LibGuides: Biology: Botany & Mycology-Video

DVD

The Seedy Side of Plants by WNET Includes timelapse and high-speed filming to present an exposé of many different ways plants spread their seeds.
Call Number: DVD QK929.S44 2005
Publication Date: 2005
The Shaman's Apprentice by Miranda Smith Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture.
Call Number: DVD F2330.1.B7S53 2001B
Publication Date: 2001
What plants talk about by Merit Jensen-Carr Hard core science is effortlessly integrated with a light-hearted look at how plants behave. Scientist J.C. Cahill reveals an astonishing landscape where plants eavesdrop on each other, talk to their allies, call in insect mercenaries and nurture their young. It is a world of pulsing activity, where plants communicate, co-operate and, sometimes, wage all-out war.
Call Number: DVD QK45.2.N38 2013
Publication Date: 2013

Streaming Video

The Botany Series (4 parts) This series provides a comprehensive introduction to botany, or the biology of plants, using animations, demonstrations, time-lapse photography, and live-action video.
The Evolution of Plants
Grassland: How Nature Works
Hawaii's Fatal Attraction (Carnivorous plants) They lure insects into death traps, then gorge on their flesh. Carnivorous plants deceive, then kill. Bugs are drawn to what look like dewdrops on a sundew, then find themselves entangled in sticky tentacles. A tropical pitcher plant smells sweet to bugs, but its slippery surfaces tumble victims into its open maw. A Venus flytrap snaps shut if its tiny hairs are brushed twice. Like figures in a shadow theater, silhouettes of prey show through a Philippine pitcher plant. And that’s just what the plants are up to—travel beyond the white, sandy beaches and clear, blue seas for a look at Hawaii's rare and unique native plants and animals. A National Geographic Production. (58 minutes)
How to Grow a Planet: The Challenger (Grasses)
How to Grow a Planet: Life from Light
How to Grow a Planet: The Power of Flowers
Life Processes of Plants
Mold & Fungus
Plant Biology: Core Concepts Video Clip Library
Plants Are Cool, Too Botanists will nod knowingly at the title of this YouTube channel, but for other readers watching just a few videos is enough to be convinced. Dr. Chris Martine created and hosts the channel, bringing together his interests and expertise in biodiversity, botany, and ecology. He launched the series in 2012 and has released videos periodically since. Videos are short (less than 20 minutes), informative (thanks to a knowledgeable host and great guests), and captivating (with lots of stunning nature imagery). Viewers can transport to the Allegheny River, where they will learn about conservation efforts to save the blue false indigo; or, hop over to Kaua'i, Hawai'i, where they will explore the National Tropical Botanical Garden and hear from tropical biodiversity experts. Another video from the island takes viewers on a virtual excursion through the archipelago, meeting various conservation specialists along the way. Plants Are Cool, Too is supported by the Botanical Society of America.
Plants Behaving Badly: Murder & Mayhem Charles Darwin was fascinated by the extraordinary behavior of carnivorous plants, and we now know that he barely knew the half of it. Recently scientists have shown that many more plants are carnivorous than we ever thought. Welcome to the world of killer tomatoes and murderous potatoes. But even the more obvious carnivorous plants — sundews, flytraps and pitchers — are revealing new behavior. Carnivorous plants have featured in many sci-fi films over the years, but the reality turns out to be far stranger than the fiction.
Plants Behaving Badly: Sex & Lies Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species shook the scientific world and far beyond. Yet it was his next book, devoted entirely to orchids, which filled in gaps and firmed up his revolutionary ideas. Orchids have an ethereal beauty, whether growing hundreds of feet up in a misty rainforest or along the verges of busy suburban roads. But their exotic flowers are shaped for just one purpose: to draw in pollinators.
The Wollemi Pine: A Tree from the Age of Dinosaurs