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A mouse nibbles the food particle holding it in its claws. Caption: The nanoparticles gave the mouse the ability to see infrared.

Digital art. Against a black background, a green wavy line depicting a sound wave moves towards two red lines.

Closeup of a woman with brown hair in a low braid wearing a black shirt standing on a sandy beach with a wooden ramp and ocean waves crashing behind her.

Blue sea anemones with a small orange fish inside it. Caption: Other animals use anemone venom for defense in less subtle ways.

Magnified view of small, tube-like structures. Caption: Bacteria are often classified based on their shape.

A photo of a Cheetah.

A Satellite image of the Earth.

A photo of a glacier.

Microscopic view of small, tube-like structures. Caption: Two kinds of cells make up the living world:

Still image from: Vitamins and Minerals for Kids

Person doing sign language. Hands are closed with thumbs out. Thumbs are pointing downwards, one arm at about chest height and the other about shoulder height. Caption: science

A boy blows a balloon. Caption: All gases will completely fill any closed container.

A group of people inspecting a waterbody.

Illustration of a whale swimming underwater. Music note.

Still image from: What Are Chordates?

Still image from: What Are Cnidarians?

Still image from: What Are Echinoderms?

Still image from: What Are Mollusks?

Still image from: What Are Nematodes?

Moss hanging from tree branches. Spanish captions.

Still image from: What Are Porifera?

Cartoon image of an open book. Caption: Let's look inside this book and see.

Closeup of pink flowers with water dripping from them. Caption: Plants also need water to survive.

Pelican floating in the water. Spanish captions.

Small fish swimming in the water. Spanish captions.

Cow grazing in the snow. Spanish captions.

Gecko crawling in the desert. Spanish captions.

Still image from: What Is a Vertebrate?

Brightly colored frog on a limb. Spanish captions.

Still image from: What Is an Arthropod?

Bee gathering nectar from a flower. Spanish captions.

Woman with brown hair wearing a red plaid shirt is in front of a computer and a bookshelf. She claps her hands together in front of her while talking.

Chunk of rock sitting partially submerged in water. Caption: Matter is anything that takes up space.

A snake on a rock. Caption: All reptiles are cold-blooded,

A bee gathering nectar from a flower. Caption: A honeybee is an insect.

Still image from: What's Wild: Ants

Still image from: What's Wild: Uncovering the Hidden Work of Mushrooms in SC

Two glasses with colored liquid in them. One glass has a person holding a cylindrical electronic device in the liquid. Caption: and check the parts per million of solutes.

White foaming waves crash on a rocky shore. Caption: Their activity ebbs and flows with the tides.

Person walking through stacked rows of chickens in cages. Caption: This is the age of the designer egg.

Magnified view of cells. Caption: to allow liver cells to grow into functional livers.

Illustration of a net-like structure. Protein. Mucus is a meshwork of proteins

Still image from: Why Should I Care? Invasive Species--Plants

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Giraffes, Monkeys, and Penguins

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Pelicans, Sea Stars, and Snakes

Black and white bird with a red spot on its head holds a seed while standing on a branch. Caption: The trees are used as a storehouse for a quick meal.

Pile of dark substance with eyes on the ground next to a bus stop. Caption: what's left of you, you're about 2/3 carbon.

A black and yellow butterfly with orange spots feeding from a light orange flower. Caption: a caterpillar turning into a butterfly --

A tadpole swimming in murky water. Caption: Their lifelong competitors take weeks to transform into frogs.

Two people in white protective suits with goggles and gloves carrying a stretcher with a body wrapped in a white sheet. Caption: Up to 90% of people infected with the virus … die.

Closeup of the partially decayed carcass of a bat on the ground. Caption: In caves, everything is food for something else.

Closeup of ants swarming over a beetle. Caption: And they also kill each other in battles over turf.

Closeup of head and chest of a falcon. Caption: But only now does he have the bird

Green plant growing underwater. Caption: Hydrilla is an invasive species on a path of destruction.

Person in scuba gear swimming in a cave. Caption: Little by little, they are mapping this labyrinth

Many iguanas sunning themselves on rock outcroppings next to the ocean. Caption: Some of the hatchlings stay together

Microscopic view of an oval-shaped organism. Caption: But for the microbes that live here,

A white bird flying in the sky. Caption: Food is so scarce, this own can go 40 days between meals.

Closeup of a spider's web. Caption: Spider silk is the strongest fiber in nature…

Several adult and baby pigs drink from a small waterhole. Caption: a javelina already has her piglets,

Pink and yellow plant with branching limbs. Caption: We're discovering that life is much more creative

Multiple species of fish swimming in water as seen from below. Caption: Here are creatures rare and fantastic.

Still image from: Wolves for Kids

Illustration of the islands of the Caribbean. Haiti and the Dominican Republic highlighted. Caption: Cortés lived on the island for six years.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Biomimicry

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Ecosystems

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Noah's Ark

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Plants

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Sites and Sights

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Taking Flight

We see a screen displaying rows of DNA sequencing, represented in patterns of waves, numbers, and letters.

Still image from: Xploration Earth 2050: Nature Inspires

We see a close-up rendering of a colorful twisting strand of DNA against a dark background.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky reads the text, “Life 2.0, ‘The Body Shop.’”

Twisting strand of blue and gold DNA lit up against a dark background.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Life Eternal.’”

Close-up shot of a quartz clock featuring roman numerals, showing a time of 7:15.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Mastering Memory.’”

In a lab, a scientist with gloved hands injects liquid drops into testing equipment.

Against a backdrop of twinkling stars in a black night sky, we see text that reads, “Life 2.0, ‘Surviving the End.’”

Diagram of human upper body with heart, lungs, and circulatory system visible. Caption: such as the respiratory system

A shark jumps out of the water surface with prey in its mouth.

A lizard like creature standing on the bank of a river. Lightning strikes the land across the river.

A person holds a baby chimpanzee.