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How Do Polar Bears Walk On Ice?

Youth Ecology
Are you wondering how polar bears walk on ice and snow? Let's find out together.

Meet The Marsupials

Kids Ecology
Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, so Jessi introduces him to a special friend: Pinto the opossum.

Why Did It Take Us So Long?

Adults Ecology
We've long known that animal pollination is an important way plants reproduce on land, but we're only JUST finding out animals also pollinate plants underwater.

How Species Make and Break Friendships

Adults Ecology
Community ecology is the study of interactions between different species of living things, and lets ecologists examine the effects of predator-prey relationships, parasites, and mutually beneficial interactions. In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll examine the myriad interspecies interactions with examples, see how keystone species impact their environment and explore how communities rebuild when they are disrupted, through the lens of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Intro To Ecology: The Biosphere

Youth Ecology
What is the biosphere and what does it have to do with living things? Find out in this video!

Microworlds: Unsung Pollinators

Youth Ecology
When it comes to pollinating flowering plants, bees and butterflies tend to get all the glory, but ants, flies, wasps, beetles, and more are also hard at work.

What Is Symbiosis?

Youth Ecology
You might think symbiosis is when two different species live in perfect harmony— but that’s just one kind of interaction.

When Tree Planting Goes Wrong

Adults Ecology
Special thanks to the Society for Ecological Restoration and its global partners for their support during this production; and to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which is part of the United Nations Environment Program.

Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation

Youth Ecology
When there is an abundance of crops, flightless locusts create a plague-like swarm, which can run a kilometre long, in search for food.

Close Shark Encounter - Shark Ambassadors

Youth Ecology
Meet Debra and Vincent Canabal from Epic Diving, when they talk about their approach to shark diving at the world famous Tigerbeach.

Florida Everglades

Kids Ecology
A trip through the Florida everglades to find out about mangroves and their importance to this coastal ecosystem.

Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BC Earth

Adults Ecology
Giant seeds, tiny seeds, floaty seeds and flying seeds. Sir David Attenborough gives us a quick biology lesson in all of them.

Food Webs

Kids Ecology
There's a lot more going on in ecosystems than just temperature.

How Wildfires Generate "Never-Ending" Storms

Adults Ecology
Under the right conditions, wildfires can form clouds and generate firestorms, which last far longer than normal thunderstorms.

Best Of Spring | BBC Earth

Adults Ecology
In the first of our seasonal specials, we bring you the best spring moments from the BBC Earth archive.

What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea

Adults Ecology
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The World War of the Ants

Adults Ecology
Every day billions of soldiers fight a merciless war on thousands of fronts, that has been going on for over one hundred million years: The world war of the ants.

97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree

Adults Ecology
Do 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here's what the 97 percent statistic *really* means.

Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy

Adults Ecology
Research suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line.

How Much Damage Can An Earthquake Do?

Adults Ecology
Earthquakes are awful, but just how bad are they?

Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young

Adults Ecology
We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat.