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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.

This film begins with phenomena linked to climate change and then examines how Earth’s temperature is controlled, how we know it is changing, and how the current changes compare to those over the last 800,000 years.

This film explores the foundational research in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, that uncovered many of the ecological principles that govern how animal populations and communities are regulated.

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

This short video explores the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and light-producing bacteria.

This asynchronous course is designed to deepen educators' content knowledge in evolution, especially regarding content appropriate for teaching at the high school level.

This short video explores the secrets behind termites’ power to digest an abundant source of food: wood.

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

This short video explores the symbiotic relationship between giant tube worms and species of chemosynthetic bacteria.

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

In this video, ecologist Brian Silliman explains how he uses manipulative field experiments to study salt marsh ecosystems. His approach revealed that these systems are under top-down control from consumers and predators.