The PBS Nature site recently posted videos titled: What Males Will Do. This selection of video clips highlights the extreme lengths that males of the animal kingdom will go to in order to pass on their genes to the next generation. See the embedded clip on spiders below.

You may also enjoy the clips titled: What Females Want as a companion piece.

Applications for Teachers of Science: Teachers of life science concepts will find engaging video clips to extend the lessons in their biology instructional materials. These clips could be embedded in a class blog and used for homework or be shown in class and discussed.