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Deep Look
DEEP LOOK is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios. We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close ... really, really close.
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Seasons (14)
Season 2014
- 1Pygmy Seahorses: Masters of Camouflage20 Oct 2014
- 2The Amazing Life of Sand4 Nov 2014
- 3What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps18 Nov 2014
- 4The Hidden Perils of Permafrost2 Dec 2014
- 5What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue?16 Dec 2014
Season 2015
- 1The Fantastic Fur of Sea Otters6 Jan 2015
- 2How Electric Light Changed the Night20 Jan 2015
- 3In the Race for Life, Which Human Embryos Make It?3 Feb 2015
- 4Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime17 Feb 2015
- 5From Drifter to Dynamo: The Story of Plankton3 Mar 2015
- 6Newt Sex: Buff Males! Writhing Females! Cannibalism!17 Mar 2015
- 7What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel?31 Mar 2015
- 8Where Are the Ants Carrying All Those Leaves?11 Jun 2015
- 9These 'Resurrection Plants' Spring Back to Life in Seconds25 Jun 2015
- 10What Happens When You Zap Coral With The World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser?7 Jul 2015
- 11Can A Thousand Tiny Swarming Robots Outsmart Nature?21 Jul 2015
- 12How Do Sharks and Rays Use Electricity to Find Hidden Prey?11 Aug 2015
- 13Nature's Mood Rings: How Chameleons Really Change Color25 Aug 2015
- 14You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin.8 Sep 2015
- 15Why Jellyfish Float Like a Butterfly—And Sting Like a Bee29 Sep 2015
- 16Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Strip Bodies to the Bone13 Oct 2015
- 17What Makes Owls So Quiet and So Deadly?27 Oct 2015
- 18Nature's Scuba Divers: How Beetles Breathe Underwater10 Nov 2015
- 19The Sex Lives of Christmas Trees24 Nov 2015
Season 2016
- 1These Crazy Cute Baby Turtles Want Their Lake Back26 Jan 2016
- 2The Ladybug Love-In: A Valentine's Special9 Feb 2016
- 3This Mushroom Starts Killing You Before You Even Realize It23 Feb 2016
- 4Stinging Scorpion vs. Pain-Defying Mouse8 Mar 2016
- 5The Bombardier Beetle And Its Crazy Chemical Cannon22 Mar 2016
- 6Meet the Dust Mites, Tiny Roommates That Feast On Your Skin5 Apr 2016
- 7This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace (ft. It's Okay to Be Smart)19 Apr 2016
- 8Winter is Coming For These Argentine Ant Invaders3 May 2016
- 9These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years17 May 2016
- 10How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood7 Jun 2016
- 11These Carnivorous Worms Catch Bugs by Mimicking the Night Sky28 Jun 2016
- 12This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower's Hidden Treasure19 Jul 2016
- 13Sticky. Stretchy. Waterproof. The Amazing Underwater Tape of the Caddisfly9 Aug 2016
- 14Sea Urchins Pull Themselves Inside Out to be Reborn23 Aug 2016
- 15Can the Frog Apocalypse be Stopped by a New "Vaccine" ?6 Sep 2016
- 16Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts!20 Sep 2016
- 17For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served4 Oct 2016
- 18These Termites Turn Your House into a Palace of Poop18 Oct 2016
- 19The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing1 Nov 2016
- 20The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp15 Nov 2016
- 21Why Reindeer and Their Cousins are Total Boneheads6 Dec 2016
Season 2017
- 1Roly Polies Came From the Sea to Conquer the Earth17 Jan 2017
- 2Archerfish Says..."I Spit in Your Face!"31 Jan 2017
- 3If Your Hands Could Smell, You'd Be an Octopus14 Feb 2017
- 4Why Does Your Cat's Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper?28 Feb 2017
- 5Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Snail Sex14 Mar 2017
- 6These Fighting Fruit Flies Are Superheroes of Brain Science28 Mar 2017
- 7Identical Snowflakes? Scientist Ruins Winter For Everyone.11 Apr 2017
- 8How Do Pelicans Survive Their Death-Defying Dives?25 Apr 2017
- 9Decorator Crabs Make High Fashion at Low Tide9 May 2017
- 10These Fish Are All About Sex on the Beach6 Jun 2017
- 11A Real Alien Invasion Is Coming to a Palm Tree Near You20 Jun 2017
- 12Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry?11 Jul 2017
- 13This Is Why Water Striders Make Terrible Lifeguards1 Aug 2017
- 14Daddy Longlegs Risk Life ... and Especially Limb ... to Survive22 Aug 2017
- 15A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares12 Sep 2017
- 16There's Something Very Fishy About These Trees ...26 Sep 2017
- 17These Whispering, Walking Bats Are Onto Something10 Oct 2017
- 18It's a Goopy Mess When Pines and Beetles Duke it Out24 Oct 2017
- 19Praying Mantis Love is Waaay Weirder Than You Think14 Nov 2017
Season 2018
- 1Why the Male Black Widow is a Real Home Wrecker9 Jan 2018
- 2This Giant Plant Looks Like Raw Meat and Smells Like Dead Rat23 Jan 2018
- 3For Pacific Mole Crabs It's Dig or Die13 Feb 2018
- 4So ... Sometimes Fireflies Eat Other Fireflies27 Feb 2018
- 5How Ticks Dig In With a Mouth Full of Hooks20 Mar 2018
- 6Take Two Leeches and Call Me in the Morning3 Apr 2018
- 7Upside-Down Catfish Doesn't Care What You Think17 Apr 2018
- 8Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble?1 May 2018
- 9You've Heard of a Murder of Crows. How About a Crow Funeral?15 May 2018
- 10Watch These Cunning Snails Stab and Swallow Fish Whole29 May 2018
- 11You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats12 Jun 2018
- 12What Do Earwigs Do With Those Pincers Anyway?26 Jun 2018
- 13How Elephants Listen...With Their Feet17 Jul 2018
- 14Watch This Bee Build Her Bee-jeweled Nest7 Aug 2018
- 15This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief28 Aug 2018
- 16How Kittens Go From Clueless to Cute11 Sep 2018
- 17The House Centipede is Fast, Furious, and Just So Extra25 Sep 2018
- 18A Sand Dollar's Breakfast is Totally Metal9 Oct 2018
- 19Want a Whole New Body? Ask This Flatworm How23 Oct 2018
- 20Whack! Jab! Crack! It's a Blackback Land Crab Smackdown6 Nov 2018
Season 2019
- 1Turret Spiders Launch Sneak Attacks From Tiny Towers15 Jan 2019
- 2Jerusalem Crickets Only Date Drummers29 Jan 2019
- 3These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind12 Feb 2019
- 4How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much26 Feb 2019
- 5Samurai Wasps Say 'Smell Ya Later, Stink Bugs'12 Mar 2019
- 6How Lice Turn Your Hair Into Their Jungle Gym26 Mar 2019
- 7Porcupines Give You 30,000 Reasons to Back Off9 Apr 2019
- 8This Millipede and Beetle Have a Toxic Relationship23 Apr 2019
- 9Honey Bees Make Honey ... and Bread?7 May 2019
- 10These Face Mites Really Grow on You21 May 2019
- 11Meeting a Wormlion Is the Pits11 Jun 2019
- 12Watch Bed Bugs Get Stopped in Their Tracks9 Jul 2019
- 13Look Inside a Rattlesnake's Rattle30 Jul 2019
- 14Peregrine Falcons are Feathered Fighter Jets, Basically20 Aug 2019
- 15This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream10 Sep 2019
- 16Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them24 Sep 2019
- 17These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your Heart8 Oct 2019
- 18This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies22 Oct 2019
- 19Tarantulas Take Hooking Up To The Next Level5 Nov 2019
- 20The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home19 Nov 2019
Season 2020
- 1Why Crickets Just Won't Shut Up14 Jan 2020
- 2A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-Fed Baby28 Jan 2020
- 3You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach11 Feb 2020
- 4Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas25 Feb 2020
- 5A Flea's Fantastic Jump Takes More Than Muscle10 Mar 2020
- 6Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive24 Mar 2020
- 7This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs – in Your House7 Apr 2020
- 8California Floater Mussels Take Fish For an Epic Joyride21 Apr 2020
- 9How The Coronavirus Attacks Your Lungs5 May 2020
- 10Sharpshooter Insects' Sexy Vibrations Spell Trouble in the Vineyard19 May 2020
- 11Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear2 Jun 2020
- 12These Sneaky Ensatina Salamanders Are Heading For a Family Split30 Jun 2020
- 13Cape Sundews Trap Bugs In A Sticky Situation28 Jul 2020
- 14What Actually Makes Water Roll Off a Duck's Back?18 Aug 2020
- 15This is NOT a Dandelion.8 Sep 2020
- 16Is a Spider's Web a Part of Its Mind?22 Sep 2020
- 17Watch These Peregrine Falcons Become Fierce Parents6 Oct 2020
- 18Ever Seen a Starfish Gallop?20 Oct 2020
- 19See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore10 Nov 2020
- 20Here's How That Annoying Fly Dodges Your Swatter24 Nov 2020
Season 2021
- 1These Silk-Swinging Caterpillars Will Ruin Your Picnic12 Jan 2021
- 2These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries26 Jan 2021
- 3These Acrobatic Beach Hoppers Shred All Night Long9 Feb 2021
- 4Firebrats and Silverfish Are Rocking Some Old-School Looks23 Feb 2021
- 5Born Pregnant: Aphids Invade with an Onslaught of Clones9 Mar 2021
- 6Why Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump?23 Mar 2021
- 7Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad6 Apr 2021
- 8The Undying Hydra: A Freshwater Mini-Monster That Defies Aging20 Apr 2021
- 9Scorpions Are Predators With a Sensitive Side4 May 2021
- 10The Pipevine Caterpillar Thrives in a Toxic Love Triangle18 May 2021
- 11These Feisty Hermit Crabs Brawl Over Snail Shells15 Jun 2021
- 12The Axolotl Salamander Doesn't Wanna Grow Up13 Jul 2021
- 13This Bee Builds Sandcastles at the Beach10 Aug 2021
- 14Once a Spawn a Time: Horseshoe Crabs Mob the Beach31 Aug 2021
- 15These Rare Damselflies Find Love With a Twist in Fog City14 Sep 2021
- 16You Can't Unsee the Assassin Bug's Dirty Work28 Sep 2021
- 17Tadpole Shrimp Are Coming For Your Rice12 Oct 2021
- 18Skeleton Shrimp Use 18 Appendages to Feed, Fight and ... Frolic26 Oct 2021
- 19How a Kissing Bug Becomes a Balloon Full of Your Blood9 Nov 2021
- 20These Swarming Locusts Are Grasshoppers Gone Wrong23 Nov 2021
Season 2022
- 1Australian Walking Stick Insects Are Three Times Weirder Than You Think11 Jan 2022
- 2Flying Termites Take a Dangerous Journey to a New Life1 Feb 2022
- 3This Mushroom Tricks Flies By Faking Its Own Death22 Feb 2022
- 4The Vinegaroon Sprays Acid to Foil Its Foes15 Mar 2022
- 5Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters into Jugs of Nectar5 Apr 2022
- 6Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths To Hook Up26 Apr 2022
- 7Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own Doom17 May 2022
- 8This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries7 Jun 2022
- 9Don't Go Chasing Water Bugs28 Jun 2022
- 10Teddy Bear Bees Stab Flowers To Steal Their Nectar19 Jul 2022
- 11Barn Owl Table Manners are Just ... Different9 Aug 2022
- 12Backswimmer Insects Drag Prey Into the Upside Down30 Aug 2022
- 13Fire Ants Turn Their Babies into a Stinging Life Raft27 Sep 2022
- 14This Parasite is Cramping The Monarch Butterfly's Style11 Oct 2022
- 15Yellowjackets Roll Tiny Meatballs For The Babies1 Nov 2022
- 16How Hoverflies Spawn Maggots that Sweeten Your Orange22 Nov 2022
- 17Citrus Psyllids Bribe Ants With Strings Of Candy Poop13 Dec 2022
Season 2023
- 1Have You Met a Hagfish? It's About Slime24 Jan 2023
- 2Earthworm Love is Cuddly ... and Complicated14 Feb 2023
- 3How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard?7 Mar 2023
- 4What Makes This Frog's Tongue So Fast AND Sticky?28 Mar 2023
- 5This Mushroom Can Fly18 Apr 2023
- 6Why Do Snakes Have Forked Tongues?9 May 2023
- 7Gecko Grip: It's Atomic (Really)30 May 2023
- 8Springtails Do Their Own Stunts20 Jun 2023
- 9This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of Slime11 Jul 2023
- 10This Fly Torpedoes a Bindweed Bee's Nest1 Aug 2023
- 11This Daring Fly Swims in a Shimmering Bubble Shield24 Aug 2023
- 12Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins?14 Sep 2023
- 13Watch Ladybugs Go From Goth to Glam5 Oct 2023
- 14Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nightmare24 Oct 2023
- 15This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool14 Nov 2023
- 16Dog Ticks Are Changing Their Diet. You're on the Menu28 Nov 2023
- 17Mom, Where Do Baby Jellyfish Come From?19 Dec 2023
Season 2024
- 1A Drain Fly's Happy Place Is Down Your Pipes16 Jan 2024
- 2Watch Spawning Corals Synchronize With the Night Sky6 Feb 2024
- 3Sharpshooter Insects are Real Wizzes at Whizzing27 Feb 2024
- 4These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer26 Mar 2024
- 5Watch Ferns Get Freaky16 Apr 2024
- 6Meet the Bug You Didn't Know You Were Eating7 May 2024
- 7Stingless Bees Guard Tasty Honey With Barricades, Bouncers and Bites28 May 2024
- 8Fly Metamorphosis is a Beautiful Nightmare18 Jun 2024
- 9These Baby Starfish Are Carnivorous Little Snowflakes9 Jul 2024
- 10Tar Pits Are a Death Trap. Except for This Fly.30 Jul 2024
- 11How Salamanders Skydive From the Tallest Trees in the World27 Aug 2024
- 12This Mite-y Beetle Buries the Dead to Start a Family24 Sep 2024
- 135 of the Worst Tiny Bloodsuckers That Have Ever Bitten Us8 Oct 2024
- 14Why Do Sunflowers Face the Sunrise?22 Oct 2024
- 15These 5 Bees Are Waaay More Than Honey and Stingers12 Nov 2024
- 16Lacewing LOVE is Noisier Than You Think19 Nov 2024
- 17Beware of Flesh-Eating Sand Piranhas at the Beach10 Dec 2024
Season 2025
- 1Want a Cozy, Free Home? Ask This Caterpillar How7 Jan 2025
- 24 of the Deadliest Tiny Hunters We've Ever Filmed28 Jan 2025
- 34 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share14 Feb 2025
- 4This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It's Hungry11 Mar 2025
- 55 Tiny Pests That Could Be In Your Home Right Now1 Apr 2025
- 6This Jumping Spider Trains Itself to Kill22 Apr 2025
- 7Spider Love Is a Battlefield13 May 2025
- 8Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Your Ear3 Jun 2025
- 9Clothes Moths Got Your Sweater? There's a Wasp for That24 Jun 2025
- 10The 4 Most Ruthless Ants We've Ever Filmed15 Jul 2025
- 11Beach Day? These 5 Surprising Creatures Are Hanging Out Too5 Aug 2025
- 12These Lovebugs Have Attachment Issues26 Aug 2025
- 13Tiger Beetles Bite First, Ask Questions Never16 Sep 2025
- 14Pick Your Player: Dragonfly vs Damselfly7 Oct 2025
- 15These 5 Creatures Make a Living Off of Death: A Halloween Compilation28 Oct 2025
- 16Save The Grapes! Enter The Mealybug Destroyer!18 Nov 2025
- 17This Stick Insect Has a Peppermint-Scented Secret Weapon9 Dec 2025
Season 2026
- 1There's No Place Like Home: 4 of Nature's Savviest Homeowners6 Jan 2026
- 2Can You Spot These Insane Camouflaged Animals?27 Jan 2026
- 3I Simulated Insect Vision and It Got WEIRD17 Feb 2026
- 4Why Mammals Gave Up On Laying Eggs10 Mar 2026
- 5We Made The Stuff That Makes Fireflies Glow In A Lab31 Mar 2026
- 6Spotted Lanternflies are The Ultimate Party Crashers21 Apr 2026
- 7Release The Brood! Roly Poly Birthing Is Intense12 May 2026
- 8Banana Slugs are Slimy S*xperts2 Jun 2026
- 9These Mudskipper Fins Were Made For Walking30 Jun 2026
- 10Copycats! This Ant Is Surrounded By Imposters28 Jul 2026
- 11Don't Touch These Animals. Seriously.25 Aug 2026
- 12This Fly's Face Does WHAT?29 Sep 2026