👁How do animals regrow their limbs? And why can't humans do it?
🧠Jessica Whited
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣For some animals, losing a limb is a decidedly permanent affair. But for salamanders, particularly axolotls, amputation is just a temporary affliction. Not only can they grow back entire limbs in as little as six weeks, they can also regenerate heart and even brain tissue. So, how does this astonishing adaptation work? Jessica Whited explores the incredible regenerative capacity of salamanders. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁A mouse with two dads — and a new frontier for biology
🧠Katsuhiko Hayashi
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣You're familiar with the story: a sperm and an egg meet to create an embryo, which has the potential to give rise to new life. But what if you could create a sperm or egg from any cell, even a single skin cell? Biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi discusses the science of in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) — an experimental technique for creating lab-made sperm or eggs out of just about any type of cell — and explores its implications for endangered species, human reproduction and more.
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#biology #science #animals #medical_research #DNA #human_body #genetics #health #technology

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👁Why animals help each other
🧠Ashley Ward
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Charles Darwin introduced the notion of “survival of the fittest,” where the fittest animals are those who can survive long enough to produce healthy offspring. The fittest animal can also be the most stealthy, resourceful, or even the most cooperative. So what exactly does cooperation look like in the wild? Ashley Ward digs into the animal kingdom's capacity for generosity. [Directed by Sharon Colman, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁Can you figure out the savanna mystery?
🧠Cella Wright
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the early 2000s, one of the world’s most widespread invasive species landed in Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau: big-headed ants. They expanded rapidly into super-colonies, preying on other insects, spiders, and even small birds. Their presence has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and significantly changed the landscape. So, how did these tiny creatures have such a huge impact? Cella Wright investigates. [Directed by Steve West, Lazy Chief, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by George Rodriguez].
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👁How smart are crows?
🧠Katharina Brecht
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In one of Aesop’s fables, a crow is searching for water. It spies a pitcher— but the water inside is beyond its reach. So, the crow begins dropping in pebbles. One-by-one, they displace the water, and the crow quenches its thirst. This is just one of many fascinating displays of intelligence from corvids. Katharina Brecht digs into what makes this bold, brainy family of songbirds so smart. [Directed by Irida Zhonga, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Phil Brookes].
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👁Are there really dead wasps in figs?
🧠Carolyn Beans
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2023, a US grocer recalled over 10,000 cases of broccoli-cheddar soup over concerns they contained too much of an unintended ingredient. That ingredient? Bugs. We know insects regularly come into contact with our food— but how many are you actually eating? And is it okay? Carolyn Beans takes a look at figs and their conspicuously close bond with wasps. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁How to end factory farming
🧠Lewis Bollard
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis we ignore, says farm animal welfare champion Lewis Bollard. He exposes the truth behind the "all natural" labels on your groceries and shows how technology and public pressure can uncover the unseen struggle of animals, drive the industry to reform and harness our collective capacity for moral progress. (Note: This talk contains graphic images.)
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👁Can you survive a Komodo dragon bite?
🧠Achmad Ariefiandy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Clambering through the bush on one of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, suddenly you spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead. Forked tongue flickering; sharp, saw-like teeth glimmering; and strong, scaly body stretching up to 3 meters, Komodo dragons are formidable. So, what should you do? Are you doomed? Achmad Ariefiandy shares what we know about the world's largest lizards. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁Is this the grossest parasite?
🧠Niko Zlotnik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The infamous tongue-eating louse is one of nearly 400 species belonging to a family of fish parasites. Some latch onto their host’s head, others suck blood from fish gills, and others still burrow into fish flesh. But the Cymothoa exigua goes specifically for fish tongues. How do these parasites do it, and why? Niko Zlotnik explores the strategies tongue biters use to find a fish to call home. [Directed by Flaka Kokolli, Flammorum Animation Studio, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁How to communicate with your dog, from a Westminster champion
🧠Jennifer Crank
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Who let the dogs out? Jennifer Crank, a world champion in dog agility competitions like Westminster, brings her border collie onto the TED stage to demonstrate the secrets of interspecies communication. Watch as her four-legged friend bounds through an obstacle course at lightning speed — as Crank gives a lesson on how to effectively communicate with any kind of audience.
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👁This is how nomadic farmers live
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣For millennia, livestock farmers strategically guided animals to seasonal grazing areas. This mobile way of life, known as pastoralism, provided them with wealth, social status, and political independence into the 20th century. But in the last century, political and economic policies have worked against these communities. Take a closer look at the challenges of modern pastoralism. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁The history of the world according to rats
🧠Max Levy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Today, rats are often regarded as the most successful invasive species in the world. The most common species of rat scurried onto the scene roughly 1 to 3 million years ago in Asia. There, they craftily survived Earth’s most recent ice age, and eventually, began living around and with humans— though often at the mercy of human priorities. Max G. Levy traces the entangled history of human and rat. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁The award for best comedy wildlife photo goes to...
🧠Tom Sullam
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Where's the best free comedy show in town? Tom Sullam, cofounder of the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, shares hilarious animal photos that dissolve the distance between humans and nature. The result? A joyful case for caring about what we're at risk of losing.
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👁The language you're fluent in — but forgot how to hear
🧠 Louis VI
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn't a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring ... a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature's sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back into the "overwhelming chorus of aliveness" we’ve stopped hearing — and performs "Butcherbird," an original song syncing with the melody of bird calls from West Papua.
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👁How vampire bats drink your blood without you noticing
🧠Imran Razik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Vampire bats are the only mammals to subsist on blood alone. Their ancient ancestors might have eaten parasites and insects off larger animals until vampire bats began feeding directly from those animals themselves. So, how do these nocturnal creatures find their sustenance? And what animals do they most commonly target? Imran Razik follows the nighttime routine of a vampire bat as she hunts. [Directed by Sharon Colman, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁How I imitate nature's voices
🧠Snow Raven
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣You're about to hear the sounds of several different creatures — from the voice of one single musician. In a spellbinding talk and performance, singer Snow Raven mimics the hoot of an owl, the grumble of a bear, the howl of a wolf and more.
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👁What happens when your dog uses the internet
🧠Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Imagine this: you walk into a room, and your dog is on a video call with their fellow canine friends. Computer scientist Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas thinks the notion of a social internet for animals is not far off. She explores what happens when animals control their own technology — from parrots making friends online to monkeys choosing their favorite audio tracks — and shows how this technology transforms our understanding of animal consciousness.
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👁I taught rats to drive. They taught me to enjoy the ride
🧠Kelly Lambert
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What can happy rats teach us about human joy? Behavioral neuroscientist Kelly Lambert describes how her team trained rats to drive tiny cars to earn treats — and noticed something surprising about how effort and anticipation affect the brain. The experiment opens new questions about how reward, agency and "behaviorceuticals" might help build resilience and support mental health.
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👁How do snakes swallow animals so much bigger than they are?
🧠Niko Zlotnik
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Since slithering onto the scene some 150 million years ago, evolving length and limbless-ness out of their ancestral lizard forms, snakes have diversified rapidly. Their noodly bodies and flexible heads granted them access to novel places and prey. And today, there are nearly 4,000 snake species, spanning habitats high and low. Niko Zlotnik explores how snakes evolved into incredible predators. [Directed by Anna Benner, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Raphael Tschernuth].
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👁The wildlife sanctuary you can visit from anywhere
🧠Maya Higa
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Creator Maya Higa is on a mission to use the internet to build the next generation of conservationists. Her virtual education center, Alveus Sanctuary, is one of the most-watched sanctuaries on Earth, with dozens of rescued animals and cameras livestreaming to a community of millions inspired to help protect the wildlife. Visit with Bean the Hawk, Winnie the Moo and more — and see what the future of conservation looks like.
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