Award-winning cookbook author Diane Morgan stirs up the world of mashers with this creamy rendition of mashed potatoes using a combination of russet potatoes and rutabagas.

Naomi Montacre of Naomi's Organic Farm Supply offers detailed tips and advice for raising goats in the city.

Eau De Vie, the French word meaning "water of life", is a spirited drink produced from the distillates of fermented and mashed fruit. Steve McCarthy began a long quest to produce a world-class pear Eau De Vie, and turn it into a...

It's almost Labor Day, and that means a new school year is about to begin for many school children. Perhaps as a parent of a young child you are wondering what new ideas to help encourage your kids to eat a nutritious lunch, and also...

In this video, the teacher covers key concepts related to communities in ecology. They discuss how different populations interact within a community, the role of limiting factors in population dynamics, and the importance of tolerance in...

This section covers the relationship between organisms and their environment. It also covers the Levels of Organization and symbiotic relationships.

Lou Toth is an ecologist who has been with the South Florida Water Management District for 32 years. His primary role is to manage vegetation within storm water treatment areas to contribute to the restoration of the Everglades. He...

Small green sea slugs puzzle scientists because they can photosynthesize energy, just like plants. These Eastern Emerald Elysia sea slugs also appear to have several different types of DNA. Scientists are hopeful these sea slugs might...

Organic farming isn’t all good. The yields are lower because more produce is damaged by pests, and carefully selected chemical pesticides cannot be used. With an ever-growing world population, we have limited land to feed everyone from....

Findings from more than 30 years of research by the Long Term Ecological Research program at the US National Science Foundation suggest that ecosystems which depend on a season of snow and ice are the most vulnerable to climate change....

See how different attributes are naturally selected in different environments, and note some core principles of evolution along the way.

This is a video discussing decomposition, the process by which organisms break down waste material and dead plant and animal material into simpler substances, which can then be recycled back into the ecosystem to be used by other...

This live-action video program is about the term ecological succession. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term ecological succession through use of video footage, photographs,...

The video is a lecture presentation on global warming, its causes, and its potential effects on ecosystems and biodiversity. The speaker discusses the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, and their impact on the Earth's temperature. The...

A recent study found that around 230,000 tons of plastic trash is dumped in this sea per year, and this number is expected to double by 2040 if ambitious steps are not taken soon.

Leadership in public policy is vital to solving global challenges. Aji, Adonis, and Gabe from the Seattle chapter of Plant for the Planet explain to Philippe Cousteau how this group of young people brought a suit against Washington’s...

This video is a lecture presentation on pyramids of biomass. The presenter explains the concept of biomass and trophic levels in a food chain. The video provides a graphical representation of the relative amounts of organic matter found...

This is a thing that is happening right now, and (taking a page from the global warming playbook) a think I've been hearing from Bolsonaro's supporters is, "Who even knows how bad it is...deforestation is actually...

Explain ecosystem, environment its biotic and abiotic components, the levels of ecological hierarchy and the branches of ecology.

You may have heard the word "niche" before, but what does it mean when we talk about an organism's niche. Learn in this video from the "Adapting and Living Together" chapter within the Ecology and Environment topic school level Biology.

The video is a lecture presentation on trophic levels in ecosystems. The presenter defines trophic levels as feeding levels in a community or ecosystem and explains how they can be used to organize feeding relationships. The concept of a...

An example of the different niches in the savannah ecosystem.

The video is a lecture presentation discussing the topic of destruction of habitats, specifically focusing on deforestation and peat bog destruction. The speaker explains the various reasons behind deforestation, including the need for...

In this video we look at a few keys words that you will come across throughout ecology. An ecosystem is made up of all of the communities that live in it, every single organism from small to big and lots of environmental factors like...