FANTASTIC FEEDERS: Bdelloid rotifers are microscopic freshwater animals with diverse jaw forms, seen here in a scanning electron micrograph.
Posted: November 10, 2014PLOS BIOLOGY, DIEGO FONTANETO
BOTANICAL TRANSPORT: A cross section of a vascular bundle in the leaf of a dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Posted: November 7, 2014WIKIMEDIA, ROLF-DIETER MUELLER
PINK AND SLIMY: The giant pink slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei), recently determined to be a distinct species, can grow up to 8 inches long and lives only on Mount Kaputar in eastern Australia.
Posted: November 24, 2014PHOTO BY MICHAEL MURPHY
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