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See how genetics is used to solve crimes!
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Saying "deoxyribonucleic acid" is a real mouthful. Luckily, you can call it DNA for short.
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Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.
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Find out what makes you different from a snail, a tree, or even your best friend!
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Here's a very cool experiment that just might bring a tear to your eye. Use a blender to separate the DNA from an onion. 
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Start a field journal, and track how your favorite critter looks and behaves.
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In 1997, Dolly rocked the world of genetics. Not baaaa'd for a little lamb from Scotland. What was the big deal? She...
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Take a look at the science of where it ALL begins.
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The nucleus is like the remote control center of the cell. It acts as the cell's brain by telling it what to do, how...
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All the DNA in a cell is called a genome. Your body contains trillions of copies of the human genome -- one in each o...
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DNA is shaped like a long twisted ladder, and pairs of bases form the ladder's steps. Bases are known by the letters...
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Make a bracelet that matches a section of DNA code from your favorite plant or animal.
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From Madagascar to Indonesia, travel around the world with Museum scientists.
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Zoom inside your cells for a fascinating look at chromosomes, DNA, genes, and more!
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Scientists figured out a way to take genes from one species and stick them inside the DNA of another species. When a...
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Clones are plants and animals that have more than just their looks in common; they also have the exact same DNA seque...
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Since he was a kid, George Amato has been wild about wildlife. Today he works for the Wildlife Conservation Society a...
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Investigate the how and why of cloning. 
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Have you ever wondered why you look like your parents, grandparents, or siblings? It's because of your genes -- the i...
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Chromosomes are tiny, spaghetti-like packages of information. Every cell of your body contains 23 pairs of them -- th...
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Many scientists have joined forces on the Human Genome Project. Their goal is to figure out the order of all "DN...
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Genetics is the study of how traits are passed from one generation to another. Traits such as eye color and nose shap...
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Have you ever wondered what our muscles, blood, bones, and bodies are made of? They are made of cells! Cells are the...
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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.
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Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
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Find out where Rob has followed his born curiosity.
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How much do you know about what makes you you? 
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Scientists all over the world send precious cargo to Julie Feinstein: frozen samples of animal tissues.
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Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.
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At age 10, George Barrowclough began bird watching with his dad. He pursued his interest in birds by becoming an orni...
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It's no fluke that Howard Rosenbaum is wild about whales -- especially the endangered right whales and humpback whales.
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That toothy grin might make you think this is a crocodile or an alligator. But the Yacaré caiman is neither. Caimans...
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In this comic book series, follow an entomologist into the world of parasitic wasps. 
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Thousands of traits make you who you are. Some traits, such as eye color, are determined mostly, or entirely, by gene...
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Gregor Mendel not only ate his peas, he used them to figure out how genes are passed from generation to generation. I...
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What animal did scientists collect this tissue from? Take a guess!
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Find out how scientists are using genetics to change the food you eat.
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Thousands of plants and animal species may be in danger of becoming extinct and disappearing forever.
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In college, Rob DeSalle wanted to study the narwhal, an Arctic whale with an eight-foot spiral tooth.
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If you came face to face with a pacu, what would you do? Never fear -- the pacu may look like a big and scary fish, b...
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Many artifacts at the American Museum of Natural History will spend time in the Conservation Lab, the Museum's hospit...
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In the wild, ruffed lemurs live in only one place -- the eastern rain forests of Madagascar.
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The Sumatran tiger is found in only one place on the Earth -- on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Fewer than 500 o...
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Growing up, Joel Cracraft loved reading travel and adventure books. In high school, he became interested in ornitholo...
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Even though this whale of a whale weighs many tons, the humpback whale can make acrobatic leaps out of the water!
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Compared to the continent of Africa, Madagascar may seem small. But this island, the fourth largest in the world, is...
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Ornithologists, or scientists who study birds, want to prevent the forests of the Pacific Northwest from being choppe...
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The St. Vincent parrot makes its home on the tropical island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. These parrots are cover...
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The American crocodile has lived on Earth for millions of years, but today their numbers are rapidly declining becaus...
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The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Some people believe that elephants feel joy and s...
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The Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," is one of the most beautiful mammals in the world.
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In these videos, a biologist introduces us to the microbes that live all around us.
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Why does this scientist love studying tiny living things called microbes?
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Microbiologist Susan Perkins answers kids’ questions about microbes.
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Explore this family tree of living things on Earth.
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California condors are the largest birds in North America. Like all vultures, condors are carrion-eaters. This means...
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The electric eel is long and narrow like an eel, but it is actually not an eel at all. In fact, electric eels are pro...
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Tipping the scales at more than 7 pounds, the Goliath is the largest frog in the world. Just two of these frogs weigh...
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The hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in North America.
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The king cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. Whether slithering on land, climbing trees, or swimming, i...
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The Komodo dragon lumbers through the forest on its thick, stocky legs. It sways its head back and forth, flicking it...
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The leatherback is the world's largest turtle. Unlike the bony exterior of other sea turtles, the exterior of the lea...
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The mountain gorilla lives high up in the forests of east central Africa.
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It's easy to see how the starfish got its name -- with their pointed arms, these creatures look like stars fallen to...
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The whooping crane is known as the tallest bird in North America. This long legged creature has been struggling to su...
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It only seems like the world's entire ant population attends your picnics.
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Cassava is one tough plant because it can grow in poor and unfertile soil in most tropical environments. Cassava is a...
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Have you ever seen pond scum -- that thick, smelly layer of slime floating on the surface of the water? That's probab...
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Dinoflagellates are tiny, one-celled organisms that live in oceans and freshwater ponds, rivers, and streams. Some di...
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Based on fossils of ancient dragonflies, we know these winged insects have been soaring around for at least 300 milli...
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Think of giant kelp as the Godzilla of the seaweeds.
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Giant puffballs aren't your typical mushrooms.
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Most people know red and black spotted ladybird beetles as friendly insects that are fun to pick up and watch fly awa...
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If you looked at the contents of a vacuum cleaner bag with a microscope, you'd probably find millions of tiny creatur...
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Vietnam is a country of amazing biodiversity, including many rare and unusual species. One fascinating example is the...
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Most mammals that live on land use their legs to get around. But the white-handed gibbon relies mostly on its arms. U...
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There are more than 250 kinds of vipers, a family of poisonous snakes. The largest of all is the gabon viper.
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New Caledonia, a tiny island east of Australia, is the only place where an unusual bird called the kagu is found. Abo...
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This beautiful tortoise lives in the deserts of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. This reptile gets its...
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You might think that all mosquitoes are alike, but did you know that there are actually about 2,500 different kinds?...
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The Portuguese man-of-war is actually a floating colony of individuals called polyps that are all dependent on each o...
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Although the rosy periwinkle stands only one foot tall, in the world of medicine it's a giant.
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A rotting log is a mighty tasty meal -- if you're a termite. Termites not only eat wood, some kinds live in it, too....
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Not all spiders spin webs to catch their meals. When night falls in Australia, the white-tailed spider hunts its prey...
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What do we have in common with sharks, bluebirds, lizards, and toads? We are all vertebrates, or animals with backbon...
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Some exotic creatures lurk in the polar seas, but perhaps none is more bizarre than the giant sea spider.
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For centuries, orange roughy went mostly unnoticed by humans. These fish thrived in the dark, the cold, and the inten...
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This large dark bird is unmistakable soaring in the air along the coast.
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The snowy egret is a beautiful sight. An adult egret is distinguished by its dark slender beak, long black legs, and...
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Many people have seen the beautiful spiral triton trumpet shell. Unfortunately, most people can see these brown and w...
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With their white bellies and dark backs, dolphins can be found jumping above the water, swimming alongside fishing sh...
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To try to piece together how organisms are related, scientists use cladistics.
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Are these rare and colorful creatures flowering plants or animals?
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Paleontologist Mark Norell answers kids’ questions.
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Dive into the oceans with an ichthyologist.
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What is it like to hunt for dinosaur fossils? And what discoveries are made back in the lab?
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