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This activity explores images of tree growth in the Serengeti over time, which serve as a phenomenon for learning about and modeling species interactions in ecosystems.
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
Canine Conservationists
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Duration 00:27:51
Dogs are sniffing out dwindling populations of koalas and helping scientists eliminate invasive foxes that devastate native sea turtle populations.
Salamander of the Gods
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Duration 00:27:51
Scientists and farmers in Mexico City are working together to conserve the axolotl. Another team is partnering with salamander-breeding nuns to save a closely-related species—the achoque.
In this activity, students use an interactive tool to simulate how scientists collected and used sample data to estimate elephant population sizes.
Ecology
Environmental Science
Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College
Beaver Fever
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Duration 00:27:48
The return of beavers to the British countryside is boosting biodiversity, reducing storm-induced flooding, and restoring wilderness to an over- manicured landscape.
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 activity explores the concepts and research presented in the short film Out of the Ashes: Dawn of the Age of Mammals, which explores how life on Earth recovered after a major asteroid impact.
This activity explores images of stickleback fish, some with spines and some without spines, which serve as phenomena for learning about gene regulation and natural selection.