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

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).

This video follows biologist Elinor Karlsson, who studies dogs to find genes associated with traits, including certain diseases.

In this Click & Learn, students explore the process of digestion and how it connects to metabolism and cellular respiration. 

This video describes how scientists silence different genes in regenerating planaria to study the process of regeneration at the molecular level.

This interactive module allows students to use DNA profiling and related biological concepts to solve two cases of elephant poaching.

This video describes the technology of metabarcoding, which allows scientists to determine herbivore diets based on the sequences of plant DNA extracted from animal dung.

Several questions are embedded within the short film The Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture, which explores the genetics of lactase persistence and evolution of the trait in some human populations.

This video explores how advances in DNA sequencing technology have improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This animation shows how disrupting cellular processes in the intestines can lead to colon cancer.

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

This animation shows how human infants can digest milk using the enzyme lactase.