Hey Deep Peeps!
🕷️🕷️🕷️Join our producers and several spider experts for a special event at the 10th Anniversary Bay Area Science Festival! 🕷️🕷️🕷️They'll be presenting a virtual screening and discussion of our spine-tingling spider episodes on Thursday, October 22 at 6:30pm PDT. RSVP here and hope t...
Our upcoming episode follows a peregrine falcon pair, Annie and Grinnell, as they lay their eggs and raise three chicks at the top of the University of California, Berkeley’s 300-foot bell tower. Peregrine falcons are found in cities across the United States, from New York to Chicago to San Francisco. But it wasn’t always like this.
These raptors – 2020-09-29 20:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Orb weaver spiders build exquisite spiral webs not only to catch insects, but to extend their senses. Once they shrink-wrap their prey with silk, the nearly blind spiders can store them for later, and read their web's strands as a kind of memory map to guide them back.
We hope you enjoy this first look...
2020-09-18 23:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps!
We’re working hard on our next episode on Orb Weaver Spiders that’ll be coming out on next Tuesday September 22nd. Here’s what we’ve been up to.
For an animal with a brain the size of a poppy-seed, orb weaver spiders show an incredible array of complex behavior using their webs. One challenge in filming these spiders, is that they didn't exactly like to work during business hours - they usually wove their webs around 3am or 4am in the morning. Joy.
Make sure you catch it here: https://youtu.be/_7SIHtWu2hw
2020-09-10 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
⌛️It’s time for another GIF CHALLENGE! (and this one is a two-parter!) ⏳
🌼🌼 Which one of these is NOT a dandelion? 🌼🌼
Tell us what it actually is, and two differences that gave it away!
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2020-09-07 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
You’ve probably seen this flower before. It’s a dandelion, right? Well, actually it’s a close relative called the common catsear. While gardeners dislike dandelions and their relatives, pollinators like bees like to feast on their nectar and pollen.
Deep Look producer 2020-09-01 17:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
⌛️ OK – GIF CHALLENGE TIME! ⏳
We’ve got an episode about some real “Deep Peeps” for you. Did you know that a bird’s feathers are covered in zippers? What do you call the tiny hooks that keep feathers from splitting apart?
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The first five people to give us the specific name of this structure before 6am Pacific Standard Time tomorrow (Tues 8/18) will get a shout-out in the video description. Ready, set – GO!
2020-08-17 23:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve been hard at work on our next episode – and before it airs on Tuesday, August 18th, we have an update for you! 🦆🔬
As our team was filming this episode, we were still restricted in terms of what we could film – all of the labs and researchers that we collaborate with regularly were off limits.
Luckily, our intern Annie Roth had researched a fascinating subject that was both accessible and adorable – waterfowl! Ducks and geese are wildlife that people see every d...
2020-08-13 22:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re excited to share some news!
Two of our episodes, Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them and This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies are finalists in the Animal Behavior Short Form category of the 2020 Jackson Wild Media Awards.
We’re proud...
2020-08-12 00:26:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Here at Deep Look, some of our stars have used the extra time at home to pick up some new hobbies.
These honey bees are perfecting their sourdough, the webspinners are working on a scarf, and the Jerusalem crickets have taken up drumming!<...
2020-08-04 22:48:10 +0000 UTC View Post
⌛️It’s time for another GIF CHALLENGE! ⏳
No, that’s not an alien – that’s a GIF of a Cape Sundew, the carnivorous star of our next episode.
The first five people to give us the specific name of this structure before 6am Pacific Standard Time tomorrow will get a shout-out in the video description. Get set – go!
2020-07-27 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As we chugged along producing several new episodes this past June, the Deep Look team was unfortunately still quite restricted in terms of what – and where – we could film due to the ongoing pandemic. While we couldn't travel to more far-flung locations where we could find carnivorous plants in their native habitat – like the furthest reaches of Northern California that's home to 2020-07-21 22:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post
You’re almost there! Here’s real footage of the #DeepLook team gliding into the weekend.
In addition to being adorable, otters also have the densest fur of any mammal on earth, with up to a million hairs per inch! The super-soft coats were once such a lure for hunters that they nearly led to the otters’ demise in the early 1900s – but now, the federally protected species is free to use its luxurious fur for one key purpose: to keep warm in the often chilly Pacific Ocean, p...
2020-07-17 22:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
If you’re a fan of Animal Crossing *and* Deep Look, you might have noticed a few familiar faces in the latest update.
That’s right – two of our own Deep Look stars, the Walking Stick and the Walking Leaf, are now available to catch in Northern Hemisphere islands!
Read on for more fun facts AND tips on when to find them: https://bit.ly/3eqZd5n
2020-07-14 22:46:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news (or bad news, if you’re an arachnophobe..) Deep Look has greenlit an episode on Orb Weaver spiders! They’re also known as European garden spiders or pumpkin spiders, and are commonly found in Bay Area gardens.
They’re characteristically non-aggressive, because they’ll flee at the first sign of danger by running away and sometimes even dropping from their webs. You might even find them helpful – they catch and eat lots of pests.
What questions do you 2020-07-09 21:22:34 +0000 UTC View Post
In order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the team has been sure to wear masks when out in public. With all the different options, there are plenty of opportunities to inject your mask with a little personality!
If you want an (on brand) up-close look at why they work so well, check out this video from It’s Ok to be Smart: https://www.youtube....
2020-07-07 21:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Ensatinas are a sprawling group of colorful salamanders, each one with different strategies for avoiding predators, from bold warning colors to confusing camouflage. Their diverse family tree offers us a rare snapshot of millions of years of evolution – how one species becomes many.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing ...
2020-06-26 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s been a busy time for Deep Look, and we’re still moving forward with production even with the ongoing pandemic restrictions. That means lead producer and cinematographer Josh Cassidy has spent a lot of time filming on his own, whether documenting dandelions, ducks or carnivorous plants – the future subjects of exciting new episodes that are rolling out later this summer and fall.
Producer 2020-06-24 17:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deep Peeps,
We've had a wonderful roster of talent working on Deep Look over the past seven years, and I'm so thankful to have been a part of this talented team. (I've also worked closely with many of these same colleagues on other KQED Science projects, so we're a pretty tight-knit group.)
In addition to producing episodes, I'm usually the one sharing news and updates here on Patreon about o...
2020-06-17 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
You've all heard Seth Samuel's original compositions for Deep Look – as he's been with us since the very beginning! We're indebted to his creative efforts as his soundtracks add so much life to our episodes.
Seth created this in-depth video presentation for some students who have been watching Deep Look videos in cla...
2020-06-09 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Deep Look team received some great news this weekend: our episode “The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home” won a San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Award in the Health / Science / Environment Feature - Segment category! 🏆🏆🏆 You can watch our video about these fascinating insects that shoot super-fine silk from their front feet in the above link, and you can see producer Jen...
2020-06-08 20:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever wanted to be invisible? The elusive glasswing butterfly knows just how to do it. Its transparent wings, covered in an anti-glare nano-coating, help it hide from its predators in the rainforest.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday,...
2020-05-29 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We’re busy producing a new episode about the fascinating world of carnivorous plants – have any questions about them for us? Post them here, and we’ll try to answer them in the video or web article!
2020-05-28 18:42:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking at this serene glasswing butterfly perched on Aaron Pomerantz's fingertip –– gently fluttering its elegant transparent wings –– it's hard to believe that the world flipped upside down during the making of our upcoming Deep Look episode featuring these elegant insects.
A Ph.D candidate in the Nipam Patel Lab at University of California, Berkeley, Aaron had invited Deep Look to film...
2020-05-26 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Sharpshooter insects are beautiful, but they transmit a devastating disease that kills grapevines. When it's time to mate, they shake their abdomens to make strange calls that sound like a clucking chicken, a howling monkey or a motorcycle revving up. Now scientists have found a way to use their songs against them.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You c...
2020-05-15 16:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up on Deep Look next week is a new episode about sharpshooter insects! While beautiful, they transmit a devastating disease that kills grapevines. When it's time to mate, they shake their abdomens to make strange calls that sound like a clucking chicken, a howling monkey or a motorcycle revving up.
Back in early March before social distancing due to the coronavirus was required, producer Gabriela QuirĂłs and cinematographer Josh Cassidy headed to Parlier, Californi...
2020-05-13 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
It takes quite a bit of time and effort from our entire team to produce an episode for Deep Look – and when you add a global pandemic into the equation, you have even more challenges to contend with.
We're fortunate that our team has been able to work remotely by bringing much of the essential equipment we've needed back to our homes. But sometimes we have to improvise, like our host 2020-05-11 22:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We were thrilled to learn today that two of our episodes have been nominated for Northern California Emmy Awards in the "Health/Science/Environment-Feature/Segment" category!
“Deep Look: Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them" KQED Gabriela V. Quiros, Coordinating P...
2020-05-06 18:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got some great news to share: Deep Look has been nominated for a Webby in the 'Best Video Series & Channels – Science & Education' category!
We’re in some good company, but won't you vote for us befo...
2020-04-28 19:31:26 +0000 UTC View Post