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 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 is a crested gecko, named for the spiny ridge that runs along its back and head, all the way to its eyes. These lizards are expert climbers and can use their padded feet to grip almost any ...

What am I looking at? The blue structure is the stigma (1), the very tip of the pistil of this thale-cress flower. The orange dots are pollen grains (2) that are stuck to the stigma. The pollen grains ...

This psychedelic vision is not what a white nettle flower looks like in nature. Under natural light, it appears white – but when viewed under ultraviolet light and captured with a specialized camera ...

This hickory horned devil caterpillar is doing some acrobatics while eating the leaf of a tree. These caterpillars get their name from the bright red and black face and horns adorning the thoracic ...

This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are small flying insects that start off their lives as larvae that live in fresh water. This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are ...

This section of a geometer moth antenna is obviously not a true nose, as we think of that organ, but these moths do use their antennae to detect odorants and other chemicals in the air. Their antennae ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Baker, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, was among three scientists honored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on computational protein design. He shares the 2024 ...