Try not to fall into the gaping maw of this aquatic plant known as a bladderwort. If a small organism touches the trigger hairs on the “trapdoor” shown in this image, a quick flow of water sucks the ...

These purple blobs are bird flu virus particles that can spell disaster for multiple bird species, including domesticated birds, such as chickens. The gray netting we see here is a new technology that ...

These barnacle legs look like a brush that might be used by a chimney sweep. Often attached to ships, barnacles use their hairy legs to comb through the water to collect organisms, mostly microscopic ...

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 is the tail of a veiled chameleon; it’s a prehensile tail, meaning it’s able to grasp and hold onto objects. In the wild, these lizards live most of their lives in the trees and use their tails ...

These two water fleas seem to be intertwined in an underwater ballet. However, they should be cautious while dancing, since this species is known for eating their dance partners. These two water fleas ...

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 ...

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 ...

The little green dots in this image are particles of a coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. These viral particles (also known as virions) are on the surface of ...

This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old mouse. This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old ...

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 ...