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2023-12-09 01:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat’s the most *terrifying* thing about brown dog ticks? If you don’t see a choice you like, let us know in the comments below.
And, if you haven’t seen our video about brown dog ticks...
2023-12-05 17:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Like their name suggests, brown dog ticks dine on dog blood. But as temperatures rise, they're more likely to feast on you, too. That's a problem, because the brown dog tick is a vector for Rocky M...
2023-11-24 16:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-11-23 17:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostFear no weevil! These unusual beetles are not going to sting or bite you with their long snout. They’re after one thing -- nutritious acorns. What's your favorite, *unbeweevible* thing about them...
2023-11-18 17:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news! Deep Look has greenlit an episode about coral spawning. Got any questions for us?
Typically, a few days after a full moon, millions of tiny spheres float in the ocean. They are gam...
2023-11-11 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This fuzzy acorn weevil can’t crack open acorns like a woodpecker or chomp through them like a squirrel. Instead, she uses her incredibly long snout, called a rostrum, to power-drill through thei...
2023-11-10 18:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s nothing sweet about a varroa mite on a honeybee. What surprises (or infuriates!) you most about varroa mites?
If you need another look at our episode, 2023-11-09 01:21:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps - Halloween is Deep Look's *favorite* holiday! Which of these episodes below is the freakiest, the scariest, the most horrifying? Let us know in the comments if we missed your f...
2023-10-31 22:36:00 +0000 UTC View PostYou've probably heard that most carnivorous bats use echolocation (built-in sonar) to navigate and hunt for prey. But did you know others have a completely different way of hunting? They're called ...
2023-10-29 22:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main culprits. After hitching a ride into a hive, a mite mom hides in a hon...
2023-10-21 02:04:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don't start off that way. Also called ladybird beetles or ladybirds, they pop out of their eggs as prickly mini-monsters with an insatiable hunge...
2023-10-03 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThey aren't just cute -- they're vivid examples of living life on the edge. What’s your favorite, fascinating fact about them? If you don’t see one you like, let us know in the comments below.<...
2023-10-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Do cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting the...
2023-09-13 00:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe alkali fly is no ordinary fly! It’s an extremophile that has several unique adaptations that allow it to survive in the harsh waters of California’s Mono Lake. What’s your favorite fact a...
2023-09-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We have a talented new producer on our team thanks to the first Accelerator Fello...
2023-08-30 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAedes aegypti mosquitoes make a meal of us around our homes. What’s your “favorite” alarming fact about this dangerous mosquito? If you need a refresher, 2023-08-21 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Covered in a shiny bubble, the alkali fly scuba dives into the harsh waters of California’s Mono Lake. Thanks to an abundance of hair and water-repellent wax, this remarkable insect remains dry w...
2023-08-18 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLife for these bees can be violent and unfair. What’s your favorite fact about the female bindweed turret bee? If you don’t see one you like, let us know in the comments below.
If you hav...
2023-08-17 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A “bee fly” looks a bit like a bee, but it’s a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work. The bees dig underground nests and fill them with pollen they collect in...
2023-07-28 22:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, join us and the California Academy of Sciences at KQED’s headquarters in San Francisco on July 18 at 7pm for a night of Californi...
2023-07-16 01:08:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Most of the sea snails in this tide pool cruise around searching for food. But not the scaled wormsnail. It cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using the one thing a snail has plenty of...
2023-07-07 20:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostHappy 4th of July from #DeepLook! ❤️🤍💙You might be seeing some of our favorite wasps at your barbecue. Western yellowjackets are known as “meat” bees but they are wasps. Unlike b...
2023-07-04 16:33:00 +0000 UTC View PostSemiaquatic springtails are tiny, high-flying hexapods that crawl, glide and leap around the edges of streams and ponds. What’s your 'favorite' amazing attribute below? If you don’t see one you...
2023-06-29 03:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostWhat’s your favorite fact about giant water bugs - a.k.a. toe biters? Ours is that they make the best insect dads ever! If you need a refresher on all that they do for their offspring watch...
2023-06-18 20:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Step right up to see tiny springtails spin through the air with the greatest of ease! In ponds and streams, they skyrocket out of the reach of hungry insects like water striders by slapping a tail-...
2023-06-16 21:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We won two Northern California Emmy Awards last Saturday, June 3 in the Science and Technology category for our episodes about barnacles and honeypot ants.🥳We hope you enjoy thes...
2023-06-10 16:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey Deep Peeps! Three of our videos were nominated for Northern California Emmy Awards in the Science/Technology category! Winners will be announced Saturday, June 3 starting at 7:15pm PST.
W...
2023-06-03 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostGeckos are famous for being expert climbers, pulling off gravity-defying feats. What’s your favorite thing about their fantastic feet👣? If you need a refresher, 2023-06-01 23:29:01 +0000 UTC View Post
No suction cups, no Velcro, no glue. Geckos navigate nearly any surface with something far cooler: an electron dance at the atomic scale.
We hope you enjoy this first look at our ...
2023-05-26 15:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post