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[ Nature ]
What Was It like to Live with Australia’s Strangest Ancient Creatures?
From giant one-toed kangaroos to marsupial hyper-carnivores, the first people to live in Australia encountered some WILD animals. Luckily, we can see what they saw in the ancient art they left behind! Here’s what we’ve found.
14 minutes
[ Nature ]
The Mystery of the Mini Mammoths
Fossils are the gifts that keep on giving! They hold mysteries that challenge our notions about what is possible, then leave us with new questions. So when the fossils of a tiny mammoth were found on islands off the coast of California, scientists had a multitude of questions. The biggest, of course, being: How did evolution shrink the mammoth?
9 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Saving Precious Lives in the First Sea Turtle Hospital!
By Sam Burns
We’ve all been hearing that sea turtles need help… so, who’s been helping them? Some really inspiring people you’ll want to meet yourself! This fantastic video brings us into a sea turtle clinic to give us a look at what’s being done to save these ancient creatures from the injuries and diseases they’ve picked up as they go about. It’s a truly amazing place.
8 minutes
Your World: Made Possible By Giant Fungi
What does a 420 million-year-old giant fungus have to do with life on Earth as we know it today? Much more than you might think! (You might have to thank its early cousins for making our lives possible!)
10 minutes
[ Saturdays Around the World ]
The Fossil Lake that Froze Time
In Messel, Germany there is a place where time was frozen. Preserved in magnificent fossils, the animals of land, water, and air tell a remarkable story.
18 minutes
[ Animals ]
Why Are Beavers So Busy?
By Sam Burns
These rodents are single-handedly making it possible for other species to thrive! Let’s find out how this is happening…
9 minutes
This Beautiful Image Comes from a Dinosaur Bone!
Have you heard about the scientific field called Paleohistology? Scientists are creating stunning images that are not only breath-taking but revealing new insights into the lives of dinosaurs!
7 minutes
[ Animals ]
It’s a Dog, It’s a Deer, It’s a… Whale?
Whale evolution is a remarkable story in the history of life on earth! Here’s how the whale went from a tiny deer-like animal to the creatures we know now.
