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Video: This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower’s Hidden Treasure
Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner. Bumblebees and other buzz pollinators know just how to handle these stubborn flowers. They vibrate the blooms, shaking them until they give up the nutritious pollen. Find out more about the science of…
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Article: Rudolph and relatives have UV vision
The reindeer of the high north can see light that is invisible to our eyes. This is a big advantage in a snow white landscape. http://sciencenordic.com/rudolph-and-relatives-have-uv-vision
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Article: How Bees See, And Why It Matters
Scientists consider bees to be a keystone species. They are so important to an ecosystem that it will collapse without them. At least 90 commercially grown crops depend upon bee pollination for survival. How important is the pollination by bees? Ask an almond grower. Without bees, there would be no almonds. Apples, blueberries, cherries, avocados,…
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Video: PHYSICS GIRL EXPERIMENT- Only some humans can see this type of light
Join Physics girl on a tour of polarized light and learn how to do a simple project to see the invisible.
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Video: How Bees See
Dr Adrian Dyer invented this mechano-optical device, which emulates the 7,000 individual lenses of a bee’s compound eye. Find out more in this video. http://theconversation.com/our-bee-eye-camera-helps-us-support-bees-grow-food-and-protect-the-environment-110022
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Video: Electrostatic charge on hummingbirds and its role in pollination
We found that wild flying hummingbirds have electrostatic charges of up to ~800 pC. Such electrical charges are high enough to produce attraction of floral stamens and floating pollen-size particles.
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Radio: Fish Use Polarized Light to Disappear
Scientists discover how some fish make a cloaking effect to avoid predators. Find out more in this radio segment by https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-nov-21-2015-1.3328206/fish-use-polarized-light-to-disappear-1.3328358
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Video: What Is Echolocation? | Earth Unplugged
Echolocation allows animals to build up an understanding of their surroundings but how does it work? Find out the science of echolocation in the BBC Unplugged video.
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Video: Hear My Nectar: Dish-Shaped Leaves Attract Pollinating Bats
Scientist Ralph Simon explains how a dish-shaped leaf attracts bat pollinators.
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Video: Electric Buzzaloo: How Bees See the Invisible
Bees are amazing social insects, and their relationship with flowers is one of nature’s coolest examples of “mutualism”. It got me wondering: How do bees see the world? Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields! https://www.pbs.org/video/its-okay-be-smart-electric-buzzaloo-how-bees-see-invisible/
