Season 11

Wandering salamanders can skydive in the branches of the tallest trees in the world.
Watch Salamanders Skydive!

How Can These Flies Live in Oily Black Tar Pits?
The petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt at the La Brea Tar Pits.
How Can These Flies Live in Oily Black Tar Pits?

Watch This Starfish Protect Her Babies From Danger
Six-rayed sea stars make great moms, caressing and protecting their babies for months!
Watch This Starfish Protect Her Babies From Danger

Fly Metamorphosis is a Beautiful Nightmare
House flies deploy a specialized organ called the ptilinum to break out of their pupa!
Fly Metamorphosis is a Beautiful Nightmare

Stingless Bees Guard Tasty Honey With Barricades, Bouncers and Bites
Stingless bees don’t have stingers. So, how do they keep honey thieves away?
Stingless Bees Guard Tasty Honey With Barricades, Bouncers and Bites

Meet the Bug You Didn't Know You Were Eating
After cochineals die, their legacy lives on in the brilliant red hue produced by their hemolymph!
Meet the Bug You Didn't Know You Were Eating

Those rows of orange cluster under a fern leaf are spores waiting to be catapulted away.
Watch Ferns Get Freaky

These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer
These tiny marine flatworms are smaller than a grain of rice but have amazing abilities!
These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer

That's Not Rain, That's Super-powered Pee!
Sharpshooters have super-propulsive urine using a catapult in their butt.
That's Not Rain, That's Super-powered Pee!

Witness the Nighttime Magic of Spawning Coral
Corals create an underwater "snowstorm" by sending tiny white spheres up the water column.
Witness the Nighttime Magic of Spawning Coral

Why Does This Fly Live in Your Bathroom?
Ever wonder how those tiny, jumpy flies got onto your bathroom wall?
Why Does This Fly Live in Your Bathroom?
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