
AdultsAnimalsNatureSciencePhilosophy... How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?
Where Do Our Drugs Come From?
AdultsAnimalsHealthHumanScience... The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
Why do animals form swarms?
AdultsAnimalsNatureScience When many individual organisms come together and move as one entity, that's a swarm. From a handful of birds to billions of insects, swarms can be almost any size.
Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains
AdultsAnimalsPetsScience When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less.