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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how a fungus reproduces, let alone about what the process might look like. But here you can see a network of soil fungus, with a reproductive spore ...

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 ...

Can you imagine living your life with a nose like the one on this rosette-nosed chameleon? While scientists aren’t sure why it evolved this unusual structure, many distinctive ornaments like this are ...

This creature – a Jackson’s chameleon – isn’t a dinosaur, but it bears a striking resemblance to the three-horned triceratops, which lived 66 million years ago. This creature – a Jackson’s chameleon – ...

This monitor lizard has got the blues, and, sadly, it’s not just because of the color of its scales. This species was perfectly happy lounging and hunting in the treetops of its Indonesian island ...

Blebbing occurs when a call’s plasma membrane separates from its cytoskeleton and forms a membrane bulge filled with cytoplasm. This bulge will eventually separate from the cell, taking part of the ...