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Still image from: Crash Course Biology: The Sex Lives of Nonvascular Plants--Alternation of Generations

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: The Skeletal System--It's ALIVE!

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Vascular Plants = Winning!

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Water--Liquid Awesome

Still image from: Crash Course Chemistry: Polymers

Still image from: Crash Course Earth Science: How to Get Resources--Picky Pineapples

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Dinosaur Pee?

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Resources--Welcome to the Neightborhood

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Fabulous Food Chains

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Feed Me--Classifying Organisms

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Food Webs

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Gotta Eat!

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Living Things Change

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Look Who's Talking

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: The Dirt on Decomposers

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Who Needs Dirt?

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Hunting for Properties

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: Particles of Your World

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: The Great Picnic Mix Up

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Physical Science: What's Matter

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Space Science: Vegetation Transformation

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Space Science: Why No Polar Pineapples

Cyberchase cartoon. Matt and Inez wear miner's helmets illuminating what appears to be a cave. In the middle of them, a long green snake stands straight up and looks towards Inez. Both are looking away from the snake.

An adult cat surrounded by kittens on a linoleum floor. Caption: Other living things go through a similar process

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Predator Power

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Super Senses

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Wicked Weapons

Person in gloves and a lab coat handles two mice. One is noticeably heavy. Caption: because a single gene is defective,

Microscopic image of a pale white flea with a long body and tail.

Closeup on the face of a Tsetse fly with red eyes, pale body and an elongated appendage extending out from a black bulb at the bottom of its head.

Closeup of the white iridescent shell of a California floater mussel.

Closeup of a sundew plant made up of long yellowish leaves and red tentacles, each with a sticky gland at the tip.

Black and white closeup of a daddy longlegs spider crawling on the dirt, small black ovular body hovering just above the ground.

Closeup side view of an ensatina salamander with a long black body with orange spots, short legs, and a long tail.

Computer rendering of a starfish's tube feet, bending at an angle from the base of its leg, as if it's leaning forward on the ground.

Closeup on a glasswing butterfly perched on a fingertip. It has a black body with white stripes, and transparent webbed wings with opaque, dark brown borders tinted with orange.

Cyberchase cartoon. A sheet of paper with several illustrations that are labeled Browns. Illustrations include dirt, straw, paper, and leaves.

Microscopic photo of a louse crawling along a single strand of hair.

Computer rendering showing tiny air sacs called alveoli attached to red and blue capillaries.

Closeup of a small white spider crawling across its spiral web suspended in the air.

Computer rendering of a kangaroo rat skeleton showing its arched spine and large skull.

Closeup of red ants crawling across the dirt, each carrying a small white object.

Closeup of the rattle at the end of a black and white striped rattlesnake. The rattle is composed of hollow, interlocking segments that are shiny and slightly transparent.

Closeup of a sand pit with a slight depression. A small shiny oval object is visible in the center.

Wide shot of a partly cloudy sky with a falcon flying through the air in the distance.

Video shows a light gray background.

Closeup of a wasp with a black body, short antennas and transparent wings.

Man wearing headphones points a laser at a sharpshooter insect attached to a grapevine.

Two hairy Tarantulas crawling on the ground.

Closeup of a spiderweb stretching across a gap in what appears to be a wood log.

Blurred photo of a woman leaning over to kiss the cheek of a baby. The baby reaches up to grab her chin in its hands.

Closeup of an insect that has a long thin brown body that looks like a twig with short arms branching off. Its head looks like a long bright transparent leaf.

Closeup of a baby hairworm insect with a mottled light and dark brown body and thin legs crawling over a plant.

Microscopic image of a cylindrical mosquito egg that's dark brown in color with hundreds of white dots that look like polka dots.

A photo depicts flies on the surface of a fruit.

Black beetle with thin, spidery legs and black and white antennas crawls down a thin sheet of dirty fabric.

Small black ovular beetle crawls along moss towards pile of leaves.

Closeup of an Indian walking stick camouflaged in twigs and leaves. It's brown with a long, thin body and legs.

Closeup of a light brown insect with a round flat body and short setae, or hair-like structures on its legs and mid-body.

Closeup of a light and dark brown mottled peregrine falcon egg shell.

Side view closeup of a hissing cockroach showing its shiny black body covered in hair-like bristles, pale abdomen, and horns.

Glass beaker with clear liquid. Spanish captions.

Text reads, "Digestive System," against a background that shows a twisting strand of DNA, as well as several chemical formulas.

Pie chart diagram showing that the atmosphere contains 1/5 oxygen. Caption: Two ways of O2 entry. Caption: Oxygen makes about 1/5 of the atmosphere,

Two parallel strands twisting around a central axis. Caption: Each strand is made up of a chain of nucleotides.

Still image from: Duck-Billed Platypus for Kids

Cart ascending roller coaster track. Caption: What are the reservoirs for the carbon cycle?

Cartoon of a bear and bird in a forest. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear standing next to a tree with a beehive. A bee hovers in the air and holds flowers. Spanish captions.

White bird with long legs and a long neck standing in the water with plants in background. Spanish captions.

Illustration shows different angles of Tardigrada. Text reads, “Tardigrada from the Scottish Lochs by J. Murray, 1905, Biodiversity Heritage library.”

Emily Graslie sits in front of a bookcase and looks at us while she talks.

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: Flying Teabag Ghosts

Still image from: Emily's Science Lab: Unpoppable Spider Bag

Group of wildebeests gathers together in the desert.

Man stands in front of a black background as he talks to us.

A bone is placed before a wolf, who staring vigilantly at fire.

Woman stands in front of a black background as she talks to us. An image next to her shows a person crouching next to a small fire as they reach a big stick into the flames.

Lots of Flypaper Traps with a bug stuck on one of them. Text reads, “Flypaper Traps, video courtesy of Deep Look - KQED. From their video ‘Cape Sundews Trap Bugs in A Sticky Situation.'”

A large number of eggs laid in water has a thick layer of jelly.

A cat.

Man stands in front of a black backdrop as he talks to us.

An illustration depicts a theropod dinosaur, looking into a nest with eggs and newborn dinosaurs.

A panda eating bamboo shoots.

An illustration depicts an old shepherd, wearing clothes made from animal leather, sitting on a rock.

An illustration depicts a pair of dinosaurs fighting each other.

An illustration depicts the dinosaur, Coelophysis, with new born Coelophysis in between its beak.

An illustration depicts an extinct animal, the Giant Lemur.

A skull from the fossils of Homo floresiensis, and a rough sketch of the limbs of the fossil remains are presented.

Man talks to us in front of a black background like he's doing an interview.

White cartoon lobster with a line the same length of its tail next to it.

An illustration of a male Woolly mammoth.

Under the label “Beta-Glucose,” we see a beta-glucose chemical formula with a face looking towards another beta-glucose formula as it tumbles.

Young person in a dentist's chair. Caption: Tooth decay, skin acne, and body odor

Person Speaking from a podium. Caption: and why it doesn't act so well in the obese.

Hand holding a leaf. Almost entirely camouflaged on the leaf is an insect. Caption: with lots of moss on tree trunks and leaves

Text reads, "Extinction for Kids," over a digital illustration of dinosaurs on a beach at sunset.

A seated man with skulls and other items on shelves in the background. Caption: We found one band at about 5.2 million years--

Text reads, "Fish" over an illustration of several fish in various sizes and shapes.

Indicator dots in East Asia. Plane icon in North America with indicator dots beneath the plane. Caption: It heads to North America, where it deplanes,

Title text reads, "Food Chain," bordered by links of chain.

White birds with long legs stand next to a body of water surrounded by trees. Spanish captions.

Text reads, "Fossil Fuels," over a photo of a red and gray oil well in an open field.

Illustration of a sphere with an uneven surface. Caption: Scientists strip away the virus's harmful genes

A D N A strand labeled, mutación, has its section highlighted and labeled, proteina Spanish Caption: El principio de la terapia genica.

Microscopic view of narrow, oval shaped single cell organisms. Caption: and protozoa, reproduce, they make exact copies

Close up of a mosquito with the earth as seen from space in the background. Caption: mosquito bites are tied to many viral outbreaks.

Forest of large, towering trees. Caption: Well, redwood trees live for thousands of years,

Digital illustration of an ugly orange germ standing next to a toilet, giving us a thumbs up. Text reads, “What Are Germs? For Kids.”

Illustration of a person flying through the night sky against a backdrop of buildings and stars while holding a lit candle. Caption: Hi, I'm Faith Ringgold.

A group of people inspecting a skeleton.

A woman leaning down to brush her lips on the head of a sleeping baby held in her arms. Caption: were passed on from generation to generation,

Microscopic close up of cells. Cell walls and internal organ structure visible. Caption: It was clear that the nucleus was the critical element

A researcher displays G F P in a graduated tube. Caption: This is G F P or green fluorescent protein.

Flower, Lamb, and mushroom. Spanish captions.

Children in a classroom setting standing around a desk with plants on it. Caption: (narrator) After a few weeks, the children look at the results.

Title text reads, "Habitats for Kids," over a blurry globe sprouting with trees.

Still image from: Hawks for Kids

Still image from: Healthy Habits: Get Rest to Be Your Best

Above a photo of a tiger is the label “Carnivores.” Above the photo of a tan bear is the label, “Omnivores.” Above the photo of an elephant is the word “Herbivores.”

Text on image reads, BioMedia Associates. Hidden Biodiversity. The background depicts different types of microorganisms.

Microscopic view of oval shaped organisms. Caption: Ciliates are a group of single-celled organisms

Microscopic view of oval and tubular organisms. Caption: make their own food using the light

Closeup view of a clear, jelly-like egg cluster underwater. Caption: The transparent eggs allow us

Points of light against a dark, textured background. Caption: many adaptations to support movement.

Microscopic view of an oval shaped organism with a mouth-like opening at one narrow end. Caption: These microorganisms are so small,

Closeup view of a mosquito. Caption: The adult mosquito is now ready

Microscope view of oval shaped organisms with globular protrusions. Caption: There are 2000 species of rotifers.

Microscopic view of tubular organisms with background debris. Caption: adopted by some microorganisms is gemmation.

Microscopic view of a transparent roundish organism with a visible face and legs. Caption: a reproductive strategy called parthenogenesis.

Infrared scan of the head and shoulders of a person mostly in red and yellow. Caption: it's already increased 5 degrees to 36 degrees Celsius.

Illustration of a horse with its nose pointed towards the ground. In this position the pupil of the eye is parallel to the ground. Caption: It would enhance the effective field of view

Still image from: Horseshoe Crab Moon

Cycle showing eggs leading to tadpole; tadpole developing back legs and keeping tail; tadpole developing all four legs, losing some of the tail, and looking more like a frog; to an adult frog who produces eggs. Caption: to watch what happens to the eggs.

Illustration of neurons and dendrites exchanging signals. Caption: The addicted brain has changed.

White beetle grub burrows into the earth.

Woman with shoulder-length brown hair parts her lips mid-speech in front of white bookshelves. Title card reads, "How Big Are Tree Genomes?"

Illustration of a cell showing the cross section to expose the contents of the cell. Ribbon-like substance blankets the inner edge with spheres of various sizes suspended within. Caption: First, mitochondria take in molecules derived from food,

Illustration of two cells with identical internal structures. Caption: are passed on to each new generation of cells,

Illustration of teeth in the bottom jaw with braces on the surface of the teeth. The two teeth on either end of the jaw are shaded darker. Caption: that lets the new PDL hold teeth in the new position.

Illustration of a gray brain with areas highlighted in green. Title card reads, "How Does Your Brain Learn? Changes in active brain regions could be an indicator of 'training related performance gains.'"

Title text reads, "How do Plants Grow for Kids," over a diagram that shows how a plant grows.

Aerial closeup of a hand using a black pen to trace over a pencil drawing of a horizontal double helix strand of D, N, A.

Blurry city in background. Taste and Smell.

Still image from: Human Elements: Climbing for Ancient Algae

Still image from: Human Elements: Do Dogs Hold the Secrets To Aging?

Still image from: Human Elements: The Hidden Worlds in Our Treetops

Still image from: Human Elements: Think Like an Octopus

Still image from: Human Elements: Tracking Invisible Cats

Illustration of a person with a large belly next to a bad of mega chips labeled party size and a stack of calories. Caption: can cause a person to be overweight,

Person speaking. Caption: Calcium is another mineral that is especially important

Illustration of a military person pointing to a chart with pictures of bananas, apples, and leafy greens. Caption: Choose foods that provide more potassium, dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamin D--

Measuring cup. Eat the amount your body really needs. Measure out your portions. Caption: by measuring out your portions with measuring cups

Illustration of a cell and a molecule of NaCl. Made up mostly of water. Caption: The fluid around the cell contains sodium chloride

Diagram of foods containing Sucrose providing a combination of fructose and glucose or containing Lactose providing galactose and glucose after being processed by the liver. Caption: are also broken down and converted into glucose

Illustration of a grazing cow. Greetings from the farm… Caption: (man) Like many foods,

A humanoid robot holding a drill. Caption: to continuously pay attention to his surroundings

Two women exercising with dumbbells. Caption: to make their bodies as strong as can be.

Two fish swim underwater through underwater plant life. Caption: I specialize in fish and aquatic life.

Micros images of an insect.

Mushrooms.

An oceanic map. A scale shows a submarine diving below 3000 feet.

A diagram shows illustrations of butterflies, wasps, bees, and caterpillars.

A diagram illustrates a seal going to dine on a squid.

A diagram illustrates a lot of microbes in the blood, high temperature and a human skeleton.

A microscopic view shows a number of microbes.

Illustration of a flat, narrow animal with a tube exiting from the bottom of the body toward the back. Caption: So what is the key to Planaria regeneration?

Microscopic view of an irregularly shaped organism. Spanish captions.

Illustration of beige spherical shapes and a single bright-green spiky shape. Caption: A virus is a lean, mean disease machine.

Man sits in a room as he talks to us. There are bookshelves around him with books, pictures, and different knick-knacks like a Space Shuttle, mini dinosaur skeletons, a Gundam toy, and more.

View of the University of California, Berkeley’s Football stadium. Text reads, “Berkeley, California.”

Man sits and talks to us in a room filled with different lighting equipment and tools.

View of an Oregon forest with mossy ground and light peeking out from the trees.

People wearing hospital gowns and masks holding a newborn baby. Caption: Congratulations.

Spat on a tray. MB Masonboro Inlet North Carolina. Caption: Spat from each family was placed on test reefs.

Person standing on the deck of the boat with a crab cage in their hands. Ecosystem Service Creating Jobs. Caption: marshes provide many of the same benefits as oysters.

Illustration of Susan B. Anthony sitting at a table wearing a big black gown. Text reads, “Susan B. Anthony.”

Large spherical object surrounded by smaller multi-sphere objects. Nova Caption: Carbon is one of the most versatile elements.

Aerial view of a honey bee with two blue arrows connected at one end pointing towards each wing.

Two young people in a classroom setting, one looking through a microscope. Caption: - Hmm, ask her what her job in the cell is.

Yellow and black butterfly on a honeysuckle plant. Spanish captions.

Closeup of a man in a yellow polo with furrowed brow and lips parted mid-speech. Field of corn beneath a cloudy sky in background.

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

Closeup of a row of young plants sprouting out of soil in a vast field beneath blue sky.

Clusters of delicate white flowers, some tinged with pink, at right and left foreground. Out of focus flowers are in background.

Aerial view of a silo complex. Paved roadways and plots of green grass run through and around it.

Low shot looking up at tree trunks with bare branches spread out against blue sky.

Color illustration of a squirrel curled up in a ball with its eyes closed. It rests on a nest of green, brown, and red beside a handful of acorns.

Rendering of a small, flowering plant that sprouts out of dirt. Grass and blue sky in background. Title card reads, "Photosynthesis."

Purple, red, and white feathers float on a blue backdrop. Text reads, "Introduction to Birds."

A herd of cattle, some adult, some baby, all with tags in their ears. Caption: The mother of this calf also has brown fur.

Closeup of vibrant green leaves. Caption: that form a network throughout the plant structure.

Illustration of two cells, one with spiky structures being overtaken by the other. Caption: how the body produces antibodies and T cells

Illustration of a doctor with a mechanical device in their hand looking at an image on a monitor. Spanish captions.

An animal with the body of a lion, an extra goat head on its back, and a snake instead of a tail. Caption: Chimera.

Sunlight is shining through in a forest with large number of trees.

An illustration depicts the sinuses present in a human skull.

Digital art shows the Titanic ship half sunk into the ocean with a large iceberg next to it.

Diagram shows brain nerve cells branching like plant roots.