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Mapping Migrations: The Bird Genoscape Project

This video follows an international team of researchers as they collect data to map migratory bird populations in the US and Mexico.

Genetics
Ecology
Environmental Science
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Preserving Maize Genetic Diversity

This video follows germplasm bank coordinator Cristian Zavala Espinosa and geneticist Sarah Hearne, who are part of the global effort to preserve the genetic diversity of maize (corn).

Genetics
Evolution
Environmental Science
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Seeking Alzheimer’s clues from few who escape genetic fate

Doug Whitney inherited the same gene mutation that gave Alzheimer’s disease to generations of relatives by the average age of 50. Yet at 73, his mind is sharp. To scientists he offers a chance to learn how the body may resist Alzheimer’s.