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Digital illustration of Native Americans rowing canoes illuminated by torches at night. Moonlight reflects off water.

Color illustration of a squirrel curled up in a ball with its eyes closed. It rests on a nest of green, brown, and red beside a handful of acorns.

Dog laying at the front of a doghouse with a sign attached with Caption: sad dog. Food bowl is upside down by his head, chain attached to the ground and the dog. Caption: He's on a short chain.

Still image from: Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown: Countdown to Discovery

Large plain with a very few trees and a large herd of mammals in the distance. Caption: 20,000 animals out a group of 1.3 million.

Close up view of upper body of a large turtle in the grass. Caption: Giants can measure up to 6 feet long and weigh up to 700 pounds.

Foot of an elephant being sprayed off with water while coming through an opening in a metal fence. Caption: we do every day, we check all of their feet.

Front end of a vehicle just visible behind a large herd of buffalo walking through the bushes. Caption: Boy, I've never sat in a bunch of buffalo like this!

Two people in an open-sided vehicle driving on a dirt road through trees and brush. Caption: I knew I'd find examples of symbiotic relationships at Lewa,

Close up of a rattlesnake's tail with the rattler in focus. Caption: Adam: That is a rattlesnake.

Baby rodent-like animals in a cardboard box with wood shavings. Caption: These babies are still too young to survive on their own,

A bird with long legs, colorful plumage and a yellow crest of feathers on its head in an enclosure with a bowl of food. Caption: Crown cranes and giraffe, all under the same roof

A lioness resting among dry yellow grass.

An elephant uproots a bunch of grasses with its trunk.

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: An Hour of Our Uncut Microscopic Footage

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Bacteria That Only Want to Head North

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive?

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Colorless Euglenoids--Structure and Function (and Food)

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Ghost Fleas--Tiny See Through Cyclopses

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: How to Survive the Microcosmos

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Our Paramecia Are Infected

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Many Ways Microbes Eat, Get Eaten, and Poop

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Purple Bacteria That Are Afraid of Oxygen

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: We Filmed Tardigrade Mating

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: What Are These Vorticella up to?

A pair of grey bears walking on shallow waters.

Still image from: Kangaroos for Kids

Closeup of a giraffe as it nibbles on the leaves of a tree.

Still image from: Killer Bees for Kids

Still image from: Koalas for Kids

Still image from: Komodo Dragons for Kids

Still image from: Lab Six: Animals of the World (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Domestic Animals (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Domestic Animals II (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Horses (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Monkey Monkeys (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Rodents (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Rodents II (Spanish)

Lioness turns to look at us as she strolls past a wooden stump in an enclosure.

Illustration of several monkeys hanging from vines. Caption: Monkeys live in big family groups.

Girl wearing a riding helmet sits in a saddle on a horse as she holds its reigns and smiles.

Still image from: Lemurs for Kids

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Long “o” in “Grow”?

Still image from: Life Cycle of Frogs

Still image from: Life of a Butterfly in Under 4 Minutes

Still image from: Living St. Louis: Charles Henry Turner's Study of Bees

Still image from: Living St. Louis: Equine Therapy for the Mental Well-Being of Children

Man wears a white cowboy hat and red neckerchief. He holds a lasso in one hand and reaches to pet a horse's head with the other.

Still image from: Mediterranean: Life Under Siege (Episode 1)

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Still image from: Mediterranean: Life Under Siege (Episode 5)

Still image from: Metamorphosis for Kids

Closeup of a worm in soil. Caption: They really do a bang-up job of cultivating the soil.

Closeup of a bee on a yellow flower. Caption: (Tara) Fertilization with an insect's help--

Adult curls around two baby animals. Caption: Some of the ways animals enter a long sleeplike state

Cartoon of two people, one person pointing. Caption: Look, Olli, this must be the thief.

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Ants

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Bats

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Beetles

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Bumble Bees

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Butterflies

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Caterpillars

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Crabs

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Dragonflies

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Earthworms

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Frogs

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Grasshoppers

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Hedgehogs

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Honeybees

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Ladybirds

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Lizards

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Mice

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Millipedes

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Moths

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Newts

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Robins

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Seahorses

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Snails

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Spiders

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Starfish

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Woodlice

A piece of coral with a hole in it, a spiral shell with a point, and a sponge. Caption: There are different tools for different "porpoises."

Three jellyfish of various sizes with ribbon-like and long, straight tentacles. Caption: Well, it appears one creature is a step ahead of us.

Close up of the upper half of a shrimp surrounded by plant life and nestled in some rocks. Caption: but each individual had its own unique voice.

Still image from: Octopuses for Kids

A deer roams among trees.

Three camels grazing on shrubs. Caption: Camels have a third eyelid that protects their eyes from airborne sand.

Swarm of locusts fills the frame, flying against a bright blue sky.

Brown and gray tree frog grips a smooth wooden branch in front of a blurry background of a body of water.

3 people with hats, backpacks, and cameras and several horses, some with riders, hike up a dirt trail on a mountain amongst various flora in the fall. Caption. The mountains of Baja.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do People Have Pets?

Still image from: Ostriches for Kids

Still image from: Otters for Kids

Still image from: Overview: Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to Beavers!

Still image from: Overview: What Are Wild Coyotes Doing in the Big City?

Still image from: Overview: Why Are There 30 Million Horseshoe Crabs on This East Coast Beach?

Still image from: Owls for Kids

Still image from: Pandas for Kids

Still image from: Parrots for Kids

Still image from: Penguins for Kids

Man in suit and bowtie with a blackboard behind him. Blackboard shows two sets of birds in cages, one with lights, one without. Caption: This pioneering experiment would make Rowan famous.

Still image from: Polar Bears for Kids

Lion crouching low in the grass. Caption: This lion, hidden in the grass, senses an opportunity.

Still image from: Pythons for Kids

Blue tropical fish eating something from a rock covered in plants. Caption: Consumers cannot produce their own food.

Lime green gecko with brown spots climbs a smooth stick.

Still image from: Return to the River: Diary of a Wildlife Cameraman

Still image from: Rhinos for Kids

Wolf in natural habitat. Caption: allowing steady pursuit of prey over long distances.

A cheetah walking across a barren, rock strewn landscape. Caption: It's the fastest animal on earth,

Bird with white belly, dark back and wings perched on a branch in a thicket. Caption: People are more like birds than we thought.

Mountain lion in a tree. Caption: They are hard to study.

Monarch butterflies on foliage. Caption: In monarchs, they study a parasite.

A light blue and white stripped caterpillar on a person's finger. Caption: (male) This little guy can grip, hold, and move.

A gray eel. National Aquarium. Caption: an electric eel can generate enough current to stun its prey.

Person pointing at the ground. Caption: study the ants as an invasive species

Small translucent speckled animal nestled on pebbles. Caption: but the Hawaiian bobtail squid is a master of disguise.

Two insects on a plant. Caption: insects, usually males, have some signature moves:

Earthworm in a person's hand. Caption: are actually invasive species.

A line of ants carrying pieces of leaf larger than their bodies. Caption: leafcutter ants maintain a complex society.

Two monkeys in a cage. Caption: (narrator) Our language skills sets us apart from our primate cousins.

Bees in a hive. They have identifying chips glued to their back. One bee is larger than the rest and has bright colored glue affixing the chip. Caption: (male) The queen is well-known, but doesn’t run the show.

Primate hanging from a rope. Caption: how our distant ape cousins watch and learn.

Lizard walking in a clear Plexiglas box. Caption: This is a sandfish, and his slithering moves

Small turtle held in a person's hands. Caption: studies sea turtles that are programmed from birth

A person in a white suit, hat with mesh face covering, and gloves that come past the forearm. Caption: Lets put the gloves on to finish off the complete outfit.

Large grey bird perched on the edge of a cage door. Caption: (male narrator) This is Griffin, an African grey parrot.

Small furry animal perched on two legs in woody scrub with no leaves. Caption: This is the Arctic ground squirrel.

Red, black, and white snakes in a tube. People in white lab coats and gloves are in the background. Caption: They can go many places things with arms and legs can't.

Fish with a suction cup at the mouth area holding on to a nearly vertical surface. Caption: and suction cup that holds to the surface.

Model of a human head being brushed by whiskers attached to wires protruding from a metal post. Caption: by a set of artificial wire whiskers,

Person holding a dragonfly between their fingers. Caption: (narrator) It's not easy to catch a dragonfly.

Frogs partially submerged in shallow water. Caption: Amphibians live in different habitats.

Frogs partially submerged in shallow water. Spanish captions.

Flock of sheep grazing in a pasture. Caption: Grazers are animals that eat grasses and small plants.

Closeup of the nose and open mouth of a cow. Spanish captions.

A bear laying in the snow. Spanish captions.

Giraffes in natural habitat. Caption: Imprinted behaviors are fairly permanent,

Adult goose with ducklings feeding from the grass. Spanish captions.

Adult dog with a puppy. Caption: Innate means you we're born with them.

Peacock with tail feathers fanned out. Spanish captions.

Ducks swimming in the water. Caption: Other omnivores have to hunt or find food in their habitats.

Bea eating something off the ground. Spanish captions.

Elephant, frog, crocodile, eagle, fish. 5 classes of vertebrates. Caption: There are 5 subgroups of vertebrate animals.

Elephant with graphic of skeletal structure overlaid. Spanish captions.

Still image from: SciShow Kids: 3 Amazing Facts About Dogs

Still image from: SciShow Kids: 3 Fun Facts About Bats

Still image from: SciShow Kids: 4 Reasons Cows Are Awesome

Still image from: SciShow Kids: 5 Giant Ice Age Animals

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Animal Slime and Other Weird Stuff

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Animal Tricksters

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Armadillos--Animals With Armor

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Camouflage--Animal Hide & Seek

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Cheetahs--The Fastest Runners in the World

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Fun Facts About Turkeys

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Getting Ready for Hibernation

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Meet the Microanimals

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Migrations--Big Animal Trips

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Narwhals--Unicorns of the Sea

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Oh Rats

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Ravens Are Super Smart

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Roar--Meet the Big Cats

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Save the Rhinos

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Super Sharks

Still image from: SciShow Kids: The Biggest Rodent

Still image from: SciShow Kids: The Outrageous Octopus

Still image from: SciShow Kids: The Real Animals of Madagascar--Animal Science for Kids

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Where Do Pearls Come From?

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Who Knew? Amazing Owl Facts

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Do Dogs Pant?

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Do Squirrels Dig?

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Don't Woodpeckers' Heads Hurt?

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Worms Are Wonderful

Still image from: SciShow: 3 Odd Facts About Pigeons

Closeup of a sea lion's head. Caption: The future of this pup could depend on our learning

Person shaking seeds out of the head of a plant into their hand. Caption: Even the smallest seed contains everything needed to grow

Bird with a brown body, drooping white neck, and splayed tail feathers stands in front of a smaller, plain brown bird. Caption: If a female is interested, she lets him know it

Two spiders facing each other on a leaf. Caption: To win a mate, the males must perform an elaborate dance,

Still image from: Sharks for Kids

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Carpenter Bee

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Polyphemus Moth Cocoon

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Vireo Nest

Still image from: Skunks for Kids

Still image from: Spiders for Kids

Still image from: Squid for Kids

Still image from: Stink Bugs for Kids

Still image from: StoryMakers With Carmen Agra Deedy ("Wombat Said Come In")

Still image from: StoryMakers With Will Jess Brallier ("Booker the Library Bat")

Two elephants are standing on the muddy river banks. A third elephant is sitting beside them. Caption: that elephants produce to warn others of nearby predators.

Still image from: Summer in the Meadow: Diary of a Vanishing World

Still image from: Super Animals: Amazing Acrobats

Still image from: Super Animals: Beautiful Creatures

Still image from: Super Animals: Chatty Creatures