Journey to the Microcosmos
S6 · E5 — We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm!
S6:E5 · We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm!
55 episodes in this season
Giant Microscopic Cannibals
11 min
How Many Cells Are in a Microscopic Animal?
10 min
The Remarkable Mystery of Land Plants
12 min
There's More Than Coral at the Coral Farm
We Finally Found the Elusive Bristle Worm!
9 min
Putting Coral Under the Microscope
How Brownian Motion Helped Prove the Existence of Atoms
How to Not Kill an Extremely Rare Microbe
Mouthless Parasites That Make Their Home In Worm Guts
Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive?
17 min
Bryozoa: Moss Animals That Are Defined by Their Butts
Getting to the Root of Nitrogen Fixation
A Two-Headed Ciliate and Other Adorable, Dead, and Extinct Things
The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction
These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them
Our Tardigrades Got Stuck in a German Post Office
7 min
These Walking Ciliates Are Frustrating
Water Mites: Sticky Dancers with Crystal Poop
We Accidentally Grew Crystals
Ghost Fleas: Tiny See Through Cyclopses
Bacteria That Only Want To Head North
The Shared Doom of Microscopic Hitchhikers
Kentrophoros: The Mouthless Ciliate With a Back Full of Snacks
These Rotifers Glue Themselves Together
Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large?
Sand Is Full of Life and Death
The 18th Century Tardigrade Debate
Is the Mitochondria Always the Powerhouse of the Cell?
This Extremely Rare Ciliate Has Only Been Seen Four Times
How We Got The DNA From This Extremely Rare Ciliate
A Microscopic Tour Through A Norwegian Fjord
The Illuminating Reason Perenema Curl Up Into a Ball
The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies
8 min
The Indecisive Evolution of Gastrotrichs
How Electricity Brings Order To Chaos
The Microcosmos Is Made of Star Stuff
Your Mouth Is A Cave For Microbes
Microscopic Space Travelers
These Microbes Wear Chain Mail Made From DNA
How Does Yeast Make Bread?
How Do Microbes Make Decisions?
How Your Blood Keeps You Alive
Can Bacteria Eat Plastic?
Lichen: The Mysterious Love Child of Fungi and Algae
The Microcosmos Is A Very Stressful Place
These Mites Are Probably On Your Face Right Now
The Incredible World of Bacterial Communities
The Tube-dwelling Architects Of The Microcosmos
How To Kick Off Your Microscopic Journey
Unboxing Our Microcosmos Microscope!
The Complicated Sex Lives of Hydra
When Is A Fungus Not A Fungus?
The Cryptic Origins of Yogurt
Why Beggiatoa Are Stuffed Full Of Sulfur
We Don't Know Why Moth Wings Glow
