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 ...

This may look like an abstract work of art, with bold splashes of purple paint. In fact, the purple areas in this image are cells that make the neurotransmitter somatostatin, which is produced all ...

This veiled chameleon is getting ready to score its next meal. These lizards have a ballistic tongue that can shoot out the length of their entire body or more. Get a closer view of the image Get a ...

This looks as if this could be a photo of the interior of your great-aunt’s knitting basket – but it’s actually a cross section through the arm of an octopus. The intricate neural and muscular ...

It may look here as if aliens are landing. But this fleet isn’t extraterrestrial. These are desmids – microscopic, single-celled green algae that live in aquatic environments like swamps. Desmids are ...

This video shows a different sort of networking than the kind you’d see at a political party’s national convention. Here, you’re looking at a visual map of the neurons within a fruit fly’s ventral ...