Zoology: Understanding the Animal World

Zoology: Understanding the Animal World

Series from 2017

Series from 2017

Broadcast info
Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In Zoology: Understanding the Animal World, The Great Courses teams up with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute for 24 episodes that take you behind the scenes of the animal world.

Dr. Donald E. Moore III brings you up close and personal with a breathtaking variety of animal species, from butterflies to crocodiles to pandas.

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What Do Zoologists Do?

Animal Reproduction: Genes and Environment

Mammal Reproduction: Pandas and Cheetahs

How Animals Raise Their Young

Helpful Corals, Clams, and Crustaceans

Bees, Butterflies, and Saving Biodiversity

Deadly Invertebrates: Vectors and Parasites

Bony Fish, Skates, Sharks, and Rays

Amphibians, Metamorphosis, and Ecology

Reptiles: Adaptations for Living on Land

Beaks, Claws, and Eating like a Bird

Form and Function: Bird Nests and Eggs

Taking to the Sky: Bird Migration

What Makes a Mammal: Hair, Milk, and Teeth

Herbivore Mammals: Ruminants and Runners

Carnivore Mammals: Feline, Canine, and Ursine

Primate Mammals: Diverse Forest Dwellers

Size, Structure, and Metabolism

Protection, Support, and Homeostasis

Animal Energetics and the Giant Panda Problem

Ethology: Studying Animal Behavior

Think! How Intelligent Are Animals?

Combating Disease in the Animal Kingdom

Animal Futures: Frontiers in Zoology