Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by introducing an ancestor that was primitive, but shared physical characteristics with modern humans.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rozalia Project knows all about marine debris. Do you? Take a look at their wrap-up video from Expedition CLEAN on the Gulf of Maine in August of 2014.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
David and Ben Crystal explain what goes into original pronunciation (OP) productions of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The great white shark and killer whale are both infamous marine predators. Normally they leave each other alone, but one day, biologists off the cost of California witness something unprecedented.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Several boats converge near the largest of the Farallon Islands when killer whales are spotted. But what they think is a young killer whale turns out to be a great white shark.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
David and Ben Crystal explain why Shakespeare verses read with Original Pronunciation convey very different emotions and open up another level of understanding.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Seattle artist Matt Sellars shows off the Clovis Point, a skateboard of his own design. Check out a few scenes from its construction and test drive!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Orcas are at the top of the food chain, but it is unprecedented that they would go after a great white shark. From the boat, whale watchers and experts alike are shocked by what they see.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains the process.
Difficulty: Advanced
United Kingdom
This video shows us that Shakespeare invented over 2000 new words and phrases, such as "eyeball," "anchovy," and "puppy."
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Why would a killer whale go after a great white shark? Enter Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a biologist who is very familiar with the different families of killer whales off the coast of California.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
So if an orca attacking a shark is so rare, how do they usually behave? In this segment, we learn about how orcas around the world live and hunt.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Some orcas do prey on sharks, but how do they do it? Researchers also have to catch sharks occasionally, and there is a particular technique that they use.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Created in 1611, The King James Bible permanently shaped the English language with new phrases that are still in use today. How many of them do you know?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
The phenomenon of tonic immobility helps researchers study sharks, but does it also help orcas hunt and kill them?
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