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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.

In this video, ecologist Tony Sinclair takes us through the steps of how he uncovered that the eradication of an infectious disease in cattle led to a boom in the Serengeti’s buffalo and wildebeest numbers.

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

This video follows the work of scientists conducting the first census of African savanna elephants in over 40 years and the methods they are using to obtain accurate, up-to-date numbers across the continent.

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.

This animation shows how a region of the brain called the cerebral cortex develops in a human fetus.

This animation shows how the cancer treatment Gleevec inhibits the cancer-causing protein BCR-ABL.

This video provides a demonstration of bioluminescent bacteria glowing in the dark.

This animation explores the LUX operon, a set of five genes that are involved in bacterial bioluminescence.

This animation shows how the drug Prialt suppresses signals from the nervous system, which can paralyze certain organisms.