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A warthog with long tusks curving towards its body and leathery skin covered in mud. Caption: we can see that each has a beauty all its own.
Nature
Season 26 / Ep 4
30 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Alma's Way: Basketball Birds / Looking for Litter
Alma's Way
Season 1 / Ep 11
23 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Profile of a red Macaw bird.
Animal Jam
Episode 6
57 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Man stands outside with a golden eagle perched on his arm.
Animal Jam
Episode 11
5 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Profile of a Harpy Eagle with a black and white feather body and light gray head.
Animal Jam
Episode 3
1 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Penguin chick perched on the feet of an adult penguin. Caption: Adults walk with newborns on their feet and under blubber
1 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A condor in flight. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 6
13 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A woman standing in front of an illustrated backdrop of a pond with a duck next to it. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 5
13 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
An illustrated bird on a branch. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 8
14 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
An illustration of an owl on a branch. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 10
13 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A woman against an illustrated background with penguins. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 20
13 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A woman riding a bike against an illustrated background with a rhea. Spanish captions.
Animapaka (Spanish)
Episode 22
13 minutes
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A bird's nest in the ground with a baby bird, beak open. Caption: There will be winners and losers each year.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 3
17 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A bird in a cage perched on a stick. Caption: and their cheerful chittering can brighten any room.
41 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A bird with a long, light colored neck, a dark head, and a long, pointed beak. Caption: are just a few of the many kinds of birds in our world.
10 minutes
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Claws on Its Wings
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 2
6 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Weird Thing Storks Can Smell
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 18
5 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The World's Longest Non-Stop Flight
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 35
5 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: Why This Nocturnal Parrot Only Breeds When Summer Is Hot
Bizarre Beasts
Season 0 / Ep 7
6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A hummingbird hovering around a plant.
6 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of a golden eagle, wings folded. Caption: Where did this golden eagle come from?
2 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Adult male penguin with multiple penguin chicks and a few adult penguins in the background. Caption: He searches the colony, calling for his chick…
Crittercam
Season 1 / Ep 4
23 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Bird on a perch in an enclosure. Caption: When they're ready, they go.
Curiosity Quest
Season 5 / Ep 9
24 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cartoon character clutching a book to his chest. Caption: It contains the secrets of Cyberspace.
Cyberchase
Season 11 / Ep 9
28 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Deadly Predators: Speed
Deadly Predators
Episode 2
28 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Wide shot of a partly cloudy sky with a falcon flying through the air in the distance.
Deep Look
Season 6 / Ep 14
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a light and dark brown mottled peregrine falcon egg shell.
Deep Look
Season 7 / Ep 17
5 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
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.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 4
14 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 5
18 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Brown hen duck and a mallard waddle around in the grass.
1 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A large number of eggs laid in water has a thick layer of jelly.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 1
8 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A large group of penguins.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 55
10 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
A small bird perched on a plank. Caption: Somehow, there was a critical mass action that took off.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 7
15 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close up of two puffins, one with fish in its mouth. Caption: During that time, the pair spends
55 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A diagram showing the transition from Reptiles (dinosaurs and crocodile-like animal) to Archaeopteryx (feathered animal between a reptile and a bird), to Birds. Caption: between birds and reptiles.
Great Transitions
Episode 2
18 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Artist colors in the yellow beak of a toucan drawn in black ink. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner Drawing."
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Aerial closeup of a hand using a brown marker to color in a black ink drawing of a hawk flying in the sky with open talons.
6 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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.
Nature
Season 28 / Ep 5
29 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
In Our Nature
Episode 2
25 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bird with orange head and black body perches on branch amid tangle of broken branches.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 44
5 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
2 brown and white-feathered Ospreys rest on a large nest of twigs beneath a clear blue sky.
Into the Outdoors
Episode 45
6 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Purple, red, and white feathers float on a blue backdrop. Text reads, "Introduction to Birds."
9 minutes
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Eggs of Screech owl, Turkey vulture, Audubon's Caracara, Kingfisher, Common Murree, Yellow Billed. Caption: Stoddard Et Al. Science 20 17.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 19
7 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of some birds with long legs and yellow bodies. Spanish captions.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 39
14 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Illustration of a human-like insect figure. Spanish captions.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 49
12 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Still image from: Lab Six: Puerto Rican Birds (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Season 3 / Ep 31
23 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Lab Six: Puerto Rican Birds II (Spanish)
Lab Six (Spanish)
Season 3 / Ep 32
25 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of three figures watching birds in the sky, as seen from behind. Caption: Yeah, they can run, float, and fly!
Johan: The Young Scientist
Episode 15
12 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Aerial view of a large pond behind a complex of red brick buildings. A small white tent is to the right of the buildings, and a large array of solar panels is to the left of the buildings. Evergreen trees surround it all.
Museum Access
Season 2 / Ep 9
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person sitting at a desk and talking. Taxidermized animals and insects are on the shelves and desk. Caption: The illness the bacteria causes is called leptospirosis.
Natural News From The Field Museum
Season 0 / Ep 4
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Show's intro montage with Danni Washington in the middle, the show's title card, and an airplane overlayed in the back like it's coming into frame.
Nature Knows Best
Season 1 / Ep 1
22 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode
1 hour 32 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
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.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 2
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Horseshoe crab partially out of the water among debris and plants. Caption: On the highest tides, they drag themselves to shore
Nature
Season 26 / Ep 7
30 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding a bright light over rows of chicken eggs. Caption: Then they are passed over lights and inspected.
Farm To Market
Season 0 / Ep 12
10 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Blackbirds
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 9
14 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Buzzards
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 20
14 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
ASL
Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Ducks
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 19
14 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Still image from: Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest: Woodpecker
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest
Episode 14
14 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
Angular aircraft with multiple flaps on each wing sitting on a concrete deck, viewed from below. Caption: (observer) The aircraft's controlled by many movable surfaces,
Nature
Season 25 / Ep 7
29 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Book cover shows an illustration of a yellow-and-gray baby bird hatching out of a white egg, among a pile of other eggs. Text reads, "Hatch! Roxie Munro."
Read Out Loud
Episode 63
9 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
An aerial photograph. A line leads from Andros Island to N C coast and then to Prince Edward Island. A second line trace back from Pince Edward Island.
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bird with white belly, dark back and wings perched on a branch in a thicket. Caption: People are more like birds than we thought.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 1
2 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly colored bird with a beak almost as large as its body. Caption: You'd think it would be too beak-heavy to fly.
Science Nation
Episode 200
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
White bird with gray speckles nesting on the ground. Caption: they check nests, count eggs, and keep records
Science Nation
Episode 151
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person standing at a control board with reels of tape. Caption: The good old days of reel-to-reel aren't over yet.
Science Nation
Episode 236
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a bird with wings extended, perched on a branch. University of Montana Flight Laboratory. Caption: the mechanics of their wing and leg movements.
Science Nation
Episode 131
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding a duckling. Caption: So we study how Mom's actions effect these little guys.
Science Nation
Episode 152
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large grey bird perched on the edge of a cage door. Caption: (male narrator) This is Griffin, an African grey parrot.
Science Nation
Episode 125
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Yellow and black butterflies on the ground. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 90
3 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Fun Facts About Turkeys
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 87
3 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Invading Birds
SciShow Kids
Season 2017 / Ep 97
4 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Ravens Are Super Smart
SciShow Kids
Season 2016 / Ep 67
4 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Who Knew? Amazing Owl Facts
SciShow Kids
Season 2016 / Ep 63
3 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Don't Woodpeckers' Heads Hurt?
SciShow Kids
Season 2018 / Ep 30
3 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Still image from: SciShow: 3 Odd Facts About Pigeons
SciShow
Season 2013 / Ep 151
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Raptors. Diagram of a raptor showing keen eyes, curved beak, talons, and a taste for prey. Caption: Raptors migrate south during the winter months
Seasonal Science
Episode 7
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Red-Tailed Hawk Feather
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 13
1 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Vireo Nest
Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke
Episode 1
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A handful of white birds with long legs cluster together near the edge of a pond. Caption: a second migratory flock of whooping cranes.
EcoAdventures in North Florida (WFSU Local Routes)
Episode 2
4 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
A hummingbird drinking nectar out of a flower.
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Owl with a small rodent in its beak. Raptor - A bird of prey such as an eagle, hawk, or owl that kills and eats other animals for food. Caption: Nocturnal raptors like owls eat many rodents
The Brain Scoop
Episode 37
8 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A photo of a bird. An inner line is drawn tracing the shape of the bird's circular head. The line extends along the beak.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 70
10 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of carbon emitted from factories. Caption: Black carbon was spewed into the air from coal factories.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 63
1 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person turning the page of a book with detailed illustrations. The turning of the page. Caption: revealing a new page every week,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 19
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A photograph of Cetti's Warbler and its egg which measures 1 centimeter. On screen text, Cetti's Warbler, Cettia cetti. Caption: This is a Cetti's warbler from Southern Europe.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 67
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Bird perched in a tree. Caption: That would be evidence of habitat adaptation.
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 6
11 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Illustrated image of a wing. Caption: So a wing would have evolved from a forelimb in stages.
8 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Graphic of island with birds that are similar except for coloring. Caption: They had become distinct species.
The Origin of Species
Episode 2
15 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blue jay perched on a tree trunk pokes its beak into a divot in the wood.
The Outsiders Club
Season 4 / Ep 7
20 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Blue jay perched on a tree trunk pokes its beak into a divot in the wood.
The Outsiders Club (Spanish)
Season 4 / Ep 7
21 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A person looking up at a pair of primates in the trees. Caption: That's why scientists are interested in studying them.
14 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Pelican floating in the water. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of a bird on a branch. The bird has a light-colored body and a dark head. Caption: where they're evolving right before our eyes,
Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
Episode 8
3 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: What's Up? With Caron Levis ("Feather Together")
What's Up?
Episode 5
16 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: What's Wild: Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
What's Wild
Episode 7
5 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 307
2 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Aerial view of an industrial plant emitting pollution. Caption: and impacted by oil and gas exploration and activities.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 317
6 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Adult primate with a baby on its back swinging from the trees. Caption: The animals depend on the plants to survive,
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 323
6 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup of head and chest of a falcon. Caption: But only now does he have the bird
Wild Chronicles
Season 1 / Ep 105
4 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Bird with wings spread on a nest. Caption: The parent will care for that chick up to three years.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 302
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A pair of white bird with black head and back and an orange beak sit in on a mossy rock. Caption: returning to land in the spring to rear a single chick.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 335
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A white bird flying in the sky. Caption: Food is so scarce, this own can go 40 days between meals.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 309
2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A yellowish-green bird sits on a branch surrounded by foliage. Caption: Suddenly, these birds are being found in the lowland forest
Wild Chronicles
Season 2 / Ep 235
6 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Digital art. Falcon faces a cheetah, competitively smiling at each other. The headline reads, “Wild Explorers presents The Ultimate Speed Showdown World Championship. Watch now.” Below them in red banners reads the text, “Falcon vs. Cheetah. See who is the fastest on the planet!”
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 17
1 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Girl looks up at a falcon sitting atop an arched perch on the table in front of her. Text reads, “The name peregrine falcon means ‘wanderer!’”
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 16
1 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
An excited girl holds her arms out as five brightly-colored cartoon toucans swing from the ceiling on bamboo perches.
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 23
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Taking Flight
Xploration Awesome Planet
Season 3 / Ep 12
22 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A group of penguins with white chests, yellow-orange throats, and black heads and backs. Caption: (Thane) Birds are found in all kinds of color, shapes, and sizes.
You at the Zoo
Episode 6
4 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Cartoon of a chick on a farm.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An acquatic bird with small wings, a curved bill, and webbed feet.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A bird with long wing.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a flamingo in the water.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of a hen standing on a big bowl.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of an animal with horns in foliage.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
A bird with long reddish neck, a small and wide bill, and small wings, on a barren land. The bird has big eyes with thick eyelashes.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of an owl on a branch.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a peacock with tail feathers displayed.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a pelican catching fish in its mouth.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a penguin at the north pole.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of a pigeon on the street.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of rooster.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of a seagull
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of two swans on the water.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
An illustration of a vulture.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Cartoon of a woodpecker perched on a tree.
Zoobabu
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
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