Derby the dog runs on his 3D printed prosthetic paws
This is Derby and these are Derby’s life-changing, 3D printed prosthetic paws. Derby was born with deformed front legs and had a lot of trouble getting around outside before animal lover and 3D Systems...
View ArticleThe Scaredy Swan
The Scaredy Swan, an Acme Filmworks-produced animated short by Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet, tells the story of a swan that’s afraid to get into the water, and the “help” a bee gives him in joining...
View ArticleIt’s Watermelon Time: Watermelon by Tom Rosenthal
What’s more fun than running around the English countryside in a costume? How about running around the English countryside in a watermelon costume? This is Watermelon by Tom Rosenthal, an ode to a...
View ArticleDesert Fox Hunts A Lesser Jerboa – BBC’s Wild Arabia
The fennec fox is hungry. The lesser jerboa doesn’t want to be eaten. How does the jerboa escape the fennec fox? This stunning chase scene from the BBC’s Wild Arabia showcases some powerful kangaroo...
View ArticleRun, Octopus, Run! – Science Friday
Crawling, swimming, embracing, squeezing, camouflaging… running? Why would an agile octopus, like the algae octopus or the coconut octopus, choose to use two of their eight arms to stand up and “run”...
View ArticleRose the Boston Terrier plays with a balloon
Rose is one determined Boston Terrier. Watch her run the entire yard, making energetic jumps and a few impressive flips, to make sure that this balloon does. not. touch. the. ground. File under dogs,...
View ArticleBuster Keaton – The Art of the Gag
Buster Keaton was known as ‘The Great Stone Face’, a reference to the deadpan expression he wore during some of the most incredible physical comedy scenes known in film. His artistry as a vaudevillian,...
View ArticleNowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time, No. 2
Swinging plumb bobs hang in a gridded formation across a large room as visitors attempt to walk among them without making contact. The installation, Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time, No. 2 by...
View ArticleAnatomy of a hunt: Speed, strategy and survival
As predators chase down their prey on the open savanna it’s a race for survival. Lions and cheetahs are some of the most athletic animals on the planet but strength and speed aren’t everything. By...
View ArticleDanny the orphan koala plays with his carer
Danny was just 600 grammes when he was found abandoned on side of the road. At this stage of life in the wild, joeys would be spending nearly all the time clinging to their mothers back, so Danny is...
View ArticlePlanet Slow Mo’s Daytime Fireworks in 4K
Daytime fireworks have leveled up since we first saw this rainbow . For 12 weeks in 2019, Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys released a Planet Slow Mo series of special episodes, ending...
View ArticleRunning baby flamingos
There are baby flamingos at the Oregon Zoo and they are running around with their human caretakers, much to the delight of zoo and online visitors alike. Watch as these little off-white birds hop and...
View ArticleGrover Near and Far (1975)
Being near and going far and coming back again can be exhausting! Grover gets pretty tired while demonstrating the difference between “near” and “far” in this Sesame Street clip from 1975. The post...
View ArticleOlympic Champion Wilma Rudolph Wins in Rome (1960)
“My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother,” explained American Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph. She was 20 years old when she broke records at her...
View ArticleFerrets display their “liquid form” in slow-motion
“It’s almost as though you have an animal in liquid form,” explains Dr. Angela Horner. “They have a really well-adapted body design to move rapidly through a tunnel.” And in this clip from PBS’s...
View ArticleRacing Russian hamsters vs. a hamster wheel
When in nature, Russian hamsters can cover ten kilometers (6.2 miles) a night. As pets, they’re quite drawn to a hamster wheel. In this giggle-worthy clip from the BBC’s Pets: Wild At Heart, not one...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to film a baby sun bear?
Baby sun bears love to run, wrestle, and explore everything. And they really love to climb. In case there was any doubt, this rambunctious behind-the-scenes clip from the BBC’s Bears About the House...
View ArticleThe Power of Resilience: “Mental toughness is the secret to success”
British gold medal-winning sprinter Asha Philip didn’t start her athletic career as a world-class runner. From the age of four, Philip trained on a double mini-trampoline, winning World Junior Champion...
View ArticleCelui qui tombe (He who falls), Yoann Bourgeois’ turntable acrobatics
Six people try to make their way on a large rotating turntable, jostling for position, walking, running, balancing, and tripping over each other. Their world spins to My Way sung by Frank Sinatra. They...
View ArticleCheetah vs Greyhound, a speed test in slow-motion
At 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour), cheetahs are the world’s fastest cat and the world’s fastest land mammal, so the world’s fastest dog, a greyhound clocked at speeds up to 45 mph (72...
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