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Closeup of a bright orange and blue tropical flower. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Adorable Baby Donkey: Cute Donkey Family

Still image from: All About Dolphins!

Still image from: All About Lions

Still image from: All About Sharks for Kids: The Great White Shark

Still image from: Animal Adaptations

Still image from: Animal Behaviors

Still image from: Animal Camouflage

Head and shoulders of a bear visible in a berry patch. Caption: has its unique way of coping with its environment.

Still image from: Animal IQ: Can Dolphins Do Just About Anything?

Still image from: Animal IQ: Elephants--Do Giant Brains Mean More Smarts?

Still image from: Animal IQ: Foxes--Dog Hardware, Cat Software

Still image from: Animal IQ: How Intelligent Are Dogs, Really?

Still image from: Animal IQ: Otters--Cute, Playful, Geniuses?

Still image from: Animal IQ: There Are No Actual "Lion Kings"

Still image from: Animal IQ: This Rat Can Drive

Still image from: Animal Jam: Dr. Brady Barr Feeds a Hippo

Still image from: Animal Jam: Howler Monkey

Still image from: Animal Jam: Learning About Jaguars at the Belize Zoo

Still image from: Animal Jam: Let's Learn a Smidge About Elephants

Still image from: Animal Jam: Panda Adoptions

Aerial view of a dazzle of zebras running together in one direction across a blurred grassland area.

Still image from: Animal Science: Amazing Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Animal Defenses

Still image from: Animal Science: Animal Senses

Still image from: Animal Science: Animal Survival

Still image from: Animal Science: Animals of Africa

Still image from: Animal Science: Animals of Asia

Still image from: Animal Science: Animals of Europe

Still image from: Animal Science: Australian Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Awesome Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Cats

Still image from: Animal Science: Coolest Creature

Still image from: Animal Science: Dogs

Still image from: Animal Science: Extreme Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Farm Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Fastest Sprinters

Still image from: Animal Science: Freakish Creatures

Still image from: Animal Science: Incredible Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Incredible Defenses

Still image from: Animal Science: Land and Sea

Still image from: Animal Science: Life in the Artic

Still image from: Animal Science: Lifecycles

Still image from: Animal Science: North American Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Predators

Still image from: Animal Science: Primates

Still image from: Animal Science: South American Animals

Still image from: Animal Science: Unique Animals

An orange fish with yellow fins swimming up from the ocean floor from between rocks toward the viewer. Caption: in the environment they inhabit.

A bird with yellow breast, brown wing, and white and black striped head with a bug in its mouth. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Animal Zoo Adventure! Learn All About the Animals at the Zoo

A bird's nest in the ground with a baby bird, beak open. Caption: There will be winners and losers each year.

Still image from: Bats for Kids: All About Bats

Classroom with students talking and working at a group table. The teacher in the front of the classroom raises her hand and smiles toward class.

A roughly tear-drop shaped object with a thin outer layer, a wider middle layer, and a central space. Caption: A gastrula is an embryo made of three cell layers.

A white cow with brown spots on its head in a grassy field. Caption: began about 8,000 years ago in three separate locations.

Still image from: Busy Bees! Learn About Bees

Still image from: Butterflies

Still image from: Can Manatees Control Their Buoyancy by Farting?

Still image from: ChangeMakers With Niall McCann: Joyce Poole

Reddish brown and white kangaroo crouches down on all fours, long tail hanging down and brushing the ground.

Polar bear on all fours walking in the dark. Caption: It was the cold in fact that created polar bears.

A grizzly bear chasing an animal, moving so quickly the image is blurred. Caption: the grizzly once ruled alone.

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Animal Behavior

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Evolution--It's a Thing

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Population Genetics When Darwin Met Mendel

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Speciation of Ligers and Men

Two people standing next to a long, rectangular indoor pool full of small fish. In the background there are many other pools. Caption: They'll be about two years old when we release them

Still image from: Dance Matters: Animal Habitats (With Teaching Artist Erin Leigh)

Microscopic photo of a louse crawling along a single strand of hair.

Computer rendering of a kangaroo rat skeleton showing its arched spine and large skull.

Closeup of red ants crawling across the dirt, each carrying a small white object.

Closeup of a sand pit with a slight depression. A small shiny oval object is visible in the center.

Wide shot of a partly cloudy sky with a falcon flying through the air in the distance.

Closeup of a wasp with a black body, short antennas and transparent wings.

Closeup of a baby hairworm insect with a mottled light and dark brown body and thin legs crawling over a plant.

Black beetle with thin, spidery legs and black and white antennas crawls down a thin sheet of dirty fabric.

Still image from: Discover the Amazing World of Jellyfish

Map of North and Central America. Different areas of the map are highlighted to indicate the habitat areas and 5 birds are superimposed on the map. The highlighted areas are concentrated in central Mexico, the west coast of the United states, and much of Canada and Alaska. Caption: they changed eye color from yellow to dark.

A small bird perched on a person's hand. It is gay with some brown on the wings. Caption: It's much more olive-gray, duskier gray on the head.

Still image from: Environment: Wildebeest Migration Patterns

A small bird perched on a plank. Caption: Somehow, there was a critical mass action that took off.

A cartoon character with arms spread wide. Caption: The brown bear is the largest omnivore!

White birds with long legs stand next to a body of water surrounded by trees. Spanish captions.

A frog in mid-leap. Caption: (female narrator) Frogs have managed to navigate life on Earth

Still image from: Fun Animal Adventure: All About Chameleons

Still image from: Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores

Still image from: Horses for Kids: All About Horses

Still image from: Horses for Kids: Learn to Groom and Ride a Horse

Human holding a small puppy and looking into its eyes. Caption: According to genetics,

Black hummingbird with a white breast in flight. The wings are blurry because they are moving so fast. Caption: And it's no wonder they eat so much.

Still image from: I'm a Herrerasaurus

Still image from: I'm a Masiakasaurus

Still image from: In Our Nature: Animal Culture

Still image from: In Our Nature: Are Some Species More Important Than Others?

Still image from: In Our Nature: Extreme Senses

Still image from: In Our Nature: Mutualism

Still image from: In Our Nature: Nutrient Cycling

Still image from: In the Wild With African Elephants

A baby elephant being helped to its feet by the trunk of an adult elephant. Caption: If all goes well, they'll share in the mothering.

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: Kids and Wild Animals at the Zoo: Wild Animal Adventure

Still image from: Learn All About the Wild Animals at the Zoo

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

Still image from: Learn How to Ride a Horse

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.

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.

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: On Safari With Nala: Locusts

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Tree Frog

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.

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.

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

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

Still image from: Reptiles for Kids: All About Reptiles

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.

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: 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

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.

Small, furry animal with a pointed head and nose. Caption: meerkats emerge just after sunrise.

Taxidermized female lions in a museum. Caption: are two of the most famous specimens at the Field Museum,

Cartoon of a group of large cat-like animals with two protruding fangs. Caption: (narrator) This tells us a little about the life of baby saber-tooths.

Magic school bus in alligator form in the water with two live alligators. Caption: We're in hot water, you mean.

Cartoon characters with faces and the bodies of pigeons sitting on the window ledge of a high-rise building. Caption: We'd better get back to the others.

Bird perched in a tree. Caption: That would be evidence of habitat adaptation.

Graphic of four islands close to each other. Each island has lizards on it. Caption: evolved independently on each island.

Graphic of island with birds that are similar except for coloring. Caption: They had become distinct species.

Multi-sailed ship on the ocean as seen from above. Caption: Darwin jumped at the chance to sail around the world

Four animal puppets playing instruments on the bank of a river. Spanish captions.

Animal puppets in front of the backdrop of a barn. Spanish captions.

Animal puppet speaking. Spanish captions.

Three animal puppets. Spanish captions.

Animal puppet wears a bow tie and stands in front of a stage. Puppets on stage face to the side in front of a backdrop that depicts a path through the forest. Marquee above the stage reads, "Hoy, La Traidora." Spanish caption. El secreto del perro había sido revelado.

Animal puppet in front of a building. Spanish captions.

Colorful puppets on a jungle themed stage. Spanish captions.

Two puppets facing each other. Spanish captions.

Two puppets, one in a hazmat suit. Spanish captions.

Five puppets on a stage. Spanish captions.

Three puppets on a stage, two of them dancing. Spanish captions.

Sloth puppet laying on its side. Spanish captions.

Two puppets singing. Spanish captions.

Animal puppets in front of the backdrop of a jungle. Spanish captions.

Puppet of a bat handing upside down holding a microphone and wearing a Santa hat. Spanish captions.

One puppet tells a story while a group listens to him. Spanish captions.

Two colorful puppets. Spanish captions.

A puppet standing in a staged bathroom. Spanish captions.

A bat puppet hanging upside down on stage holding a microphone. Spanish captions.

A sloth puppet laying on his side with other puppets around him. Spanish captions.

Face of puppet. Spanish captions.

Three puppets on a stage. Spanish captions.

Two puppets talking to each other. Spanish captions.

Two puppets, one wearing a superhero costume. Spanish captions.