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The Genetics of Tusklessness in Elephants

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

Genetics
Evolution
Scientists at Work
High School — AP/IB
College

Sickle Cell: Natural Selection in Humans

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

Genetics
Evolution
Short Films
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Mapping Migrations: The Bird Genoscape Project

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

Preserving Maize Genetic Diversity

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).

Genetics
Evolution
Environmental Science
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

From Dog DNA to Human Diseases

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

Genetics
Evolution
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

The Search for a Mutated Gene

This video describes the case of a patient with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a progressive disease that leads to blindness, and how physician-scientist Dr. Ed Stone approached the search for the causal mutation.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Genetics
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Think Like a Scientist: Natural Selection in an Outbreak

This video focuses on the front lines of the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and explains how scientists monitored the evolution of the virus by analyzing its genome.

Genetics
Microbiology
Evolution
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Animated Life: Mary Leakey

This animated short video illustrates the life and work of paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, including her discovery of the Laetoli footprints.

Evolution
Animated Shorts
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Your Inner Monkey

This film explores what human hands, vision, and brains reveal about our evolution from ancient primate ancestors.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Feature Films
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

The Biology of Skin Color

This film explores the hypothesis that different tones of skin color in humans arose as adaptations to the intensity of ultraviolet radiation in different parts of the world.

Genetics
Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Short Films
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

The Tool-Making Animal

This video describes how stone tools reveal a critical transition in the lives of our early human ancestors.

Evolution
Scientists at Work
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans

This film explores the major fossil finds from Africa that provide insights about the evolution of humans from other primates.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Short Films
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College