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Celebrate Earth Day with a Special Virtual Screening
To help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, join us tomorrow evening for a virtual film festival! We'll screen four to five videos, and afterwards – you’ll have a chance to ask scientists and our producers questions about the amazing animals you just saw. Hope to see you there!DEEP ...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: California Floater Mussels Take Fish For an Epic Joyride
The California floater mussel does a surprising amount of travel - for a bivalve. First it gets ejected from its parent's shell into the wide watery wilderness. Then it leads a nomad's life clamped on the fins or gills of a fish. Once it's all grown up, the mussel goes to work filtering ...
Field Notes: California Floater Mussels
We have a new episode about California floater mussels opening up on your screens next week! Our series cinematographer and lead producer Josh Cassidy is seeing eye-to-eye with a three-spined stickleback fish. He and producer Mike Seely recreated one of their natural habitats – the bottom of fresh...
Decompress with Deep Look
Curled up on your couch watching a lot of videos? So are we! Josh Cassidy, our lead producer and cinematographer, has more suggestions for you: “Here's a playlist with some of my favorite uplifting Deep Look episodes for all you fans stuck at home right now. We've got more new episodes on ...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs … In Your House
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever and Zika, makes a meal of us around our homes. And her eggs are hardy. They can dry out, but remain alive for months, waiting for a little water so they can hatch into squiggly larvae.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode....
We Love Fan Mail ❤️
The Deep Look team loves getting fan mail – especially right now when we could all use some heartwarming news. While our show is for everyone, we've found that kids love our series, too. Five-year-old fan Ewan submitted this drawing after watching our episode about elk antlers, “While Reinde...
Field Notes: Mosquitoes
With over 15 million views, our episode, "How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood" is our most popular Deep Look video. And now our "parasite producer" Gabriela Quirós has a new episode premiering soon about this bloodthirsty insect.During the shoot, Gabriela held a glass ...
Got Questions About the Coronavirus?
Hey Deep Peeps!We’ve heard from many of you that you want a Deep Look video on the coronavirus and COVID-19. Well, good news - we're in the process of researching a special episode on this very topic.But first we want to know: What’s been missing from the current media coverage? What would y...
Watch These Episodes Recommended For (and by) Kids!
Some of you may be spending more time at home with your families these days due to COVID-19, and it’s certainly true for our Deep Look team, which has been working remotely these past few weeks.For those of you with kids, we're sure it's been a challenge keeping them engaged and entertaine...
Update: News on Our Oaxaca Trip + Upcoming Episodes
Hey Deep Peeps,We hope you’re staying healthy and safe during this challenging time of COVID-19. The Deep Look team is doing fine! 👍👍👍Quick update: as you may recall, our amazing community of supporters on Patreon helped fund a special Deep Look filming expedition to Oaxaca, Mexico this s...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: Walking Sticks Stop, Drop and Clone to Survive
Indian walking sticks are more than just twig impersonators. They even clone themselves into a surprising variety of colors to stay hidden in plain sight from predators.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, March 24 from...
Celebrate Women's History Month with Deep Look
Happy Women's History Month! Deep Look has a diverse team of men and women that help produce every episode – including coordinating producer Gabriela Quirós and host Laura Klivans – but we'd also like to take a moment to celebrate some of the women scientists that we've featured in ...
Field Notes: Walking Sticks
While we film cool critters from all over the world, our budget doesn't always allow us to travel abroad. But sometimes we can find them right in our own backyard!For our upcoming episode on Indian walking sticks, we just had to drive to the nearby campus of the University of California, Berkele...
Meet Our New Host: Laura Klivans!
You may actually remember our new host, Laura Klivans, as she's actually collaborated with Deep Look in the past! (You can watch these episodes in this special playlist.)We've bid a fond farewell to Lauren Sommer, our previous host and environment reporter at KQED, who is now covering climat...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: A Flea's Fantastic Jump Takes More than Muscle
Before they can bite your cat or dog, these little "itch hikers" make an amazing leap 100 times faster than the blink of an eye. So how do they do it?We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode –– with our new host, Laura Klivans! You can start sharing it with other science f...
Farewell, Lauren Sommer!
We'll miss our beloved host, Lauren Sommer, who made her debut with Deep Look back in 2017 with our episode about octopus suckers. We asked her to reflect on her time with us and share some of her memories working with our team. We wish you all the best, Lauren!(And find out who our new host is ...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas
Kangaroo rats use their exceptional hearing and powerful hind legs to jump clear of rattlesnakes –– or even deliver a stunning kick in the face.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, February 25 from YouTube. Thanks!
Field Notes: Kangaroo Rats
We've got an exciting new episode about Merriam's kangaroo rats hopping your way next week! We often have to resort to some creative techniques to film our videos – since we have tight budgets and short windows of opportunity to roll the camera.Instead of using a "green screen" spe...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach
Not all roaches are filthy. The Madagascar hissing cockroach actually makes a pretty sweet pet, thanks to the hungry mites that serve as its cleaning crew.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, February 11 from YouTube. T...
Field Notes: Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
While we don't have the resources to travel all the way to the island of Madagascar to film giant hissing cockroaches, we were fortunate that a healthy colony is located only a few hours' away from San Francisco.For this upcoming episode, we visited the Sierra Research Laboratories, where a ...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-fed Baby
Mammalian moms, you're not alone! A female tsetse fly pushes out a single squiggly larva almost as big as herself, which she nourished with her own milk.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans on Tuesday, January 28th from YouTube...
Field Notes: Tsetse Flies
Producer Gabriela Quirós waited for a tsetse fly to bite her so we could film the action for a Deep Look episode on these insects. Tsetse flies transmit sleeping sickness to humans and nagana to cattle in many African countries. This particular fly is one of the research subjects of medical entomol...
Next Episode Sneak Peek: Crickets Chirp To Flirt
Male crickets have a different song for every occasion: to advertise their fitness, woo a mate or keep their rivals away. So how do they make all those different chirps? One word: stridulation.We hope you enjoy this first look at our newest episode. You can start sharing it with other science fans o...
Field Notes: Crickets
Male field crickets have a different song for every occasion: to advertise their fitness, woo a mate or keep their rivals away. So how do they make all these different chirps?For his upcoming Deep Look episode, Josh Cassidy, our lead producer and cinematographer, spent an afternoon filming variable ...
Happy Holidays!
Hey Deep Peeps,We’ll be celebrating the holidays for the rest of the month, but we’ll be back in January with new episodes, behind-the-scenes stories and more. See you in 2020!–The Deep Look Team
Q & A: Mike Seely, Deep Look Producer
Our new producer, Mike Seely, has answered some of your questions about his career and Deep Look. We hope you enjoy learning more about Mike!What's your favorite Deep Look video so far, and what do you think makes this channel so special/uniquely good?It's tough to pick, but oneof my favorit...
Got Questions for Mike Seely, Our New Deep Look Producer?
We’d like to announce that we have a new producer, Mike Seely, that’s just joined our team! He’s worked independently for more than 12 years as a director, producer and cinematographer on documentary films that have explored art, science and society.After majoring in biology, Mike worked as a ...
It's Science Friday ... On a Saturday Night!
Deep Look's lead producer and cinematographer, Josh Cassidy, and host and writer Lauren Sommer joined Science Friday's Ira Flatow for a special event this past weekend. They presented one of our most popular videos, "These Face Mites Really Grow On You", which was produced with the h...
Happy #ThankYouPatrons Day!
We just want to thank all of you again for being a part of our Patreon community! With your support, we'll be heading to Mexico next year–and we really, truly appreciate it. Please let us know how we're doing; we're always open to hearing your comments and ideas!–The Deep Look Team
Next Episode Sneak Peek: The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home
To protect herself and her eggs, female webspinners shoot super-fine silk from their front feet. They weave the strands to build a shelter that serves as a tent, umbrella and invisibility cloak. But shooting silk from her feet requires her to moonwalk to get around.We hope you enjoy this first look ...
