This woodlouse, also known as a pill bug or roly-poly, is demonstrating how the species can roll its armored body into a nearly impenetrable sphere when it’s threatened. This woodlouse, also known as ...

Ever seen legs like these? You’re looking at the legs of a brine shrimp, also known as a sea monkey. But these are not just ordinary legs. As brine shrimp rhythmically beat their legs, they are using ...

Would you believe this is part of a plant? This is the anther of a sand rock-cress flower. It is responsible for producing the pollen that will be released into the environment to fertilize the eggs ...

These spiked spheres enveloped by blue tendrils are pollen grains infected with parasitic fungi. Some evidence suggests that the fungus uses these pollen grains to travel to new locations and spread.

This single grain of pollen on the sigma of a morning glory flower is demonstrating the first step in the process of creating a seed. The spikes covering the pollen grain will help it attach to a ...

This furry ring is a compilation of 50 neurons in the fruit fly brain that help the fly navigate. Recent research shows that when the fly changes course, different sections of this ring activate, ...

The inner ear is composed of a series of different structures that turn sound waves from the environment into a neuronal signal that can be interpreted by the brain. Sound is essentially pressure ...

There is a complex world hidden within a flower bud. Here, you are looking at a chemically cleared bud of a sand rock-cress flower. There is a complex world hidden within a flower bud. Here, you are ...

Measure and monitor HHMI’s institutional greenhouse gas emissions at the two campuses we operate and look for strategies on greenhouse gas reduction at both campuses. Harness the tremendous community ...

There’s no need to call the fire department. This fiery column is merely the top of a flower’s pistil. The orange structures you see within the blue outline are called xylem. There’s no need to call ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

This dazzling green lizard is a Chinese water dragon, so named because the species lives around the rivers and streams that run through its jungle habitat. When threatened, they will often evade a ...