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Episodes
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Episode 17, Season 10
Mom, Where Do Baby Jellyfish Come From?Jellyfish clone themselves by morphing into a stack of squirming jellyfish pancakes.4:38 -
Episode 16, Season 10
Dog Ticks Are Changing Their Diet. You’re on the MenuAs temperatures rise, the brown dog tick is more likely to feast on you.4:28 -
Episode 15, Season 10
This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power ToolThis fuzzy acorn weevil uses her snout to drill through an acorn's shell.5:46 -
Episode 14, Season 10
Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged NightmareBeekeepers and scientists are helping honeybees fight off varroa mites.6:41 -
Episode 13, Season 10
Watch Ladybugs Go From Goth to GlamLadybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don't start off that way.5:14 -
Episode 12, Season 10
Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins?Do cockroaches -- daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us?3:57 -
Episode 11, Season 10
This Daring Fly Swims in Shimmering Bubble ShieldCovered in a shiny bubble, the alkali fly scuba dives in California's Mono Lake.5:42 -
Episode 10, Season 10
This Fly Torpedoes a Bindweed Bee's NestA “bee fly” is a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work.4:58 -
Episode 9, Season 10
This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of SlimeThe scaled wormsnail cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using mucus!4:05 -
Episode 8, Season 10
Springtails Do Their Own StuntsStep right up to see tiny springtails spin through the air with the greatest of ease!4:04 -
Episode 7, Season 10
Gecko Grip: It’s Atomic (Really)Geckos navigate nearly any surface with an electron dance at the atomic scale.3:44 -
Episode 6, Season 10
Why Do Snakes Have Forked Tongues?The snake's forked tongue helps it smell in stereo.4:31 -
Episode 5, Season 10
This Mushroom Can FlyBird’s nest fungi look just like a tiny bird's nest. But those little eggs have no yolks.3:22 -
Episode 4, Season 10
Toad Tongues Slay With Seriously Sticky SpitHow are frogs so amazing at catching bugs? It’s their supersoft tongue and special spit.3:36 -
Episode 3, Season 10
How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard?Mussels create byssal threads to attach themselves to rocks and each other.4:00 -
Episode 2, Season 10
Earthworm Love is Cuddly...and ComplicatedEarthworms cozy up with a mate inside tubes of slime to make cocoons full of baby worms.4:10 -
Episode 1, Season 10
How Hagfish Unleash a Torrent of SlimeWhat keeps the boneless, jawless hagfish thriving after more than 300 million years? SLIME3:52
