One of the biggest challenges with producing a great Deep Look episode is finding the right subject – so we're fortunate we often get the opportunity to collaborate with scientists who a...
2019-11-12 19:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
🎉Woohoo, WE DID IT! 🎉We’ve reached our funding goal of $2000/month – so we’d like to extend a big thank you to our generous Patreon community! Now we’ll be headed to Oaxaca, Mexico ne...
2019-10-30 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Every fall, male tarantulas leave home for good with one thing on their minds: sex. But before these spiders can make the ultimate connection, they have to survive the perils of the open road ... w...
2019-10-29 21:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew! It was almost 100 degrees in southeastern Colorado when producer Elliott Kennerson and his crew were filming an upcoming episode about tarantulas. Even the spiders were looking for shade anyw...
2019-10-29 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re so very excited to announce that our very own Josh Cassidy has been nominated in the 2019-10-23 19:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Something is growing inside that fruit fly in your kitchen. At dusk, the fly points its wings straight up and dies in a gruesome pose so that a fungus can ooze out and fire hundreds of reproductive...
2019-10-18 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Halloween is just around the corner, and we’ve got a spooky story coming up that focuses on a fly-killing fungus. Deep Look producer Gabriela Quirós worked closely with Harvard research...
2019-10-15 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Bay Area Deep Peeps! We'll be at the Exploratorium
's "After Dark: It's Alive!"
event on Thursday, October 24. Join us to watch some of our videos, interact with some creepy crawly specim...
Giant Malaysian leaf insects stay still – very still – on their host plants to avoid hungry predators. But as they grow up, they can't get lazy with their camouflage. They change – and even d...
2019-10-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
While we weren't able to fly to Malaysia to film these fascinating insects, we're fortunate that there's an incredible science museum located in the heart of San Francisco–the 2019-10-01 17:35:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! Can you see what’s hiding in that section of bark? It’s a webspinner, working away on spinning a silk gallery for its shelter! We’re busy producing a new episode about this fa...
2019-09-30 18:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Kidnapper ants raid other ant species' colonies, abduct their young and take them back to their nest. When the enslaved babies grow up, the kidnappers trick them into serving their captors – hunt...
2019-09-22 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We’ve got a new video in the works, and this story is actually taking us across the country from San Francisco to Cambridge, Massachusetts. A Harvard University researcher has...
2019-09-05 18:14:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
We do a survey every year that asks about what you’re into, your favorite PBS shows and things you’d like to see more of from PBS Digital Studios. You even get to vote on...
Hey Deep Peeps! We’re hard at work on a new video about giant Malaysian leaf insects. 🍃Have any questions about these cool masters of camouflage? Post them here, and we’ll try to answer them...
2019-08-27 18:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We're big fans of ants here at Deep Look, so much so that we're working on our third video about these fascinating insects. (ICYMI: Watch "2019-08-22 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
While known for being the world’s fastest bird–peregrines have been clocked at diving more than 200 miles per hour–these majestic birds were at risk for going extinct 50 years ago. Widespread...
2019-08-16 20:57:08 +0000 UTC View Post
It's not easy filming the the world's fastest bird – peregrine falcons have been clocked diving at over 200 mph – but it helps when you have an accommodating, charming subject, "Cubbie", who pa...
2019-08-15 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
Our very own Gabriela Quirós, a Deep Look producer and coordinating producer, has answere...
Hey Deep Peeps,
A lot of hard work happens behind the scenes of each Deep Look episode, and we'd be lost without Gabriela Quirós. As our coordinating producer, she ensures our produ...
2019-08-06 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
🎉Great news, Deep Peeps! 🎉 We’re in the running for a Jackson Wild Media Award in the “Best Limited...
2019-08-05 19:11:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A rattlesnake's rattle isn't like a maraca, with little bits shaking around inside. So how exactly does it make that sound?
The rattlesnake’s rattle is actually made up of loose...
2019-07-26 23:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post
How does one film rattlesnakes for an upcoming Deep Look episode? Very carefully! Our cinematographer and lead producer Josh Cassidy used a transparent tube to safely film this northern Pa...
2019-07-23 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We’re producing a new video about “kidnapper" ants: these parasitic ants use other ants’ young as a captive workforce.🐜 Post any questions you have in the comments, and we...
2019-07-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps!
Our team is working on a new video about leafcutting bees. 🐝In California’s Central and Imperial Valleys, alfalfa seed growers need help pollinating their plants during...
At night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an Achilles’ heel tha...
2019-07-05 19:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post
🙏 🕳️👀 Hey Deep Peeps! 🔎Macronauts! 🔬Deep Lookers! We recently reached *ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS* — that's ten raised to the 6th power! Thank you to everyone who loves ...
2019-06-26 20:45:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Straight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy –and terrifying– sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transform...
2019-06-07 19:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Yep, you probably have Demodex mites living on your face. These tiny arachnids feast on sebum, the greasy oil in your pores. But should you be worried about your eight-legged guests?
They’r...
2019-05-18 00:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special f...
2019-05-03 20:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post