Animals

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of animals.

Video playlists about Animals

My favorite animal

8 talks • 2h 5m
Some TED speakers are obsessed with one particular animal -- and their joy and passion might just get you obsessed too. You'll meet apes that write! Shrimp that kick! Octopi that disappear!

Ocean wonders

13 talks • 3h 8m
Dive into the unexplored universe beneath the waves: the beautiful, fragile (and sometimes terrifying) world of the ocean.

Insects are awesome!

11 talks • 2h 33m
Bugs are one of nature's wonders. These insect-obsessed speakers talks about how ants form societies, how bees pollinate flowers, and how termites can be quite ... tasty.

GROSS!

9 talks • 1h 58m
Poop, parasites, dead duck sex, eating bugs, and many more impolite -- but fascinating -- topics. These talks are for the non-squeamish.
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Talks about Animals

13:21

Oded Shoseyov

How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers

Posted Sep 2016
15:52

Emma Marris

Nature is everywhere — we just need to learn to see it

Posted Jul 2016
4:49 Under 6 minutes

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

Posted Jun 2016
15:49

Kenneth Lacovara

Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe

Posted Apr 2016
12:27

Latif Nasser

You have no idea where camels really come from

Posted Mar 2016
11:21

Laura Robinson

The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor

Posted Mar 2016
10:10

Thomas Peschak

Dive into an ocean photographer's world

Posted Feb 2016
14:10

Auke Ijspeert

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

Posted Jan 2016
14:24

Paul Greenberg

The four fish we're overeating — and what to eat instead

Posted Dec 2015
13:46

Kristen Marhaver

How we're growing baby corals to rebuild reefs

Posted Dec 2015
19:26

Carl Safina

What are animals thinking and feeling?

Posted Nov 2015
11:32

Patrícia Medici

The coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it

Posted Nov 2015
19:15

Mac Stone

Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades

Posted Sep 2015
11:58

Marlene Zuk

What we learn from insects' sex lives

Posted Jul 2015
21:50

Donald Hoffman

Do we see reality as it is?

Posted Jun 2015
14:17

Steven Wise

Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights

Posted May 2015
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Exclusive articles about Animals

The sexual deception of plants

Why would a plant want an animal to have sex with it? Because, it turns out, plants can be horrifically manipulative and deceitful! Wild sex expert Carin Bondar explains. Sexual...

5 ways to be a better human at the zoo

Your job: Be interesting. Researcher and author Laurel Braitman explains. Let me be clear: I don’t like zoos. Looking at captive animals depresses me. They often seem a little g...
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