Dragonflies Are Not What You Think

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) To get 20% off an annual premium subscription to Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-why-dragonfly-larvae-are-even-scarier-than-the-adults My socials: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper References: [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350466862_Search_image_formation_and_female_recognition_in_Ischnura_elegans_males_behavioural_observations_in_a_natural_population_in_Central_Italy_Trasimeno_Lake_Umbria [2]https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/life-cycle-and-biology/ [3]https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/gomphidae#:~:text=Burrowers%20have%20a%20compact%20body,intermediate%20between%20hiders%20and%20burrowers.…

New Australopith Just Dropped…What Does it Mean?

From Gutsick Gibbon. Homo habilis, Paranthropus aethiopicus, and Australopithecus garhi walk into a bar… Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09390-4 Thumbnail art done by the talented Ville Sinkkonen! https://bsky.app/profile/villesinkkonen.bsky.social The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon…

Tiger Beetles Bite First, Ask Questions Never | Deep Look

From Deep Look. Tiger beetles are lightning-fast hunters, sprinting so quickly they momentarily outrun their own vision. Watch how these tiny but ferocious predators use blistering speed to chase down prey and finish the kill with their oversized, crushing mandibles (lucky for us, they’re not human-sized!). 👉 Donate to KQED, the public media station that…

Did Homo Naledi Bury Its Dead or Not? Where Do We Stand?

From Gutsick Gibbon. Rising Star, Rising Blood Pressure! The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gutsick+gibbon

How to Keep Locusts in Check? | #DeepLook #Shorts #insects

From Deep Look. They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. When the conditions are right, they transform from mild-mannered loners into gregarious partiers. They swarm, causing chaos and suffering at the level of a biblical plague. So what sets them off? Watch "These Swarming Locusts Are Grasshoppers Gone Wrong"…

Frisky Fish | #DeepLook #Shorts #nature

From Deep Look. During the highest tides, California grunion stampede out of the ocean to mate on the beach. When the party’s over, thousands of tiny eggs are left stranded up in the sand. How will their lost babies make it back to the sea? Watch "These Fish Are All About Sex on the Beach"…

Can Science Help Kittens? | #DeepLook #Shorts

From Deep Look. Fluffy kittens chasing a ball are beyond adorable — but they sure aren’t born that way. Practically deaf and blind, in their first few weeks they need constant warmth and milk to survive. This is a huge challenge for animal shelters, so they’re working with researchers on ways to help motherless kittens…

Humans ARE NOT Special…We’re RARE

From Gutsick Gibbon. Every beast is special, some are just more special than others. A Selection of Sources (sources for the compilation to Grant Steller’s Every Living Breathing moment found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzHSeXjOTQ0&t=8s): Tools Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity, 2020 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18176-3 Identifying functional and regional differences in chimpanzee stone tool technology, 2022 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220826 New evidence…

Grunion Babies Are Born | #DeepLook #Shorts

From Deep Look. During the highest tides, California grunion stampede out of the ocean to mate on the beach. When the party’s over, thousands of tiny eggs are left stranded up in the sand. How will their lost babies make it back to the sea? Watch "These Fish Are All About Sex on the Beach"…

These Lovebugs Have Attachment Issues | Deep Look

From Deep Look. You know those couples that do everything together? Lovebugs, also known as honeymoon flies, can spend anywhere from a half-hour to a couple of days attached to each other. As the female drags or carries the male from flower to flower, piggyback style, they pollinate cherries, apples and pears. 👉 Donate to…

Debunking Every Creationist Geology Argument for Fundraising

From Gutsick Gibbon. Hello My G + M Apes! Today, I’m helping raise money for a friend of the channel, Dr. Jon Baker. Jon has provided the breakdown of the funds needed and their purpose, below. GoFundMe Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-paleoclimate-research-in-armenia/cl/o PayPal donations welcome at: ageofrocks@gmail.com Brief description of trip and purpose: The diverse landscapes of the…

Why This Giant Snake Is So Destructive

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) To get 20% off an annual premium subscription to Brilliant, go to https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video uncensored and ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-why-this-giant-snake-is-so-destructive Thanks to Amy Siewe for her help with this project. Check out her stuff – she is doing some incredible work! instagram.com/thepythonhuntress pythonhuntress.com youtube.com/@ThePythonHuntress My…

This Fossil is Cursed

From Gutsick Gibbon. The heat was hot and the ground was dry but the air was full of sound PRIMARY SOURCE, Scott Sayare’s Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/27/the-curse-of-toumai-ancient-skull-disputed-femur-feud-humanity-origins Additional sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature00879 https://www.nature.com/articles/419581a https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC96242 https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC96311 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03392 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03397 https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.0509564102 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248420301597 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04901-z https://hal.science/hal-04632880/document https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/12956 https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/13289 https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/GGPvzpzxZpPccBWzFncgRTG/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417300179#fig2 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajp.23170 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248413001681#bib1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26292847.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A6836b7bef2c5468fa5e111567145ccf4&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1 The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The…

The Insane Biology of: The Saltwater Crocodile

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-the-saltwater-crocodile Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to Sonnie Flores for her insight into this incredible topic, and her help throughout this video making process. And thanks…

Every Creationist Got this wrong because of Casey Luskin (Human/Chimp Similarity)

From Gutsick Gibbon. An inspiration of mine once said a half truth is a half lie. But also…a lie is a lie ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Sources: Main nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08816-3 Supplement: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-08816-3/MediaObjects/41586_2025_8816_MOESM1_ESM.pdf Supplementary github: https://github.com/T2T-apes/ape_pangenome/blob/main/divergence/basic-div/README.md Glenn Williamson’s Tomkins video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RviyntzFp-E&t=1280s Dan’s Debate with Casey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6Ilu5zo4U The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by…

Did Denisovans Finally Get a Face? New Homo longi Discovery Explained

From Gutsick Gibbon. Sources: ‘Dragon Man’ skull may be the first from an enigmatic human cousin https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9677 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00627-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867425006270%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads3888#elettersSection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.16.594603v2.full https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1519905112 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7 https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(21)00055-2?uuid=uuid%3A715f10cd-c4bd-46af-a72a-d3e4173e326c#fig4 The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gutsick+gibbon

I Guess I’m Beefing with Creationist James Tour

From Gutsick Gibbon. Ball’s in your court Dr. Tour The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gutsick+gibbon

Why Animal Eyes Look So Weird

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-why-arent-all-pupils-round Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to Dr. Dan Nilsson and Dr. Marty Banks for their insight on this topic. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/dan-eric-nilsson Martin Banks, PhD References: [1]…

Okay How Similar are Humans and Chimps Genetically Now That We Have Full Genomes?

From Gutsick Gibbon. Surely this won’t lead to monkey business from the usual suspects…right Casey? Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gutsick+gibbon

Why Nudibranchs Are Impressively Good at Existing

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch the bonus episode about sacoglossans like the leaf sheep here: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-these-slugs-break-the-rules-of-biology Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-why-nudibranchs-are-impressively-good-at-existing Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to Dr. Terry Gosliner for his help and…

Is Language Unique to Humans? New Discovery Offers Challenge…

From Gutsick Gibbon. Bonobos get grammatical! The Mind Electric, ミラクルミュージカル Point Pleasant, Brock Berrigan Intro: The Mind Electric by Miracle Musical http://www.hawaiipartii.com/ Outro: Point Pleasant by Brock Berrigan http://www.brockberrigan.com/ Socials: gutsickgibbon@gmail.com @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social Support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gutsick+gibbon

The Insane Biology of: Deep Sea Anglerfish

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-deep-sea-anglerfish Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to David Jara Boguñá and Marc Martín for letting me use their incredible images of the black seadevil. I am…