What Is Symbiosis?
Youth Biology
You might think symbiosis is when two different species live in perfect harmony— but that’s just one kind of interaction.
Hagfish: The World's Slimiest Creatures
Youth Biology
Discover the extraordinary capabilities of hagfish, the slime-producing fish that has survived on Earth for over 300 million years.
What Exactly Is Travel Sickness?
Youth Biology
Learn all about travel sickness from Dr Chris and Dr Xand!
The Geometry Of Life
Youth Biology
Researchers have come up with a new way to create patterns in petri dishes using bacteria.
Why Do We Cough?
Youth Biology
The doctors will explain this by teaching you all about your LUNGS in this lab experiment.
What Is The Rarest Colour In Nature?
Youth Biology
Discover what colors are the most rare to see in nature, and how physics and evolution drive their scarcity.
Plants In Space!
Youth Biology
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul and Dr. Robert J. Ferl put weeds in unique situations to study their behaviour on a molecular level.
How Many Animal Species Are There, Really?
Youth Biology
It's harder than you might think to know how many animal species live on Earth.
How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
Youth Biology
Explore how oysters use calcium carbonate to create pearls, and how this chemical compound creates a vast array of other materials.
A Chameleons Race Against Time
Youth Biology
Discover how a Labord’s chameleon learns how to hunt for a meal and find a potential mate, all in a short lifespan of just four months.
Humans Versus The Common Cold
Youth Biology
Dig into the two main ways we fight the viruses that cause the common cold, and find out if it’s possible to create a cure.
What Is Algae?
Youth Biology
What exactly is algae and what are the different types of algae?
Video Lab: A Sign Of Photosynthesis
Youth Biology
By means of photosynthesis, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose, which is their food.
Planetary Plants
Youth Biology
What could plant life look like on other planets?
UV Plants Caught On Camera?
Youth Biology
David Attenborough shows us the world through an insect's eyes, viewing plants and flowers in beautiful ultra-violet vision!
How Fireflies Inspired Energy-Efficient Lights
Youth Biology
Electricity accounts for around 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. So how can we make it more efficient? Belgian physicist Jean-Pol Vigneron and his team found the answer could lie within a firefly's abdomen.
Photosynthesis & Transpiration
Youth Biology
What do plants need? Students examine the effects of light and air on green plants, learning the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration.
Crabs Trade Shells In The Strangest Ways
Youth Biology
As a hermit crab grows its shell becomes a tighter fit so eventually the crabs need to move into a bigger one, leading to an amazing exchange.
Symbiotic Fungi
Youth Biology
David Attenborough encounters a parasitic fungi that lives off the plants it inhabits.
These Seeds Can Walk!
Youth Biology
The seeds of these wild oats each have two bristles called awns. Once the seeds fall to the ground their awns help them do something truly extraordinary…they walk!