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How & What Animals Eat

How & What Animals Eat

Season 1 Episode 4
13:35
Brainy & Brainless Animals

Brainy & Brainless Animals

Season 1 Episode 5
12:45
How Animals See

How Animals See

Season 1 Episode 6
12:39
How Animals Hear

How Animals Hear

Season 1 Episode 7
11:56
Ancestral & Weird Senses

Ancestral & Weird Senses

Season 1 Episode 8
12:42
Reproduction

Reproduction

Season 1 Episode 9
13:00
Animals Working Together

Animals Working Together

Season 1 Episode 10
13:21
Parasites

Parasites

Season 1 Episode 11
13:04
Phylogenetic Mysteries

Phylogenetic Mysteries

Season 1 Episode 12
12:32
What is a Species?

What is a Species?

Season 1 Episode 13
12:35
Frontiers in Zoology

Frontiers in Zoology

Season 1 Episode 14
12:35
Episode 5: The Calling

The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
53:05
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Crash Course Zoology

Diversity of Bodies & Sizes (but mostly crabs)

Season 1 Episode 3

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 bodies. Today, we’ll take a look at the various ways animals can grow, learn how and why some animals evolved to have a head and others evolved to not have a head, and examine the different types of skeletons.