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A Zebra striped gorgonian wrapper anemone (Nemanthus annamensis) extends its tentacles upward.

The silhouette of a smart phone as revealed in bacteria cultured from its surface

Green sensilla—taste buds—line the inner curve of a moth’s coiled proboscis.

A mouse embryonic stem cell grows on a bed of silicone nanotubes.

The ventral surface of the marine copepod Temora longicornis, a planktonic crustacean

Sawfly larvae (Craesus septentrionalis), with heads down and tails high, feast on a leaf.

Storm winds sweep away loose snow, leaving elevated mushroom-like shapes made of compacted snow below footprints near an Antarctic research station.

A section of squid skin showing chromatophores (starbursts) and iridiphores (gray clouds)—cells that change the skin's color—and the nerve cells (red lines) that mediate the process

A butterfly and a bee feasting on the tears of a spectacled caiman in Costa Rica. The insects were probably searching for scarce mineral nutrients.

After spending 10 months in a cocoon, the Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae) emerges sometime in late April or early May to mate.

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May 2014's selection of notable quotes

Fan-shaped Licmophora flabellata, unlike most diatoms, are symbionts, often attaching to algae, aquatic plants, or other living substrates.

Borrelia hermsii, one of the bacterial species that causes relapsing fever, among red blood cells

The treehopper, Hemikyptha marginata, is native to Brazil. Its sharp pronotum makes it hard for predators to eat it.