Classroom Resources

This short video explores the mechanism by which a beewolf wasp passes antibiotic-producing bacteria to its offspring.

This video focuses on the front lines of the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and explains how scientists monitored the evolution of the virus by analyzing its genome.

This video follows scientists working in Bangladesh as they test fruit bat populations to determine whether they are infected with Nipah virus, a potentially deadly human pathogen.

This animation describes how skin color is generated by skin cells as protection against ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

This film explores the genetic and archaeological evidence that suggest that corn is the result of the domestication of a wild Mexican grass called teosinte.

This film explores the adaptation of anole lizards (genus Anolis) to habitats common across the islands of the Caribbean. The anoles are excellent examples of adaptive radiation, convergent evolution, and speciation through reproductive isolation.

This film describes natural selection and adaptation in populations of rock pocket mice living in the American Southwest.

This film explores how gene duplications and mutations have led to remarkable physiological adaptations in Antarctic fish.

This film explores the genetics and evolution of lactase persistence in humans.

This animation shows a single cycle of virus replication in a human cell.