Videos

• Brood II Is Back

  K-12  |  Video
  Bob Hirshon interviews Dr. Michael Raupp, an entomologist, about the 2013 emergence of the Brood ii 17-year periodical cicadas.

• 2011 BioBlitz BobCast 4: Hunting Water Bears

  K-12  |  Video
  In this video, a student from Baker University discusses tardigrades (water bears) and their unique features.

• 2011 BioBlitz BobCast 3: Bugs in the Night

  K-12  |  Video
  In this video, middle-school students work with entomologists to find desert insects that are attracted to light.

• 2011 BioBlitz BobCast 2: Endophytic Fungi

  K-12  |  Video
  In this video, AAAS's Bob Hirshon talks with a team from the University of Arizona who are hunting for fungi that spend their entire lives inside plants.

• 2011 BioBlitz BobCast 1: Learning about Biodiversity

  K-12  |  Video
  In the first of a series of live 2011 BioBlitz BobCasts, host Bob Hirshon explains what the BioBlitz is all about.

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 5: Algae

  K-12  |  Video
  In this final BobCast video, we hear from a group of college students who collect and identify marine algae, better known as seaweed.

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 4: Mangroves

  K-12  |  Video
  A Biscayne National Park Ranger working at the 2010 BioBlitz takes us on a tour of mangrove trees.

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 3: Reef Trip

  K-12  |  Video
  AAAS's Bob Hirshon and a small team of volunteer “fish counters” head out on a boat trip to a turtlegrass bed and coral reef.

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 2: Interview with John Francis

  K-12  |  Video
  AAAS' Bob Hirshon talks with John Francis of National Geographic about the 2010 BioBlitz and what participants experience there.

• 2010 BioBlitz BobCast 1: Noon Arrival

  K-12  |  Video
  In the first of a series of live 2010 BioBlitz BobCasts, host Bob Hirshon arrives at the BioBlitz staging area and provides a short video tour of the people gathering there.

• Why Garden for Wildlife?

  K-12  |  Video
  This video from the National Wildlife Federation follows naturalist David Mizejewski as he discusses why it's important to plan gardens with wildlife in mind.

• Return of the Cicadas

  K-12  |  Video
  This time-lapse video takes a look at the 17-year life cycle of the magicicada.

• 2012 BioBlitz BobCast 2: Controlling Invasive Plants

  K-12  |  Video
  When invasive plants threaten to upset critical natural habitat, who can you call? Jamie Evans, National Park Service biologist at Rocky Mountain National Park.

• Tsunamis: Know What to Do!

  K-5  |  Video
  The friendly crabs in this video will help you understand tsunamis and how to be better prepared if you're ever in a coastal tsunami area.