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The first description of Brookesia micra, endemic to Madagascar, was published in 2012.
Sundew plants trap bugs with their tentacle-like leaves, which curl up to hold prey while dissolving it with sticky droplets of digestive fluid.
A molecular model of the inside of an Escherichia coli cell, which is tightly packed with proteins and other macromolecules.
A fossilized diatom, a microscopic aquatic alga that builds its intricate shell, or frustule, out of silica
The cochlea funnels sound along the organ of corti (red), a strip of sensitive, hair-like cells which vibrate and send information to the brain, allowing people to hear.
Brookesia superciliaris, a chameleon endemic to Madagascar, camouflages itself as a dead leaf.
CT scans of a seahorse show its bony plates, which slide past each other as the animal bends, allowing it to be hard and yet flexible.
The marine worm Chaetopterus variopedatus lives in a tube buried in the sand in shallow water and stores its gametes in leg-like appendages, called parapodia.
A biofilm of Bacillus subtilis, with lineages of bacteria stained using different fluorescent proteins to track their growth.
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