How Starfish Changed Modern Ecology
Witness scientist Bob Paine's breakthrough discovery of keystone species, through his ingenious experiment with tidepool starfish.
The Serengeti Rules
Travel back in time with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of how nature works. Based on a book of the same name.
Why Citizen Science - Mary Mooney
Meet Mary Mooney - a lawyer who volunteers as a citizen scientist with the Terrapin Project. Hear how her involvement has served as an antidote to her busy urban life and has helped her reconnect with nature.
Why Citizen Science - Sarah Edmunds
When Sarah first participated in Frog Watch, USA she had no idea the impact it would have on her life. Now, with several Citizen Science projects experience under her belt, she has gotten her master's degree in biology and has discovered more and more ways to connect with wildlife in her city.
Can a teenager befriend an octopus?
The idea that humans and mollusks could have any kind of relationship is remarkable when considering the evolutionary distance between the species. Yet watch the playful relationship between a teenager, Laurel, and an octopus, Heidi.
An Octopus' Coconut Home
This octopus has devised an ingenious way to create a moveable shelter by assembling two halves of a coconut shell.
Octopus: Making Contact Preview
Follow an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies a day octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills. Octopuses are able to recognize faces and interact with other individuals.
Octopus Dreaming
Do octopuses dream? Watch the brilliant color changes of a sleeping octopus that indicates she may be dreaming.
Baby Cephalopods' First Moments
Watch as baby octopuses and squid hatch from their eggs and immediately begin hunting and camouflaging themselves.
Why Citizen Science - Mara Davi Gaines
This month, we're asking folks why they personally want to be involved in Citizen Science. Meet Mara Davi Gaines, a Broadway and television actress and zero-waste advocate who just learned about Citizen Science. Hear how she plans to incorporate it into her nature-loving lifestyle and why she believes everyone should find ways to connect with nature.
Why Citizen Science - George Gurgis
George Gurgis is an undergrad studying zoology, but he's also an active citizen scientist. Here he shares how participating in citizen science projects gives him a way of connecting with his community and sharing his love of animals with others.
Citizen Science Story: The New York Botanical Garden
See the great citizen science work going on at the New York Botanical Garden. Meet a group of retirees who have volunteered to be citizen scientists and are tracking the pollinators in the Native Plant Garden.
Citizen Science Story: Project TRUE
Project TRUE is an initiative by the Bronx Zoo/WCS that allows high school students to get hands-on experience in biological fieldwork studying urban ecology. Learn about the valuable research one group of students are doing this summer on the urban snapping turtle population in New York.
Citizen Science Story: The Great Sunflower Project
See how this group of 4th graders became citizen scientists by learning about bees and participating in the Great Sunflower Project.
Citizen Science Story: Track a Lilac
Citizen Scientist Jane Williamson-Davenport shares her experience monitoring lilacs as part of The National Phenology Network's Track a Lilac project.
Mom Saves Pups on Wolf Trail Cam
In this clip from American Spring LIVE, a trail cam captures a mother wolf taking her pups out of their den after the snowmelt caused a flood inside.
The Great Sunflower Project - English
In 2008, we started this project as a way to identify where pollinators are doing well and where they are not. We also aim to give people like you the tools to learn about what is happening with the pollinators in the places they care about. While we love to get data from our namesake species, Lemon Queen Sunflowers, you can participate by watching any plant.
The Great Sunflower Project - Spanish
The Great Sunflower Project necesita ciudadanos científicos que identifiquen dónde les está yendo bien a los polinizadores y dónde no.
American Spring LIVE ~ Episode 3: Connections Preview
Learn how plants and animals depend on each other to survive. See first-hand how climate change can break those connections, altering the timing of weather and plant growth, and disrupting the delicate relationships between plants and pollinators such as moths, bees and butterflies.
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