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Learn Through Videos: Biology

This is a collection of links to educational videos related to biology, health and medicine, which are made for a general audience. How did life begin? How can we explain the diversity of life on Earth? How did Darwin develop his theory of evolution? How does the human body work? How could we come to be to the way we are today? Can we live forever? From the origins of life on Earth to the human genome, there are so many questions in life sciences that have haunted us. The videos listed in this collection cover various interesting topics in biology, health and medicine: the origins of life on Earth, evolution by natural selection, wildlife and their habitats, the DNA theory of inheritance, human body, and biotechnology.

Life in Cold Blood
This is a nature documentary series, revealing the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians.

The Reptiles
This is a PBS Nature documentary series narrated by Howard McGillin, showcasing the incredible diversity and spectacular abilities of the reptiles.

Fabulous Frogs
David Attenborough takes us on a journey through the weird and wonderful world of frogs, shedding new light on these charismatic, colorful and frequently bizarre little animals.

Lizard Kings
With their acute intelligence, monitors-including the largest of all, the Komodo dragon are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals.

Animal Weapons
This is a nature documentary series looking at how animals have developed their weapons to survive in nature.

Predators: Killing for a Living
This is a BBC nature documentary series hosted by Anthony Hopkins and John Shrapnel, exploring how animals have developed their own ways to capture prey to survive in nature.

Life in the Freezer
This is a BBC nature documentary series, looking at the seasonal effect on Antarctica and human exploration of the continent.

Frozen Planet
This is a nature documentary series, co-produced by the BBC, the Discovery Channel and The Open University, focusing on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Ice Age Giants
This is a BBC documentary series presented by Alice Roberts, journeying 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the Ice Age.

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice
This is a BBC nature documentary presented by Prof. Alice Roberts, revealing the natural history of the most famous of Ice Age animals - the woolly mammoth.

How to Build a Dinosaur
This is a BBC documentary presented by Dr. Alice Roberts, finding out how the experts put dinosaur skeletons back together.

Walking with Dinosaurs
This is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by Kenneth Branagh, showing the life of dinosaurs from their emergence to extinction.

The Blue Planet
This is a BBC nature documentary series, exploring the different types of marine habitats and how each of the creatures living in them survive.

Oceans
This is a BBC documentary series narrated by Mark Halliley, exploring some of the most challenging parts of the Earth's oceans and revealing the hidden stories of the deep.

Aliens of the Deep
James Cameron joins up aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh with a group of NASA scientists, as well as some American marine biologists, to investigate ten hydrothermal vents in both the Atlantic and Pacific.