Hi Deep Peeps! đłď¸đWestern subterranean termites are flying your way next week in our next Deep Look video on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Each year, western subterranean termite coloni...
2022-01-28 03:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises. Before itâs even born, it mimics a seed. In its youth it looks and acts like an ant. Only when...
2022-01-07 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! We are Baaack! Our first episode of 2022 on 1/11 is about the Australian walking stick. These sneaky and dazzling creatures donât have just one trick up their leaves â the...
2022-01-05 04:17:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps! Well, another year has flown by and weâve certainly had fun making our Deep Look videos and sharing them with you. We have exciting new videos coming your way starting Jan. 11. Un...
2021-12-30 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Winter Solstice to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere! âWeâve recently had some snow in Northern Californiaâs mountains đď¸đď¸ and thatâs got us thinking about âď¸snow...
2021-12-21 18:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you know that ladybugs đđđspend most of their lives alone, gorging themselves on aphids? But every winter they take to the wind, soaring over cities and fields to assemble for a ...
2021-12-18 01:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We thought you'd like to know California newts are on the move right now! Every winter, they leave the safety of their forest burrows and travel as far as three miles to mate in the pond wher...
2021-12-09 23:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
They might look like harmless grasshoppers, but locusts have an appetite for destruction. When the conditions are right, they transform from mild-mannered loners into gregarious partiers. They swar...
2021-11-19 17:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Our next episode on Tuesday, Nov. 23, is all about locusts! Producers Josh Cassidy and Gabriela QuirĂłs traveled to Arizona State University to film with the 2021-11-16 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Our next episode on Tuesday, Nov. 9, is all about kissing bugs!
Producer Gabriela QuirĂłs and
On first impression, skeleton shrimp anatomy is confusing. These crustaceans use a funky assortment of body parts to move around like inchworms, feed on bits of sea garbage, stage boxing matches, a...
2021-10-22 15:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps!
Weâre very excited to bring you a creepy, crawly night of Deep Look at our very first in-person event since the pandemic! Come join us on Wednesday...
2021-10-19 20:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Our next episode on Tuesday, 10/26 is about skeleton shrimp! These thin, elongated creatures have an unusual body design, even for a crustacean. 2021-10-19 01:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Tadpole shrimp are neither tadpoles nor shrimp. Theyâre time-traveling crustaceans called triops. Their eggs can spend years â even decades â frozen in time, waiting to hatch. When California...
2021-10-08 17:49:40 +0000 UTC View Post
When is a shrimp not a shrimp? When itâs a tadpole shrimp! We have an upcoming episode about tadpole shrimp from 2021-10-05 15:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
Weâre excited to share some wonderful news!
Our episode "Born Pregnant: Aphids Invade with an Onslaught of Clones" won the Animal Behavior Short Form category of this ...
2021-09-30 17:54:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Under the bright yellow petals of a tarweed plant, an insect known as the assassin bug kills its caterpillar victim by stabbing it over and over. But does this perpetrator have an accomplice? Stick...
2021-09-24 15:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce each episode of Deep Look, and we couldnât do it without the help of scientists and other valuable ...
2021-09-23 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a new episode coming up about assassin bugs. Producer Gabriela QuirĂłs and the Deep Look team headed to Folsom, California, in July to film the assassin bugs living on a patch of t...
2021-09-21 16:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
Weâve got an episode in the works about kissing bugs! These are big, colorful insects with a long head that feed on your blood and can pass on the parasite that causes Chag...
Most damselflies prefer sunny spots, but the quirky San Francisco forktail damselfly digs the fogginess of its hometown. When they hook up, they do it in style â linking their delicate bodies in ...
2021-09-10 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce each episode of Deep Look, and we couldnât do it without the help of scientists and other valu...
2021-09-09 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a new episode coming up about damselflies! In the photo above, thatâs producer Mike Seely working with cinematographer Josh Cassidy on location in San Francisco.
These insects are c...
2021-09-07 15:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Horseshoe crabs may look scary, but when it's springtime in Delaware Bay, millions of these arthropods show they're lovers, not fighters. They lay masses of blue-green eggs up on the shore, which w...
2021-08-27 21:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Dogs have a famously great sense of smell, but what makes their noses so much more powerful than ours? They're packing some sophisticated equipment inside that squishy schnozz. Check out the cool a...
2021-08-26 15:11:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Weâve got a special episode of Deep Look coming up thatâs a collaboration with another series within the PBS Digital Studios family: 2021-08-24 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce each episode of Deep Look, but we couldnât do it without the...
2021-08-19 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Deep Peeps,
Weâre excited to share some wonderful news!
Our episode "Born Pregnant: A...
2021-08-09 16:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever wonder why cats' tongues feel like sandpaper? There's a purrrfectly good reason, and it's not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equippe...
2021-08-08 16:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
While youâre enjoying a day at the beach, female bumblebee-mimic digger bees are hard at work nearby building a different kind of sand castle. This oneâs not for play â itâs part of the nes...
2021-08-06 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post