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The Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) relies on light produced by its symbiotic bacteria for camouflage.

This stained glass "worm window" was created with images of C. elegans, with different dyes highlighting the muscles, embryo, or dissected organs.

Conservation scientists study bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), a threatened species, at the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana.

Initially a harmless weed-eater, the Colorado Potato Beetle only became an invasive pest when potato cultivation increased in the Midwest.

A previously unknown pill-millipede species from Madagascar (Sphaeromimus andrahomana) lives in dry forest caves.

Particles of Ebola virus (orange) bud off from the surface of a cell from a monkey epithelial cell line.

The jaw anatomy of Lake Malawi cichlids is governed by a core dental gene network common to the earliest jawless fishes and modern vertebrates.

A cluster of slime mold (Stemonitis sporangia) fruiting bodies on a rotting log.

An Indonesian Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), considered a critically endangered species, snapped this selfie while playing with a photographer's camera. British photographer David Slater has requested that this image be removed from the public domain—he said he owns the copyright and should earn fees. Wikimedia said that the image, taken by a nonhuman subject, is free to share.

When and how spiders spin silk is tightly controlled by a pH gradient across their ampullate glands.

Recombinant prion proteins form long strands in bacteria (E.coli).

A lacy pattern marks the outlines of cells that secreted the proteins for this fly (Drosophila virilis) eggshell.

Five young green herons (Butorides virescens) perch on a branch.

Hover flies (Orthonevra nitida) with distinctive eye markings like this are a common sight on every continent except Antarctica.

August 2014's selection of notable quotes