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

Two young children reach through a barbed wire fence to pet a friendly donkey on a farm.

Two dolphins swim in the tranquil blue waters of the ocean.

Three male lions lounge on top of a rock, basking in the sun.

Deep in the ocean, we see a shark with sharp teeth swimming through the waters.

Digital Illustration of green tropical leaves reaching out over a blue background. Text reads, “Animal Adaptations.”

Text reads, “Animal Behaviors” against a background that shows three rows of animals in various shapes, sizes, and colors. At the top are dogs, in the middle are cats, and on the bottom are fish.

Text reads, "Animal Camouflage" against a backdrop of hexagons that resemble snakeskin.

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

Two dolphins swim next to each other under clear, blue water.

Close up on an Elephant's face looking at us.

Fox stands in a tall, grassy area.

Dog sits in a field next to a circular diagram that includes the following skills: Aware, Social, X-factor, Rational, and Ecological.

Sea otter lays on a white surface with a clam and food scraps in front of it.

Lion and two lionesses lay together in a dry grassy field.

Close up on a white rat's face as it peeks its head out of a tube.

Dr. Brady Barr holds a handful of long grass in his hands. On the other side of a metal fence, a large hippo opens its mouth wide at him.

Howler monkey perched on a tree branch as it howls.

Jaguar sitting, hunched over, with its mouth open like it is yawning.

Elephant with one tusk stands next to two dirt piles in a field. Two other elephants, one with a visible tusk, stand in the distance.

Panda sits next to a tree trunk with green leaves piled around it.

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

Deer looks at us as it stands outside in the snow.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a horse with a rider on its back as it jumps over a competition fence. Text reads, “Coming up…Horse vs. Zebra…”

Bald eagle stands over a carcass and another bald Eagle crouches close to the ground behind it.

Shark swims by, close to the sea floor.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows the side of an ostrich head. In the corner of the screen there are four images of the ostrich, each zoomed in closer to its eye. Text reads, “Ostrich, World’s Largest Bird. Eyes are bigger than brain.”

Monkey clings to the side of a tall tree in a forest.

Ladybug clinging upside down to a blade of grass.

Close up to the “Animal Science” title screen, but only letters A, N, I, and C, I, E are visible.

Insects carry around green leaves.

Lion lays on the ground with its head resting on its legs.

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “fastest, smallest, loudest, longest teeth, smartest, lightest, scariest.”

Close up to the back of a person dressed in a suit designed to protect them from dog bites. A German shepherd is laying in the distance.

Group of Spiral Horned Antelopes run in a dry grassy field.

Close up to the “Animal Science” title screen, but only letters A, N, I, and C, I, E are visible.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a silhouette of a monkey’s face. Behind the monkey is a computer screen with a question mark and a box with a line through it. Text reads, “Coming up…High Intelligence.”

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a green frog behind grass. Text reads, “Coming up…The Life Aquatic.”

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a Pygmy Slow Loris clinging to a tree branch and staring at us with big eyes. In the corner of the screen are four pictures of the Loris, but each zoom in closer to the Loris’s face. Text reads, “Pygmy Slow Loris, Poisonous. Produces venom in sweat glands.”

Close up on a dark reddish-brown insect against a blurred background.

Landscape shows an expanse of dry grassy land.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a walrus putting a flipper on the walrus lying next to it like its pushing himself off the other walrus. Text reads, “Coming up…Polar Bear Club.”

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “smartest, lightest, scariest, most colorful, rarest, hairiest, quickest, Sharpest.”

Two buffalo butt heads in a field.

Two bald eagles look down at something on the rocky ground.

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “Heaviest, fastest, smallest, loudest, Longest Teeth, Smartest, lightest.”

Large group of seals sit on a beach as water crashes onto them.

Rodent moves quickly in a grassy area. Text reads, “Body temp. Equals one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit.”

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.

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

In the dark of night, a bat with big ears flies toward us, eyes wide in determination.

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.

Person pulls a slab of honeycomb out of a bee hive as several bees buzz nearby.

Title text reads, “Butterflies," against a bakcground that shows the dark silhouette of a butterfly.

Man in a Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Staff polo shirt speaks to us in front of a manatee habitat.

Young boy and girl who are waving at us sit on top of a blue jeep in a tall grassy area. Two other people have the windows open and lean out to look at us.

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.

Four orange jellyfish dive down into the blue water of the ocean.

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.

Group of wildebeests gathers together in the desert.

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

Text reads, "The Chameleon," over a close-up photo of a bright green chameleon.

Above a photo of a tiger is the label “Carnivores.” Above the photo of a tan bear is the label, “Omnivores.” Above the photo of an elephant is the word “Herbivores.”

Brown and white horse pokes his head through a wire fence toward two young girls.

Girl wearing a helmet rides a brown horse at a farm, sitting up straight and tall.

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

Still image from: Human Elements: The Translator

Still image from: Human Elements: Tracking Invisible Cats

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.

Mustard yellow cartoon dinosaur with short arms holds up a leaf as an umbrella while rain falls around it.

Mustard yellow cartoon dinosaur with short arms and orange stripes on its back looks at us with wild eyes as it passes through a brown field with leafless trees.

Man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap sits next to a person who has their back towards us. They sit in an open vehicle in the Serengeti. In the distance is a group of wild animals.

Man sits in a room as he talks to us. There are bookshelves around him with books, pictures, and different knick-knacks like a Space Shuttle, mini dinosaur skeletons, a Gundam toy, and more.

View of the University of California, Berkeley’s Football stadium. Text reads, “Berkeley, California.”

Man sits and talks to us in a room filled with different lighting equipment and tools.

View of an Oregon forest with mossy ground and light peeking out from the trees.

Three girls wearing straw hats and shirts tied at the hem stand in front of a backdrop with an elephant behind a pile bananas. One of the girls smiles at us, another speaks to us, and the third looks on with binoculars around her neck.

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.

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

Still image from: Lab Six: Monkey Monkeys (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.

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.

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.

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.

Lime green gecko with brown spots climbs a smooth stick.

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: 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: 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: 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.

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.