Hey Deep Peeps,
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce each episode of Deep Look, but we couldn’t do it without the help of scientists and other valuable collaborators who have closely worked with us over the years. We’re introducing several of these wonderful partners to you in a series of short profile...
2021-04-01 14:57:34 +0000 UTC View Post
For our next episode of Deep Look, producer Gabriela Quirós is putting the spotlight on the larvae of leaf-mining flies called Scaptomyza, which are cousins of fruit flies. You’ll see how the larvae tunnel through the spongy layer of leaves, feeding as they go. Scaptomyza leaf miners ...
2021-03-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The Deep Look team has worked with many talented and renowned scientists over the years, and our stories couldn’t have come together without their invaluable assistance. We’d like to acknowledge the contributions of Barry Sinervo, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz who passed away earlier this week from cancer.
He collabora...
2021-03-25 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
To find its place in the shade! Each hollowed-out seed is home to a head-banging moth larva, just trying to survive the harsh Sonoran Desert sun.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, March 23 from YouTube. Thanks!
Ever seen Mexican jumping beans at your local convenience store? Marketed as a fun toy for kids, they’re not actually beans. They’re small seed capsules of a shrub that’s been taken over by the tiny larvae of a gray moth (Cydia saltitans). As they grow, the larvae shimmy around inside the capsule to stay in the shade and keep cool in the hot Mexican desert where they live.
To capture the lively a...
2021-03-16 16:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
It's International Women's Day! Celebrate with this special Deep Look playlist that features women scientists who have worked with our team behind the scenes and on camera. If you want to learn more about these researchers, look for the links shared in the description section of each episode.&n...
2021-03-08 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation— taking over your garden. But don’t lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, March 9 from YouTube. Thanks!
Happy Women’s History Month! Our Deep Look producers have collaborated with many talented women scientists over the years, and we’d like to put the spotlight on a few individuals who have worked with our team behind the scenes –– and sometimes make an appearance in front of the camera, too.
Seira Ashley Adams. (Seira Ashley Adams/UC Berkeley)
The United Nations has announced that it will be “celebrated in 2021 under the theme 'Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet', as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.”
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2021-03-03 19:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
If you’ve tended a garden, chances are you’ve encountered aphids. They’re prolific pests who seemingly pop up overnight. Before you know it, they've multiplied into a full-on army that invades your plants through cloning and other relentless reproduction strategies.
Deep Look’s lead producer and cinematographer Josh Cassidy recently filmed aphids along with 2021-03-02 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Our lead producer and cinematographer, Josh Cassidy, was really excited to answer so many of your questions about his career and Deep Look. We hope you enjoy learning more about him!
How did you first get into microscopy and everything tiny?
My dad was a microbiologist, and my mom always encouraged my interest in wildlife. I got comfortable using microscopes i...
2021-02-24 16:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
What *is* that bizarre fish-shaped thing squirming in your sink at night? Firebrats and silverfish are pretty darn similar to some of the earliest insects on Earth. With three long filaments poking out their back, no wings and mini-me babies, they have something to teach us about survival.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, February 23 from YouTube. Thanks!
Josh Cassidy has been with Deep Look since the very beginning. His love for filming tiny creatures led him to come up with the original concept for this award-winning macro wildlife video series!
Deep Look reflects his lifelong interest in both nature and film. As a kid, Josh spent his free time in the woods near his home chasing frogs and collecting fireflies. He later received a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from 2021-02-18 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For her upcoming episode about firebrats, coordinating producer Gabriela Quirós collaborated with entomologist Art Appel of Auburn University, Alabama. Several firebrats took a trip across the country from his colony to Deep Look lead producer and cinematographer Josh Cassidy's apartment in San Francisco.<...
2021-02-16 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce each episode of Deep Look, and we couldn’t do it without the help of scientists and other valuable collaborators who have closely worked with us over the years. We’re introducing several of these wonderful partners to you in a series of short profile...
2021-02-12 19:25:21 +0000 UTC View Post
As the sun sets, hordes of tiny crustaceans called beach hoppers—also known as sand hoppers—emerge from underground burrows to frolic and feast. They eat so much decaying seaweed and other beach wrack that by morning all that’s left are ghostly outlines in the sand.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, February 9 from YouTube. Thanks!
2021-02-05 18:32:23 +0000 UTC View Post
We're excited to share some great news! The Deep Look team has won an award from the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California): we received top honors in their Science, Environment & Health Reporting (TV/video) category.
They recognized "the team producing KQED’s “Deep Look” series, including seg...
2021-02-03 20:02:07 +0000 UTC View Post
That's Deep Look producer Mike Seely stretched out on the sand at Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, CA. He's working on a new episode about beach hoppers: tiny crustaceans that emerge at night to eat decaying seaweed and other organic matter that's washed up on shore.
He and Josh Cassidy, Deep Look's lead producer and cinematographer, started filming the beach hoppers on a beautiful sunny afternoon this past December.
2021-02-02 17:10:01 +0000 UTC
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It’s a new year, and Deep Look has some new, weirdly wonderful critters it would like you to meet in 2021!
Join us for a free, virtual screening on February 17 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and meet our host, producers and the researchers they worked with.
They'll answer all of your burning questions about critters, fungi and how they captured all of this amazing action on camera for Deep Look’s new season.
Is it snowing where you live? Strong winter storms have hit Northern California this week, where the Deep Look team is based, so we've literally got snowflakes on our radar right now.
Former Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, has just released a series of beautiful images that show snowflakes at the microscopic l...
2021-01-27 21:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Two tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices out of the delicious crop and destroys it. The other, persimilis, is a crafty predator that growers drop by the thousands from high-tech drones to protect their fields.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, January 26 from YouTube. Thanks!
Hey Deep Peeps!
No, those aren’t popcorn kernels getting ready to pop in the above GIF. They’re Mexican “jumping beans”, which are actually seed pods that contain the larvae of a Mexican moth. We’re busy producing a new episode about this dynamic insect. Do you have any questions about them for our team? Post them here, and we’ll try to answer them in the video!
We’ve got more episodes coming your way with our new season of Deep Look, and a video about mites is crawling onto your screens next Tuesday!
That’s a twospotted spider mite in the above image. It may be small –– just the size of a grain of sand –– but their oversized appetites have made them one of the world’s biggest agricultural pests, particularly in strawberry fields throughout California.
Deep Look’s lead producer and cinematographer, Josh C...
2021-01-19 18:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
⏳It’s time for our next GIF CHALLENGE! ⏳Our upcoming episode is all about how voracious California oak moth caterpillars devour all the leaves off an oak to fuel their transformation into adult moths. Do you know why this female California oak moth is beating its wings? Ready, set – GO! ➡️
2021-01-11 18:07:28 +0000 UTC View Post
California oak moth caterpillars eat all the leaves on an oak, leaving a brown skeleton. Then they rappel down on a strand of silk, twirling and swinging. If you were enjoying the shade, good luck getting out of their way. For the oak, the caterpillars are a bigger deal –– will the tree survive?
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, January 12 from YouTube. Thanks!
2021-01-08 18:36:26 +0000 UTC View Post
New episodes of Deep Look are coming your way starting next Tuesday, with a video about California oak moths and their voracious and athletic caterpillars.
Last summer, producer Gabriela Quirós and cinematographer Josh Cassidy headed out to the shores of Lake Merritt, Oakland, to film California oak moth caterpillars devouring the leaves of a coast live oak. Oak leaves are their only source of food.
When the caterpillars are done eating all the oak's leaves, they dangl...
Hey Deep Peeps,
We hope you had fun with our "12 Days of Deep Look" caption contest! We loved reading all of the hilarious entries. :)
And here are winning captions from our YouTube Community Channel!
Here's our final "12 Days of Deep Look" GIF for our caption contest! Come up with a caption and post it in the comments. Be sure to like your favorites.
CAPTION THIS #12 of 12: Can you say the title of this episode –– “See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore” –– six times fast without stopping? Those cute bunny-ear-like tentacles on top of this eelgrass sea hare’s head are called rhinophores, and you can find out more about 2020-12-22 18:37:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's our eleventh "12 Days of Deep Look" GIF for our caption contest! Come up with a caption and post it in the comments. Be sure to like your favorites.
CAPTION THIS #11 of 12: Cute, colorful and … hungry! To sniff out and capture their prey, sea stars rely on hundreds of water-propelled tube feet, which gives them that bouncy stride. You can learn more about them in “Ever Seen a Starfish Gallop?” GO! ➡...
Here's our tenth "12 Days of Deep Look" GIF for our caption contest! Come up with a caption and post it in the comments. Be sure to like your favorites.
CAPTION THIS #10 of 12: It’s lunchtime! Female peregrine falcon Annie –– she’s the one busy on the right –– feeds her six-week-old daughter Poppy. You can see all the action in “Watch These Peregrine Falcons Become Fierce Parents”. GO! ➡️