Here's our ninth "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 #9 of 12: Orb weaver spiders build exquisite spiral webs to catch insects. But they also used them to extend their senses, which you can learn more about in “Is a Spider's Web a Part of Its Mind?” GO! ➡️
Here's our eighth "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 #8 of 12: You probably don’t spend as much time grooming as ducks and geese. They’re constantly preening their all-weather feathers. You can learn more about their obsessive grooming habits in “What Actually Makes Water Roll Off a Duck's Back?” GO...
2020-12-16 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's our seventh "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 #7 of 12: When is a dandelion not a dandelion? When it’s the closely related catsears. You can learn how to tell the difference between the two in “This is NOT a Dandelion”. This fluffy white globe shown below belongs to a dandelion. GO! ➡...
Here's our sixth "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 #6 of 12: Ensatinas are a colorful bunch of salamanders which you can see in “Ensatina Salamanders Are Heading For a Family Split”. When threatened, the yellow-eyed ensatina –– shown below –– arches its back and walks slowly, mimicking ...
Here's our fifth "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 #5 of 12: Ever wanted to be invisible? The elusive glasswing butterfly –– emerging from its chrysalis here –– knows just how to do it. You can learn all about its elegant transparent wings that help it hide from its predators in “Glasswing Butterfli...
Here's our fourth "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 #4 of 12: “You up?” “Oh, hey …” This blue-green sharpshooter is calling out to a potential mate that's nestled under this grape leaf. You can hear their unusual calls –– in “Sharpshooter Insects’ Sexy Vibrations Spell Trouble in the Vi...
2020-12-10 17:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's today's "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 #3 of 12: What’s this Aedes aegypti mosquito doing? It’s laying some eggs, which can dry out, but remain alive for months –– which you can learn more about in “This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs”. GO! ➡️
Here's today's "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 #2 of 12: What’s brown and sticky and on the move? An Indian walking stick! In “Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive”, you can see how they come in a surprising variety of colors to stay hidden in plain sight from predators. GO! ➡️
We're wrapping up our #DeepLookColoring challenge series, and we hope you enjoyed sharing your creations! Thanks to everyone who participated, and here are the final submissions inspired by our episode, "Here's How That Annoying Fly Dodges Your Swatter."
Heather Ashline is currently a junior in college at East Tennessee State University. She's a biology major, but she's "always also h...
It’s 12 Days of Deep Look! We’re taking a look back at some of our favorite episodes from this past season with a CAPTION CONTEST! ✍️✍️✍️We're going to share 12 GIFs from these videos. Come up with a caption and post it in the comments. Be sure to like your favorites!
CAPTION THIS #1 of 12: These two male variable crickets were featured in “Why Crickets Just Won't Shut Up”. Th...
2020-12-07 20:02:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We hope you enjoyed our #DeepLookColoring challenges! We’ve got one more for you. 🎨🖼️ Did you watch our latest episode about formidable flies? This final drawing was inspired by that video. 🪰
You can download the drawing from the attachments section below. We’ll be featuring your colored drawings and sharing them online, so please email them to kqedscience@gmail.com, use the hashtag #DeepLookColori...
2020-12-01 18:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
⏳It’s time for our next GIF CHALLENGE! ⏳Our upcoming episode is all about how flies deftly dodge your swatters. 🪰🪰🪰 Every fly has a pair of limbs beneath its wings to help it make razor sharp turns in the air. But without them – they’ll fall right out of the sky. Can you name these little sensory organs? Ready, set – GO! ➡️
2020-11-23 17:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
A fly has a pair of tiny, dumbbell-shaped limbs called halteres that were once a second pair of wings. They wield them to make razor-sharp turns and land out of reach on your ceiling. But don't despair – there *is* a trick to smacking these infuriating insects.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, November 24 from YouTube. Thanks!
Ever wonder why it’s so hard to swat a fly? Our producer Gabriela Quirós answers why in her upcoming Deep Look episode. With the ongoing coronavirus restrictions, filming had to be conducted outdoors, and cinematographer Josh Cassidy filmed in Gabriela’s Bay Area backyard. The best way to attract their actors for the video? A tasty burger with all the trimmings. And it worked: “The flies were really drawn to it,” said Gabriela. She later added a fruit plate and some vegetabl...
2020-11-16 18:10:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you watch our new episode about eelgrass sea hares? We hope you loved the video as much as we enjoyed your submissions for our latest coloring challenge!
These "strawberry lemonade" sea slugs have a lot of personality, and the artist Jess has "been a fan of the channel since it started!" ...
2020-11-13 17:49:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got another #DeepLookColoring challenge for you! Eelgrass sea hares are tiny slugs with a hearty appetite for algae –– which helps their ecosystem stay healthy. You’ll learn more about them in tomorrow’s new episode (if you didn't get a sneak peek already as a Patreon supporter), so in the meantime, we’d love to see your creations!
We’ll be featuring your colored drawings and sharing them online, so please email them to kqedscience@gmail.com, use the hashtag #DeepL...
These sea slugs may look like lazy, zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello, but eelgrass sea hares are actually environmental heroes. Their voracious appetite for algae helps keep underwater meadow ecosystems in balance –– which is great news for sea otters.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, November 10 from YouTube. Thanks!
Have you heard of eelgrass sea hares? They're tiny sea slugs that look like zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello and live in underwater meadows of eelgrass. To film his upcoming Deep Look episode about these gastropod mollusks, producer Mike Seely and his team headed to Elkhorn Slough, a large winding estuary off of ...
2020-11-03 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
So many spooky spiders crawled into our inbox this week for our latest #DeepLookColoring challenge! Thank you so much for sharing them, and we love learning about our fans from all around the world, too. Another coloring challenge is coming your way soon –– in the meantime, Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃
Vinala participated in our previous 2020-10-30 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got a cool new episode coming your way soon about sea hare slugs! They get their name from the two tiny tentacles on the top of their heads called rhinophores. When producer Mike Seely and cinematographer Josh Cassidy were filming, the light cast a silhouette that looks pretty darn bunny-like. “It was an unexpectedly hilarious moment for me as I was looking through the lens!” said Mike. 🐰
And to celebrate these neat gastropod molluscs, enjoy this 2020-10-29 18:13:12 +0000 UTC View Post
With Halloween just a few days away, we’ve got another Deep Look coloring challenge for you! Here’s a spooky spider drawing that you can decorate to celebrate the holiday this weekend. We’ll be featuring your colored drawings and sharing them online, so please email them to kqedscience@gmail.com, use the hashtag #DeepLookColoring, or share a link in the comments to your drawing by this Thursday, October 29, 3PM PT. You can download the drawing from the attachments section below.
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Hey Deep Peeps,
We received some beautiful submissions last week, and we're excited to share them with you:
Poulami Saha hails from India and "loves to create great arts" and is inspired by "random objects that comes in front of my eyes." Whether it's "art drawn online, something from social media, maybe a poster –– whatever that catches my eyes, I make ...
2020-10-26 18:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post
🎨ICYMI: Have you seen our latest Deep Look episode about galloping starfish? You can watch it here –– and here’s a starfish drawing you can decorate, too! We’d love to feature your colored drawings and share them online, so please email them to kqedscience@gmail.com, use the hashtag #DeepLookColoring, or share a link in the comments to your drawing by Sunday, October 25. FYI –– you can download the dr...
2020-10-21 20:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
⏳It’s time for our next GIF CHALLENGE! ⏳Our upcoming episode is all about galloping sea stars. ⭐ This GIF shows a special structure that’s located on their topsides; it lets in sea water that powers their hundreds of tube feet. Can you guess the two names for the structure? Ready, set – GO! ➡️
2020-10-19 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
They may look cute and colorful, but starfish are actually voracious predators. To sniff out and capture their prey, they rely on hundreds of water-propelled tube feet, each with a fiercely independent streak.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, October 20 from YouTube. Thanks!
Our lead producer and cinematographer, Josh Cassidy, has filmed plenty of sea stars, also known as starfish, over the course of his career. "But I’d never seen one bounce before until I saw some footage online that researchers Amy Johnson and Olaf Ellers of Bowdoin College had posted online," ...
2020-10-13 18:12:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
We were thrilled to see your wonderful masterpieces fly into our inbox this past week! We hope you had fun, and we’d like to give a huge thanks to all of our fans who reached out and sent us your work. Take a closer look at the artworks and learn more about the artists and their inspiration below.
Thanks again for sharing your artistic creations, and we'll have another coloring challenge coming your way soon!
Art therapist and art-based researcher
In honor of our upcoming episode about a peregrine falcon family, we’re sharing a drawing that you can decorate! We’ll be featuring six of your colored drawings and sharing them with our fans, so please email them to kqedscience@gmail.com or share a link in the comments to your drawing by this Thursday, October 8. We’re looking forward to seeing your creations! 🖼️
2020-10-05 20:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post
High up in their 300-foot tower penthouse, falcon stars Annie and Grinnell's romance quickly gets real, as they face the tough demands of raising a family. They furiously guard their eggs from invaders, then stuff their screaming newborn chicks with meat. Will these kids ever leave the nest?
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, October 6 from YouTube. Thanks!
Hey Deep Peeps,
We've got some great news to share! Our episode, "This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies" is the winner of the Animal Behavior Short Form category of the 2020 Jackson Wild Media Awards!
Congrats to producer Gabriela Quirós...