Science / Video
The bizarre-looking Australian native takes a swim. (Still Image: JohnCarnemolla/iStock)
Termites as the Ultimate Fighting Machines
New research indicates that termites can strike their enemies at 230 feet per second, a record
After molting (note the discarded shell in the background), a black-backed land crab struggles to move its flimsy new exoskeleton
Caretakers feed the new baby clouded leopards at the Zoo’s research facility in Virginia
An example of wild chimpanzees using ‘directed scratches’ to request grooming of specific body areas. (Still Image: Megan Lorenz/iStock)
Mount Erebus in Antarctica erupts
Australian lizards adapt to rapid acceleration
Student Tiffany Riesenberg measures the velocity of a stream’s flow
In the remote Pacific, the Phoenix Islands provide an unspoiled center for marine science
An example of the trap-jaw ant bouncing by snapping its mandibles against a hard surface to “bounce” a few inches into the air
Trap-Jaw Ant Manidble Close-Up
A close-up of the trap-jaw ant mandible in action
Now on view at the National Air and Space Museum, See Dragon eye, the five-pound unmanned aerial vehicle, in flight
Watch a trailer for Suzanne Chisholm and Michael Parfit’s documentary
The Colorful Lionfish Under the Sea
Two lionfish in Papua New Guinea swim gracefully
Spotted Owls Endangered by the Encroaching Barred Owl
Learn about the spotted owls new nemesis, the barred owl, in a video produced by Assignment Earth
The Mosquitos High-Pitched Love Duet
When two mosquitoes of opposite sex approach each other, they synchronize the beating of their wings to create a unique love song.
Ranchers and wildlife advocates are at odds over how to handle the gray wolf’s return to the Rockies
Take a video tour of the dead zone off the Pacific Northwest coast
Fifty years ago, the Amazon comprised 14 percent of the Earth’s surface. Now, it covers just 6 percent.
Charles Babbage’s Difference Machine No. 2
The first computer is thought to be the invention of a 19th century mathematician
A remote camera captures the first-ever video of an erupting underwater volcano
Using new technologies, Smithsonian entomologists are using detailed photo of ant faces to understand the differences among the 12,000 species
Deploying the Wave Energy Buoy
See a prototype of a wave energy buoy bob up and down on the waters surface as researchers from Oregon State University study its efficacy
Discovering Titanoboa, the World’s Largest Snake
Fossils found in Colombia indicate that a giant snake may have roamed the earth 60 million years ago
Biologist and videographer Mark Moffett’s footage of ants gets up close and personal with the leaf-cutter species of the insect
The Endangered Gorillas of the Congo
In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep …
How Hummingbirds and Moths Fly
Researchers reveal how birds and flying insects flap their wings differently to control a turn
Through the science of robotics, researchers in California have created a lifelike bust of Albert Einstein to teach others, and themselves, about the breakthroughs made with robots
A chick in the process of hatching as the female adult looks on
The biological urge is too strong to resist for penguin chicks as they fledge and dive into the water for the first time.
Fallow deer are the first species outside of primates to be able to make auditory discernment of social dominance
An adult penguin, recently back from a foraging trip, responds to the cheeping of its two-week-old chick and feeds it
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