This is a lonely little pollen grain, sitting on the petal of a thale-cress plant. Although it is solitary now, it was released into the air along with thousands of other pollen grains. This is a ...

Take a look inside the bladder of an aquatic bladderwort plant. You can see the single-celled algae, called desmids, that it has consumed. They will be digested to provide the plant with needed ...

These spiked yellow pollen grains are still contained within the anther of this aster (a daisy-like flower) where they were produced. However, once they are released, they can travel great distances ...

This is neither an award nor a sculpture. It’s the fruiting body of a slime mold – a structure that helps the slime mold reproduce and spread. Fruiting bodies contain spores that are released into the ...

Neurons communicate using electricity and chemistry. Most neurons are composed of three main parts, each of which plays a special role in this communication. First is the cell body, which is the ...

How many mantises do you see in this image? The two mantises shown are among the largest and smallest of all mantises. While they seem to be getting along fine, most mantises like to keep to ...