From Deep Look. Axolotl questions about these salamanders, you’ll get alotl answers from us. 😉 Learn more here 👉 https://youtu.be/tBEf7wqbroM?si=P0LFxxCHU4epPyWj #DeepLook #Shorts #axolotl

From Deep Look. We’ve got a NEW #DeepLook episode! Special thanks to San Francisco State University biology student Berenice Baca-Ceballos for her help with our video about six-rayed sea stars. Watch here 👉 https://youtu.be/SSTfw1wuP9s?si=qrCfahIK35X5BAWR #deeplook #shorts #seastars #behindthescene

From Deep Look. Six-rayed sea stars make great moms! Unlike most sea stars, mama six-rayed sea stars are VERY involved in their kids’ lives, caressing and protecting their babies for months. When they’re big enough, the youngsters venture out on their own to ruthlessly hunt down their tiny prey. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 Please…

From Deep Look. Did you know that jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain? Learn more in our episode, "Why Jellyfish Float Like a Butterfly—And Sting Like a Bee" 👉 https://youtu.be/xQNxXUtRjzg?si=Rpl9fKDIQsyUpODW #shorts #deeplook #jellyfish

From Deep Look. Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor of entomology at@UCDavis, who helped us with this episode (including filming some of it!), specializes in the biology of vector-borne diseases. And he’s a fantastic macro photographer 📷 See some of his footage in our new episode, "Fly Metamorphosis is a Beautiful Nightmare" 👉 https://youtu.be/uDkw0txlWgg?si=spcNqkJjmHfG6_N5

From Deep Look. Download Opera for free: https://opr.as/dju-deep-look Like the beloved butterfly, a house fly goes through an incredible metamorphosis. To make its grand entry into the world, it deploys a specialized, fluid-filled balloon on its head called the ptilinum (till-EYE-num) to break open its pupal casing, freeing itself to buzz around your kitchen. SUBSCRIBE…

From Deep Look. The glow worm colonies of New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves imitate stars to confuse flying insects, then trap them in sticky snares and eat them alive. Learn more here 👉 https://youtu.be/vLb0iuTVzW0?feature=shared #shorts #deeplook

From Deep Look. Can you bee-lieve how hard they work? Watch more in the full episode 👉https://youtu.be/UfMCZYkG5Xo #shorts #bees #deeplook

From Deep Look. Deep Look producer Gabriela Quirós is always a willing volunteer to get bitten by bugs for the camera (see "These Bugs Were Safe For Work 👉 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8K34iIcyEpM) — but this time biologist Noemi Arnold took one for the team. Watch the new episode here! 👉 https://youtu.be/Sln3LiPvuVA?si=gr8BAq29SQeu6AvO #deeplook #shorts #bee #bees

From Deep Look. The honeybee that sweetens your tea isn’t the only kind of bee that makes honey. More than 600 bee species across Mexico, Central and South America, and other tropical regions worldwide, also make the sweet stuff. But they don’t have stingers to defend their precious product. So, how do they keep thieves…

From Deep Look. Did you know some species of aquatic insects have been breating underwater for millions of years? Learn more here 👉 https://youtu.be/T-RtG5Z-9jQ?si=TH3jIHGwFPhEU17R #DeepLook #Shorts #insects

From Deep Look. Deep Look traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to film cochineal insects! We collaborated with Ana Lilia Vigueras, a researcher at the University of Guadalajara’s Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuaria. Watch our NEW episode now 👉 https://youtu.be/JuGfWVBjOxU And many thanks to our Patreon supporters for helping us to travel to Mexico. We…

From Deep Look. The cochineal is a tiny insect deeply rooted in the history of Oaxaca, Mexico. Female cochineals spend most of their lives with their heads buried in juicy cactus pads, eating and growing. After cochineals die, their legacy lives on in the brilliant red hue produced by their hemolymph. Dyes made from cochineal…

From Deep Look. Also called eyelash mites, they’re too small to see with the naked eye. They’re mostly transparent, and at about .3 millimeters long, it would take about five face adult mites laid end to end to stretch across the head of a pin. Watch the full episode here 👉 https://youtu.be/YW2eGaUzq7E #shorts #facemites #deeplook

From Deep Look. Meet Andrew Saintsing, our current Deep Look intern! He’s a science journalist and communicator who recently earned a PhD from the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Learn more with his conversation with producer Mimi Schiffman. #shorts #deeplook

From Deep Look. Watch our NEW episode about fern sex now 👉 https://youtu.be/waMtqP1U6-8 And find us on Patreon at deeplook.com/patreon 🙏 #ferns #plants #deeplook #shorts

From Deep Look. Look at the underside of a fern leaf. Those rows of orange clusters aren’t tiny insects; they’re spores waiting to be catapulted away. Once a spore lands, it grows into a tiny plant, from which fern sperm swim away, searching for an egg to fertilize. Think of *that* next time you’re hiking…

From Deep Look. Meet Penelope the North American porcupine, the star of our episode, "Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off". Learn more about these prickly animals, their unique quills and how they’ve inspired some cool new medical technology here 👉 https://youtu.be/ZphlCdI2yqA?si=5kFsiFfTXDAa5jFa And join us at patreon.com/deeplook to receive our special, limited edition acorn…

From Deep Look. For a very limited time, you’ll receive an unbeweevibly delightful Deep Look critter pint glass if you support us on Patreon for $10 / month. So scoot on over to our community 👇 https://bit.ly/DeepLookPatreonMembership

From Deep Look. Our digital video designer Teodros Hailye reveals how he created the animated version of the adorable acorn weevil! Have questions? Leave them in the comments. And for a very limited time, we’ve got an unbeweevibly delightful Deep Look critter pint glass for you if you support us on Patreon for $10 /…

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! PATREON SPECIAL OFFER: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook DEEP LOOK is an…

From Deep Look. For our slime molds episode, "This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace", our lead producer and cinematographer, Josh Cassidy, filmed Physarum slime molds in the lab of aerospace engineer Juan Carlos del Álamo. He was also kind enough to answer the question about slime molds that came from a student named Jackson…