DEEP LOOK is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios.
We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close … really, really close.
From Deep Look. Once clothes moth larvae start eating your favorite garments, they’re tough to get rid of. Tiny parasitoid wasps are here to help – they lay their eggs inside the moth’s eggs so you can say bye-bye to those smelly mothballs. The future of federal funding for public media and science programs like…
From Deep Look. An onslaught of tiny western pine beetles can bring down a mighty ponderosa pine. But the forest fights back by waging a sticky attack of its own. Who will win the battle in the bark? Watch "It’s a Goopy Mess When Pines and Beetles Duke it Out" https://youtu.be/wR5O48zsbnc? 👉feature=shared #deeplook #shorts #beetles
From Deep Look. Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy white moth – thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to ten city blocks long. Humans have bred these insects into weaving machines that can no longer survive in the…
From Deep Look. Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy white moth – thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to ten city blocks long. Humans have bred these insects into weaving machines that can no longer survive in the…
From Deep Look. Humans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool? Watch "Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts!" 👉https://youtu.be/ZUjQtJGaSpk #deeplook #shorts #squirrels
From Deep Look. Humans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool? Watch "Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts!" 👉https://youtu.be/ZUjQtJGaSpk #deeplook #shorts #squirrels
From Deep Look. Humans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool? Watch "Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts!" 👉https://youtu.be/ZUjQtJGaSpk #deeplook #shorts #squirrels
From Deep Look. The mosquito buzzing that you find annoying and disgusting is irresistible to a male mosquito. He follows the sound of a female mosquito’s beating wings to find a mate. It turns out, male mosquitoes are really good listeners. 👉 JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature…
From Deep Look. Our former Deep Look host, Laura Klivans, has bid farewell to us — but she’ll be continuing with her climate change reporting and other topics for KQED News. We’ll miss her very much! Follow her at kqed.org/news (@kqednews on Instagram), LinkedIn and Bluesky (lauraklivans.bsky.social). And check out some of the videos that…
From Deep Look. Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this acoel’s real superpower is its ability to regenerate any part of its body! Watch "These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer"…
From Deep Look. Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this acoel’s real superpower is its ability to regenerate any part of its body! Watch "These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer"…
From Deep Look. Brown pelicans hit the water at breakneck speed when they catch fish. Performing such dangerous plunges requires technique, equipment, and 30 million years of practice. Watch "How Do Pelicans Survive Their Death-Defying Dives?" 👉 https://youtu.be/BfEboMmwAMw?feature=shared
From Deep Look. Meet Maddy Hannappel, a postdoctoral fellow at the California Academy of Sciences. She’s studying long-jawed orb weaver spiders, and she shares in this video what we can learn about our ecosystem from her research. And watch our NEW episode "Spider Love is a Battlefield", which she kindly assisted us with! 👉 https://youtu.be/-CqBIjhpL0Q…
From Deep Look. Meet Margaret Katcher, our new Deep Look host! We’re thrilled to have her join our team. Listen to her first episode with us 👉 "For Long-Jawed Spiders, Love Is a Battlefield" https://youtu.be/-CqBIjhpL0Q #deeplook #shorts
From Deep Look. For long-jawed orb weaver spiders, love is a battlefield. In order to mate, a male hooks his huge jaws into those of a larger female. If he doesn’t get it right, he risks becoming her next meal. Is you miss former Deep Look host Laura Klivans’ voice, check out her science reporting…
From Deep Look. Sharpshooter insects are beautiful, but they transmit a devastating disease that kills grapevines. When it’s time to mate, they shake their abdomens to make strange calls that – when amplified in a lab – sound like a clucking chicken, a howling monkey or a motorcycle revving up. Now scientists have found a…
From Deep Look. Sharpshooters survive by guzzling a lot of plant sap. But drinking all of that liquid nutrition presents a problem for these tiny insects: How do they move it all out? Easy. They’ve perfected a super-propulsive urination technique using a special catapult in their butt. Watch "That’s Not Rain, That’s Super-powered Pee!" 👉…
From Deep Look. Originally from North Carolina, Trinity Walls is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley who is studying mating behavior and hybridization in two species of Phidippus jumping spiders: regal jumping spiders (Phidippus regius) and canopy jumping spiders (Phidippus otiosus). Join her as she explains what happens when a male…
From Deep Look. Originally from North Carolina, Trinity Walls is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley who is studying mating behavior and hybridization in two species of Phidippus jumping spiders: regal jumping spiders (Phidippus regius) and canopy jumping spiders (Phidippus otiosus). Join her as she explains why she’s not afraid of…
From Deep Look. Originally from North Carolina, Trinity Walls is currently a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley who is studying mating behavior and hybridization in two species of Phidippus jumping spiders: regal jumping spiders (Phidippus regius) and canopy jumping spiders (Phidippus otiosus). Join her as she explains what happens during a typical…
From Deep Look. Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, the tiny spiderlings practice, practice, practice, using some of the best vision in the animal world, athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom. Is This Earth’s Most Important Climate Mystery? |…
From Deep Look. Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they grow up, they can’t get lazy with their camouflage. They change – and even dance – to blend in with the ever-shifting foliage. Watch "These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your…
From Deep Look. African elephants may have magnificent ears, but on the savanna, they communicate over vast distances by picking up underground signals with their sensitive, fatty feet. Watch "How Elephants Listen…With Their Feet" 👉 https://youtu.be/iYM9oXftLIQ #elephant #animals #shorts
From Deep Look. We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites, termites, drain flies or cockroaches. Watch our NEW compilation video, "5 of the Grossest House Pests We’ve Ever Filmed " 👉 https://youtu.be/xbW0dUfKOkk #deeplook #shorts #drainfly #flies
From Deep Look. We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites, termites, drain flies or cockroaches. Watch our NEW compilation video, "5 of the Grossest House Pests We’ve Ever Filmed " 👉 https://youtu.be/xbW0dUfKOkk #deeplook #shorts #cockroach
From Deep Look. We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites, termites, drain flies or cockroaches. Watch our NEW compilation video, "5 of the Grossest House Pests We’ve Ever Filmed " 👉 https://youtu.be/xbW0dUfKOkk #deeplook #shorts #bedbugs
From Deep Look. We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites, termites, drain flies or cockroaches. 00:14 Dust mites 03:24 Bed bugs 07:19 Termites 10:42 Drain flies 14:26 Cockroaches 👉 SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD…
From Deep Look. Acorn barnacles might look like jagged little rocks at low tide, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life. Watch our special compilation video "4 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share" 👉 https://youtu.be/4qKbI2NR_XE #deeplook #shorts #barnacles
From Deep Look. Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel’s "beard," to attach themselves both to rocks and to each other. They use their sensitive foot to mold the threads from scratch and apply a waterproof adhesive that makes superglue jealous. Watch "How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard?" 👉 https://youtu.be/4vWtkzwFnS0?feature=shared #deeplook #shorts
From Deep Look. It’s not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. Watch "Why Does Your Cat’s Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper?" 👉 https://youtu.be/9h_QtLol75I?feature=shared #cat #shorts #animals
From Deep Look. It’s not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. Watch "Why Does Your Cat’s Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper?" 👉 https://youtu.be/9h_QtLol75I?feature=shared #cat #shorts #animals
From Deep Look. It’s not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. Watch "Why Does Your Cat’s Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper?" 👉 https://youtu.be/9h_QtLol75I?feature=shared #cat #shorts #animals
From Deep Look. While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home. 👉 JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep…
From Deep Look. These pocket-sized predators are formidable hunters. But when it comes to hooking up, male mantises have good reason to fear commitment. Watch our compilation video "4 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share" 👉 https://youtu.be/4qKbI2NR_XE #deeplook #shorts #prayingmantis
From Deep Look. When a hungry bird comes near them, wandering salamanders can jump off the tallest trees in the world, California’s coast redwoods, skydiving to a safe branch. Researchers decided to put them in a wind tunnel to investigate their daring moves in slow motion. Check out "Watch Salamanders Skydive!" 👉 https://youtu.be/Dk8r7O8KDqg?feature=shared #DeepLook #Shorts…
From Deep Look. When a hungry bird comes near them, wandering salamanders can jump off the tallest trees in the world, California’s coast redwoods, skydiving to a safe branch. Researchers decided to put them in a wind tunnel to investigate their daring moves in slow motion. Check out "Watch Salamanders Skydive!" 👉 https://youtu.be/Dk8r7O8KDqg?feature=shared #DeepLook #Shorts…
From Deep Look. They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don’t be fooled by water striders. They’re actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes an inescapable death trap. Watch "This Is Why Water Striders Make Terrible Lifeguards" 👉 https://youtu.be/E2unnSK7WTE?feature=shared #deeplook #shorts #waterstriders
From Deep Look. Mussels create byssal threads, known as the mussel’s "beard," to attach themselves both to rocks and to each other. They use their sensitive foot to mold the threads from scratch and apply a waterproof adhesive that makes superglue jealous. Watch "How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard?" 👉 https://youtu.be/4vWtkzwFnS0?feature=shared #deeplook #shorts
From Deep Look. Octopuses and cuttlefish are masters of underwater camouflage, blending in seamlessly against a rock or coral. But squid have to hide in the open ocean, mimicking the subtle interplay of light, water, and waves. How do they do it? (And it is NOT OCTOPI) Watch "You’re Not Hallucinating. That’s Just Squid Skin"…
From Deep Look. Octopuses and cuttlefish are masters of underwater camouflage, blending in seamlessly against a rock or coral. But squid have to hide in the open ocean, mimicking the subtle interplay of light, water, and waves. How do they do it? (And it is NOT OCTOPI) Watch "You’re Not Hallucinating. That’s Just Squid Skin"…
From Deep Look. Praying mantises, barnacles, newts and earthworms have some of the strangest love lives. 00:21 Praying mantises 04:39 Barnacles 08:20 Newts 11:32 Earthworms 👉 SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED…
From Deep Look. There are strange little towers on the forest floor. Neat, right? Nope. Inside hides a spider that’s cunning, patient and ruthless. Watch our NEW compilation, "4 of the Deadliest Tiny Hunters We’ve Ever Filmed" 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/mxLhDEE-BY8?feature=share #deeplook #shorts
From Deep Look. Our Short, "Filming Sand Piranhas!" (https://youtube.com/shorts/Lcaii7rtjKs?feature=share) received a lot of comments — particularly about whether sand piranhas are sand fleas. We explain how they’re different species with the help of ecologist Dave Hubbard from the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute. And an additional thanks goes out to Kyle Emery…
From Deep Look. Straight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy – and terrifying – sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transformation into something unexpected. Watch our NEW compilation video, "4 of the Deadliest Tiny Hunters We’ve Ever Filmed" 👉 https://youtu.be/HLr0Xleaxb8 #deeplook…
From Deep Look. Watch turret spiders, wormlions, assassin bugs and dragonfly babies use stealth, speed and lethal weapons to dispatch their prey. 00:17 Turret spiders 04:28 Wormlions 08:09 Assassin bugs 11:39 Dragonfly and damselfly nymphs 👉 SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK…
From Deep Look. The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized light, which could lead to a breakthrough in detecting cancer. Watch "The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis…
From Deep Look. Tiny and delicate, pygmy seahorses survive by attaching to vibrant corals where they become nearly invisible to both predators and researchers. Watch "Pygmy Seahorses: Masters of Camouflage" 👉 https://youtu.be/Q3CtGoqz3ww #deeplook #seahorse
From Deep Look. Tiny and delicate, pygmy seahorses survive by attaching to vibrant corals where they become nearly invisible to both predators and researchers. Watch "Pygmy Seahorses: Masters of Camouflage" 👉 https://youtu.be/Q3CtGoqz3ww #deeplook #seahorse
From Deep Look. These wasp houses are not homes exactly, but more akin to nurseries. The galls serve as an ideal environment for wasp larvae, whether it is a single offspring, or dozens. Learn more in our Deep Look episode, "What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps" 👉https://youtu.be/lOgP5NzcTuA?si=x1vpKMWahsI7amqT #deeplook #shorts #insects
From Deep Look. Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don’t start off that way. Also called lady beetles or ladybirds, they pop out of their eggs as prickly mini-monsters with an insatiable hunger for aphids. Once they’ve bulked up, they transform, shedding their terrifying looks, but keeping their killer vibes. Learn more…
From Deep Look. As a caterpillar, a grass skipper butterfly is an architect. It builds its home by weaving silk, which the caterpillar uses to fold shut a blade of grass. After growing up inside this “grass taco,” it emerges as a fuzzy butterfly that woos a mate with flirty courtship dances. 👉 SIGN UP…
From Deep Look. The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized light, which could lead to a breakthrough in detecting cancer. Watch "The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis…
From Deep Look. Dyes made from the cochineal insect have been used in textiles, paintings — and even in your food! See some of our fellow KQED staff members trying — and reacting to — different foods that contain the dye. And learn more about the cochineal insect with our video, "Meet the Bug You…
From Deep Look. What if you had to grow 20 pounds of bone on your forehead each year just to find a mate? In a bloody, itchy process, males of the deer family grow a new set of antlers every year, use them to fend off the competition, and lose their impressive crowns when breeding…
From Deep Look. How does one film sand piranhas for a Deep Look episode? It helps to work with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara! They helped us collect these tiny, hungry crustaceans — and even volunteered themselves as bait to film some intense close-ups. Learn more in our new episode 👉 "Beware…