So we know what life needs here to work, and we've talked a little about what life COULD look like on other planets. But what about plant life? What could plant life look like on other planets? In this episode of Crash Course Kids,...

All crocodilians look more or less the same today, but to survive two different mass extinctions, they've had to change a lot. Here's how they pulled it off.

When you see a bunch of fossils in a museum, you might not think about how unlikely it is that they got there. But there's a lot of lucky dice rolls that landed that mastodon in the museum, and researchers are really motivated to find...

Where does water come from? If you turn on the faucet, there's water. But it goes on an incredible journey to get there. Today, Jessi and Squeaks learn about all the places we can find water.

Squeaks is back from his trip around the world! In this episode, he and Jessi discuss the first stop on his trip: Yellowstone National Park.

Squeaks is heading on a trip around the world! He's going to see so much, and wants Jessi to experience those sights, too. In this episode, he learns about how humans (and a couple of other animal guests) see.

Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis we ignore, says farm animal welfare champion Lewis Bollard. He exposes the truth behind the "all natural" labels on your groceries and shows how technology and public pressure can uncover the...

How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive when their hoofed legs seemed to be adapted for an ecosystem that wouldn't exist for another 12 million years?

The rise of the Himalayas affected more than just the immediate area. Turns out, we may have them to thank for everything from the rise of giant flightless birds in Madagascar; to the disappearance of plants from Antarctica; to the...

In 2003, a fossil belonging to a mammaliaform was discovered in an ancient lakebed in what's now China. It was an almost complete skeleton the size of a platypus, a find that complicated the history of mammaliaforms. It painted a picture...

Climbing to the summit of the Eurasian food chain was one of the Neandertals’ most impressive evolutionary feats, but in the end, it may have actually been what doomed them.

Mountains have a unique effect on diversity, messing with our understanding of animals through time, and pretty much just making evolution weird. And they would eventually reveal something even stranger about a group of mammals even...

Our appetite for meat is one of the greatest environmental challenges we face. Join me on a mind-blowing visit to UPSIDE Foods, the world's most advanced cultivated meat production facility, as we ask whether cultivated meat can deliver...

Nature has had to come up with some crazy ways to survive harsh winters. But none are weirder than hibernation. Turns out there is more than one kind of hibernation, and studying all these ways that life slows down in the cold might help...

How did sauropods, uniquely large land animals, actually live, with their anatomy and physiology pushed to such extremes? Well, their unprecedented gigantism came with some equally massive costs…

Have you ever wondered where giant beasties of folklore, like the chupacabra, came from? Not every mythological creature has a scientific explanation, but here are a few that might.<b<br/>r/>

Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him)

Ever wondered who would win in a fight between a python and an alligator? What about a wolf versus a puma? SciShow has the answers. <b<br/>r/>

Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)

Adding sand to beaches sounds like it's an oxymoronic thing to do, but it's totally a thing. And there's some major benefits, like protecting our coastlines from storms and conserving ecosystems. But there are also some major...

People have been making the connection between the moon's phases and the menstrual cycle for centuries. But when it comes to controlling periods, we may have been looking at the wrong thing in the sky.



Hosted by: @NotesByNiba...

When it comes to major discoveries in paleontology, you usually picture a bunch of old professors in khaki digging in the desert. But when Ruby Reynolds discovered a truly groundbreaking ichthyosaur fossil that sheds light on what may...

Leeches are bloodsucking parasites, and you wouldn't think they're great at protecting other species. Yet for some conservationists, these little vampires are one of the best tools available for conserving endangered and threatened...

About 360-ish million years ago, some tetrapods moved onto land and changed the course of history. So we'd love to know more about these guys, and what it took to get there. But the thing is, the fossils we need to understand this...

Trilobites are one of the most iconic fossil animals out there. And people have loved them for centuries! Let's talk about the people across time and space who have loved collecting trilobites, from Elrathia to Calymene, going back...

Vultures aren't most people's favorite animal. But when they began dying in India, they set in motion a domino effect that spread disease and cost the government billions of dollars. <b<br/>r/>

Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)