Group items tagged

collection of 9 short videos illustrating climate change "Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present." -2014 National Climate Assessment The 2014 National Climate Assessment provides an in-depth look at climate change impacts on every region of the United States and important sectors of our economy. In these videos, scientists and citizens from around the country personify the scientific information detailed in the report.

American Museum of Natural History Explore the natural world with Science Bulletins; our documentary Feature Stories, Data Visualizations, and News updates focus on recent discoveries and new technologies in astrophysics, Earth science, biodiversity, and human health and evolution.

BBC introductory video about DNA 3:30

need to be logged onto vimeo

2 minute animation, (includes full body animation rendition of Australopithicus) A recent study of fossil shoulder bones from a human ancestor reveals that this ancient relative was still well adapted to living in trees, even after the evolution of bipedalism. Studying features like these helps scientists to better understand when modern humans moved away from a partly arboreal lifestyle and transitioned to living exclusively on the ground.

2 minute animation (images with text) describing how phylogenetics was used to identify likely placental mammal ancestor.