Nature's Most Amazing Animal Superpowers

Evolution has come up with some pretty amazing ways to get things done when it comes to animals, plants and microbes. From radiation-resistant bacteria (like Dr. Manhattan) to geckos who climb glass using atomic adhesion (like Spider Man) to a shrimp that can shoot a bubble the temperature of the sun (like Aquaman), nature is pretty super..

Season 2 Episode 2 Length 08:05 Premiere: 08/07/13

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The Intelligence Test Where Ants Beat Humans

S13 E17 Length 14:52 Premiere Date 02/05/26

Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong

S13 E16 Length 19:50 Premiere Date 01/15/26

The Scientific Lie That Damaged Generations of Men

S13 E15 Length 20:05 Premiere Date 12/18/25

Inside the Vault Where They Keep the Dinosaur Apocalypse

S13 E14 Length 22:36 Premiere Date 12/04/25

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S13 E12 Length 11:08 Premiere Date 10/23/25

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The Mystery of Earth's Disappearing Giants

Length 21:29 Premiere Date 09/16/21

Dung Beetles: The Poop-Rolling Stargazers of the Serenget

Length 17:08 Premiere Date 09/01/21

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Length 20:59 Premiere Date 08/18/21

These Death-Eating Scavengers Are Real Life-Savers

Length 29:33 Premiere Date 08/04/21

Elephant Moms Carry the Wisdom of Generations

Length 25:36 Premiere Date 07/21/21

Are Some Species More Important Than Others?

Length 25:47 Premiere Date 07/08/21

The Surprising Species That Everything Else Depends On

Length 25:47 Premiere Date 07/08/21

The Superb Owl!

Length 04:11 Premiere Date 02/02/17

The 12 Days of Evolution - Complete Series!

Length 17:43 Premiere Date 01/26/17

The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 11/13/16

Do Animals Mourn Their Dead?

Length 04:17 Premiere Date 10/23/16

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The Physics of Space Battles

S2 E55 Length 05:13 Premiere Date 10/22/14

How to See Time Travel!!!

S2 E54 Length 03:38 Premiere Date 10/20/14

Why Does The Earth Have Layers?

S2 E53 Length 04:31 Premiere Date 10/13/14

Why Do Clouds Stay Up?

S2 E52 Length 05:13 Premiere Date 10/06/14

A Slice of Pizza Science!

S2 E51 Length 03:32 Premiere Date 10/02/14

The Real "Doctor Frankenstein"

S2 E48 Length 06:12 Premiere Date 09/02/14

The Science of Goats!

S2 E47 Length 03:35 Premiere Date 08/27/14

Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?

S2 E45 Length 02:39 Premiere Date 08/18/14

What If There Were No Sharks?

S2 E44 Length 04:33 Premiere Date 08/11/14

The Oldest Living Things In The World

S2 E43 Length 05:40 Premiere Date 08/04/14

Sunburn, Sweat and the Science of Summer!

S2 E42 Length 04:16 Premiere Date 07/28/14

The Sun Is A Magnet!

S2 E41 Length 01:36 Premiere Date 07/21/14

How Your Body Knows Left From Right

S2 E40 Length 04:30 Premiere Date 07/18/14

You Are An Upside-Down Lobster

S2 E39 Length 04:13 Premiere Date 07/16/14

Why Is Your Brain Is In Your Head

S2 E38 Length 04:12 Premiere Date 07/14/14

The Delicious Science of Cheese

S2 E37 Length 05:36 Premiere Date 07/07/14

Why Did We Blow On Nintendo Games?

S2 E36 Length 05:10 Premiere Date 06/30/14

Carbon and Oxygen and You: Explained

S2 E35 Length 01:28 Premiere Date 06/16/14

Why Does Time Go Forward?

S2 E34 Length 02:44 Premiere Date 06/09/14

The Science of BBQ!!!

S2 E33 Length 07:27 Premiere Date 06/02/14

The Science of Game of Thrones

S2 E31 Length 07:31 Premiere Date 05/19/14

Your Mom is LITERALLY Part Of You!

S2 E30 Length 02:55 Premiere Date 05/11/14

The Far Future of the Universe

S2 E29 Length 04:58 Premiere Date 05/07/14

Could We Clone Ourselves?

S2 E28 Length 05:31 Premiere Date 05/04/14

The Amazing Science of DUST?

S2 E27 Length 05:19 Premiere Date 04/14/14

Sonic the Hedgehog Is Why You Have Thumbs!

S2 E26 Length 06:08 Premiere Date 04/07/14

There Was No First Human

S2 E24 Length 03:44 Premiere Date 03/24/14

Science of Marathon Running

S2 E23 Length 07:17 Premiere Date 03/17/14

How The Elements Got Their Names

S2 E22 Length 03:31 Premiere Date 03/03/14

What Are The Most Important Science Images Ever?

S2 E21 Length 06:23 Premiere Date 02/25/14

When Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact

S2 E20 Length 07:36 Premiere Date 02/19/14

The Science of Kissing

S2 E19 Length 05:25 Premiere Date 02/10/14

The Scale of the Universe

S2 E18 Length 04:06 Premiere Date 02/03/14

How Science Defines A Year

S2 E17 Length 04:45 Premiere Date 01/27/14

Claude Monet Was Half Honeybee

S2 E16 Length 04:26 Premiere Date 01/20/14

The Science of Snowflakes

S2 E14 Length 05:34 Premiere Date 03/31/16

The Universe in a Glass of Wine (Richard Feynman Remixed)

S2 E13 Length 02:30 Premiere Date 12/30/13

Why Do We Cook?

S2 E12 Length 05:34 Premiere Date 12/23/13

How to Read Science News

S2 E11 Length 07:30 Premiere Date 12/19/13

Is There Intelligent Life Beyond Earth?

S2 E10 Length 07:51 Premiere Date 12/09/13

Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?

S2 E9 Length 04:20 Premiere Date 12/02/13

Ghosts of Evolution

S2 E8 Length 04:30 Premiere Date 11/25/13

Do the Nobel Prizes Still Make Sense in the 21st Century?

S2 E6 Length 07:08 Premiere Date 11/04/13

Why Do Things Sound Scary?

S2 E5 Length 05:46 Premiere Date 10/28/13

Why Do We Go to Space?

S2 E4 Length 02:53 Premiere Date 09/23/13

There Are Millions of Skeletons Hidden In Washington, DC

S2 E3 Length 03:19 Premiere Date 09/09/13