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This video follows scientists working in Gorongosa National Park as they try to determine the genes responsible for tusk development in elephants.

This film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell disease.

This video presents an intriguing phenomenon: two patients who carry the same genetic variation, which is known to cause sickle cell disease, have very different outcomes.

This interactive module introduces the anatomy of the immune system and walks through the timeline of a typical immune response.

This interactive module allows students and educators to build models that explain how the Earth system works. The Click & Learn can be used to show how Earth is affected by human activities and natural phenomena.

This short video explores how a baby’s microbiome is established during birth.

This film describes the scientific principles and the research efforts involved in the development of a gene therapy for a congenital form of blindness, and how a young patient benefited from this medical breakthrough.

This interactive module examines Earth’s past and present climate, highlighting the effects of two important factors: solar radiation and the composition of the atmosphere.

This animation provides an overview of the greenhouse effect, a process that warms the atmosphere and surface of Earth.

This interactive module allows students to explore the science of Earth's deep history, from its formation 4.5 billion years ago to modern times.

This video shows real footage of a cytotoxic T cell killing a cell infected by a pathogen.

This animation shows how a cell infected by a virus signals cytotoxic T cells to destroy itself.