Crash Course Zoology

  • : 2021
  • : 14
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What is an Animal?
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15, 2021
So what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, we’ll endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, it’s complicated! But before we get there we’ll .. show full overview
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What’s the Most “Animal” Animal?
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22, 2021
Picture an “animal” in your mind right now. What does it look like? A dog? A lion? Maybe a sloth, pangolin, naked mole-rat, or even just a human? There’s a good chance that you imagined .. show full overview
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Diversity of Bodies & Sizes (but mostly crabs)
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29, 2021
Even though animals can look very different on their surface, there are surprising similarities in how they’ve evolved to solve major problems - like how to support and move their .. show full overview
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How & What Animals Eat
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06, 2021
Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk .. show full overview
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Brainy & Brainless Animals
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13, 2021
Today we're going to take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some animals have even evolved to lose them! It turns out a brain (and intelligence more broadly) isn't .. show full overview
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How Animals See
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20, 2021
One of the most common adaptations seen in the animal kingdom is vision. Nearly 96% of all animals have some kind of eyes and they've proven so evolutionary advantageous that they've .. show full overview
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How Animals Hear
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27, 2021
Today we're going to talk about what an ear even is, how ears have evolved, how they work, and some of the cool ways animals have tweaked their ears to work for their lifestyle. So perk .. show full overview
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Ancestral & Weird Senses
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03, 2021
Today, we're going to talk about one of the earliest animal senses, one that every life form we've ever found seems to have -- chemosensation -- or our sense of taste and smell. We'll .. show full overview
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Reproduction
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10, 2021
Today we're (finally) going to talk about animal babies! But more than just puppies and piglets we're going to be looking at their genes. Sexual reproduction is part of the very .. show full overview
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Animals Working Together
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17, 2021
Social behavior like caring for our young, fighting off rivals, joining a pack, or even fusing together into a huge super animal like the Power Rangers, adds a whole other layer of .. show full overview
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Parasites
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24, 2021
Nearly every environment on Earth — and that includes animals — is home to some kind of parasite. Today we’re going to talk about parasites not just because they’re an essential part of .. show full overview
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Phylogenetic Mysteries
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01, 2021
In today’s episode of Crash Course Zoology we’re going to solve some phylogenetic mysteries! There are so many more questions we have yet to answer in Zoology so grab some fossils, fire .. show full overview
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What is a Species?
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08, 2021
Today, in the penultimate episode of Crash Course Zoology, we're going to use everything we've learned so far to try and figure out what a "species" even is anyway! As you'll see, the .. show full overview
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Frontiers in Zoology
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15, 2021
In this final episode of Crash Course Zoology, we review everything we've learned and even look at advances in the field that took place just in the 14 weeks of this course! Rae also shares various ways YOU can get involved in the zoology field!