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Dorsa Amir
Why do humans have a third eyelid?
13:59
Victoria Gill
What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology
4:54
Matthew Borths
Claws vs. nails
4:47
Ben Longdon
How do viruses jump from animals to humans?
4:27
Judy Cebra-Thomas
How turtle shells evolved... twice
13:03
Nicola Jones
The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down
8:48
Lauren Sallan
A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)
4:15
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis
Underwater farms vs. climate change
4:22
Claire Simeone
The lovable (and lethal) sea lion
3:47
Shunan Teng
The Chinese myth of the white snake and the meddling monk
17:40
James Logan
How we're using dogs to sniff out malaria
3:58
Kay Almere Read
The Aztec myth of the unlikeliest sun god
3:44
Shunan Teng
The Chinese myth of the immortal white snake
12:07
Menno Schilthuizen
How animals and plants are evolving in cities
3:16
Daniel Finkel
Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle?
5:16
Moreangels Mbizah
How community-led conservation can save wildlife
5:39
Ashwin Naidu
The link between fishing cats and mangrove forest conservation
13:30
Roger Hanlon
The amazing brains and morphing skin of octopuses and other cephalopods
7:51
Victor Vescovo
What's at the bottom of the ocean -- and how we're getting there
14:42
Barbara J. King
Grief and love in the animal kingdom
4:50
Kenny Coogan
The wild world of carnivorous plants
4:40
David Ian Howe
A brief history of dogs
17:44
Julia Espinosa
The secret life of dogs
4:20
Eva-Maria Geigl
The history of the world according to cats
4:36
Eldridge Adams
Can animals be deceptive?
4:49
Darren Croft
Inside the killer whale matriarchy
14:11
Lucy Cooke
Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
4:28
Gillian Gibb
Why can't some birds fly?
5:16
Dan Kwartler
What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?
5:15
Rebecca Tarvin
Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?
4:29
Greg Gage
How you can make a fruit fly eat veggies
5:17
Greg Gage
How a dragonfly's brain is designed to kill
3:52
Greg Gage
How octopuses battle each other
4:46
Greg Gage
The real reason why mosquitoes buzz
10:01
Heidi M. Sosik
The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone
5:41
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Four billion years of evolution in six minutes
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