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Green cartoon T-rex wears a crown and holds one claw up as it looks towards us in front of a volcano and palm trees.

Long-necked blue cartoon dinosaur with cream colored stripes stands as tall as a building next to it. Dashed line with orange markings beside each floor measures the height of the building.

Smiling cartoon woolly mammoth dips its tusks in the snow on the ground with trees and icy mountain peaks in the background.

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.

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.

Still image from: In the Wild With Bears

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.

Black and white illustration of a piebald dairy cow standing in tufts of grass against a white background.

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

Sea lion props itself up on a deck in front of man who squats under a canopy next to a pool of water.

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.

Man talks to us next to a framed image that looks like roots in the ground.

Man in glasses parts lips in mid-speech. Bookshelves and art supplies line walls in background. Title card reads, "How to fly. Stay in the air."

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.

Still image from: Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown: Just Beachy

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: JoJo & Gran Gran: It's Time to Look for Night-Time Animals

Bear standing in a river of swiftly moving water. Caption: Bears are not born with fishing skills.

A pair of grey bears walking on shallow waters.

Herd of Zebras standing on a grassy plain. Caption: Zebras cluster together in a tangle of stripes,

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

Rainbow trout is held up in front of us by a person crouching off to the side next to stream of water. Text reads, "Rainbow Trout."

Illustration of a bug with a dark body and light greenish-yellow wings. Spanish captions.

Four people with various tools working on railroad tracks. Spanish captions.

Illustration of an animal with a long neck and dinosaur-like head emerging from the water. Spanish captions.

Illustration of a small rodent-like mammal with a leaf in its hands. Spanish captions.

Illustration of a male deer with large horns. Spanish captions.

Illustration of a leopard wearing a turban with a jewel and a feather in it. Spanish captions.

Illustration of a person and two horses. Spanish captions.

Illustration of two children riding bikes in front of a house. Spanish captions.

Young boy on horseback gallops forward. Spanish caption. A must me that's hacer los tachos porque e mas divertido.

2 kids wearing full headphones and using microphones in a home recording studio. Spanish caption. Y que bailas a folklore en que te especializas?

Nighttime shot of Dominican children smiling and playing instruments. Spanish caption. Jetsada as narrator. Yo me siento en este momento.

Still image from: Lab Six: Agriculture (Spanish)

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

Still image from: Lab Six: Animals Are Awesome (Spanish)

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

Still image from: Lab Six: Cat-tastic (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Dinosaurs (Spanish)

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

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

Still image from: Lab Six: Flora and Fauna (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Horses (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Marine Mammals (Spanish)

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

Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Reptiles II (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.

Aerial closeup of 2 hands, the right hand using a black pencil to sketch a side view of a dolphin on white paper.

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

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'I' in time?"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the “fr” Blend in Friend?

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

Beetle in larvae, pupae, and adult stage. Spanish captions.

Close up of small, black insects on foliage with holes eaten out of it. A human finger is touching the edge of the leaf and is giant in comparison to the insects. Caption: They're tiny in size but have a huge appetite.

Girl wearing an embroidered yellow dress holds an open book up to a teddy bear as she smiles down at it. Text reads, "Living and Nonliving Things for Kids."

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.

Close up of the head and shoulders of a hippo halfway submerged in the water. Caption: are mammals you may have seen before.

Cartoon character holding a crayon. Caption: I am going to create my own kind of animal.

Orange plastic egg. Caption: Lets see what's in this surprise egg.

Cartoon character in a bedroom. There is a camera on the desk. Caption: I took a bunch of photos of all the cool animals.

Illustration of a young girl tossing a chimpanzee into the air. Caption: Jane had a stuffed toy chimpanzee

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

Still image from: Mediterranean: Life Under Siege (Episode 2)

Still image from: Mediterranean: Life Under Siege (Episode 3)

Still image from: Mediterranean: Life Under Siege (Episode 4)

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

Closeup of a wolf pup with its hind legs up as a person in the foreground checks it.

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

A black, waist high horse wearing a bridle and halter is being held by a person standing next to it. Caption: the miniature horse has become a popular pet

Close up of a monarch butterfly feeding from a purple flower. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Museum Access: Liberty Science Center

Lare blue sign is next to a glass case displaying lots of photos and documents. The sign has large text that reads, "AKC Library and Archives," above smaller text that is indiscernible.

Window into a large fish aquarium at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. Several different types of fish swim by, including 2 that are shiny silver, tall, and thin, and have squared-off foreheads.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a color illustration of a giraffe looking down at a young boy in a green shirt. In the top left corner is an illustration of the sign for giraffe.

Cartoon image of a child. Caption: You don't eat little children, do you?

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

Cow with a metal hat connected to wires that lead to a large machine. Caption: Thanks to my work, she can produce chocolate milk.

Danni Washington walks outside along a sunny, paved lot.

Bird with white spots on its black wings perches on a tree. Overlaying this photo is a 2-D animation of a silhouetted swarm of flying birds and dozens of neon green dots.

Danni Washington looks at us, standing in front of a green field, as the show's animated title emerges onto the screen.

Arial view of the ocean meeting dark, stony cliffs giving way to a narrow strip of beach. A road runs parallel to the coastline. Caption: Right now life here is peaceful, calm, and quiet,

Head of a hippo emerging from muddy water. Caption: here to thrive during the rainy season.

An Octopus holding on to a bottle. Caption: Each arm has upto 200 suckers.

A deer roams among trees.

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

Elephant walks over sandy, patchy grass and piles of poop.

Overhead view of a long curving waterway in the Okavango Panhandle, surrounded by wetlands and bushes, as a small boat travels through the water.

Five or six trucks gather around a herd of buffalo in a wide, dry field, appearing to corral the animals near a fence.

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?

Landscape view of a sand dune dotted with grass and sea oats leading out onto the sandy beach and ocean, along which two people are walking alone.

Underwater view of penguins swimming in a tank below text that reads, "Columbus Zoo."

Digital art. Picture of a cartoon black-and-white spotted cow appears on the side of a brown train car. Text reads, "Cow."

Cartoon orange chicken appears on the side of a red train car. Text reads, "Chicken."

Cartoon giraffe appears on the side of a lime-green train car. Text reads, "Giraffe."

Photo of a pink pig appears on the side of a cartoon turquoise train car. Text reads, "Pig."

Photo of a brown bear appears on the side of a brown cartoon train car. Text reads, "Bear."

3 adult pigs and a litter of piglets on a grass field with troughs nearby.

Horseshoe crab partially out of the water among debris and plants. Caption: On the highest tides, they drag themselves to shore

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

Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Blackbirds

Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Buzzards

Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Ducks

Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Seals

Person hiking up a rock trail with mountains behind and tropical flowers along the path. Caption: That's because ecosystems are all around us.

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

Person pointing at cartoon animals. Caption: (music) G, giraffe,

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

Frogs partially submerged in shallow water. Spanish captions.

A large brown bird perched on a dead branch. Caption: Some birds are carnivores too.

A female lion on a brown, grassy plain. Spanish captions.

A duck, flamingo, and cardinal. Class is Aves. Caption: All birds are part of class Aves.

Several primates with black and white fur. Spanish captions.

Gorilla, chimpanzee, humans. Family is Hominid.

Zebra and horse. 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.

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: 5 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Awesome

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Amazing Animal Groups

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: Get to Know a Dinosaur

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: 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: What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

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 Animals Have Tails?

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

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Do Kangaroos Have Pouches?

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

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Don't Animals Need Sunscreen

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

Glowing electric blue jellyfish swim in a navy-blue environment.

A veterinarian checks a sea turtle placed on a towel.

A pair of marine seals swimming in sea.

Still image from: Search for the Last Unicorn

A herd of elephants. Caption: Some elephant populations seem to be missing their tusks.

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: Cow Skull

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

Coral in the water. Spanish captions.

Split screen of a deer standing in a snow flurry on left and a fox sitting in the snow on right. Text at bottom reads, "Winter coats."

illustration of Coelophysis. On screen text, dinosaurs. Caption: Female, Coelophysis lived about 220 million years ago.

Adult and baby goat standing next to each other. Caption: The kid is a younger and smaller version of the adult goat.

Cartoon. Closeup of a wolf's face with eyes looking towards camera and mouth slightly open as if speaking. Caption. During the season of the falling leaves.

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

Still image from: Super Animals: Amazing Acrobats

Still image from: Super Animals: Funky Fliers

Still image from: Super Animals: Marvelous Minis

Still image from: Super Animals: Super Sharks

Still image from: Super Animals: Super Speedsters

Still image from: Super Animals: Super Stealth

Still image from: Super Animals: Super Strength

Still image from: Super Animals: Super Vision

Still image from: Super Animals: Team Players

Still image from: Super Animals: Underwater Wonders

Still image from: Super Animals: X-traordinarily Odd Animals

Still image from: Super Animals: X-Treme Adapters

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

Person gesturing above an open book. The book has a broken spine and faded, handwritten text. Caption: So we catalogue the most primitive first

Brown fuzzy mammal sitting in a tree. Caption: An olingo is a member of the raccoon family.

Closeup of an animal with a pointed snout, large claws, and overlapping scales covering its body. Caption: They are covered in keratin scales,

Person holding a taxidermized flying squirrel with legs extended. Caption: As you know, flying squirrels don't fly, they glide.