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Despite its common name, Physomerus grossipes is only a minor pest of sweet potato plants.

Crystallization of tartrazine, also known as Yellow 5

This icefish larva's colorless blood contains no hemoglobin, but it survives because of the high solubility of oxygen in the low temperature waters of its Antarctic home.

This pirate spider (Ero sp.) egg sac is suspended from an inch-long thread.

A white-faced darter dragonfly (Leucorrhinia dubia) snared by the carnivorous English sundew plant (Drosera anglica)

The rust mite (Aceria anthocoptes) feeds on Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), an invasive plant species.

Fluorescent neurons in the peripheral nervous system of an embryonic mouse

An astrocyte with its nucleus in blue and its cell body and processes in yellow

This presentation covers sickle cell disease (SCD), specifically the genetic component to fetal hemoglobin response to hydroxyurea. Such knowledge will enhance the ability to predict drug response, improving patient care by allowing selection of individuals who will benefit most from hydroxyurea, and offer alternative therapies.

Trypanosoma brucei (blue), which causes sleeping sickness, in the liver of an infected mouse

A 3-D reconstruction (left) of mating froghoppers (Anthoscytina perpetua) and a 165-million-year-old fossil of preserved froghopper copulation (right)

A tree-like neuronal network innervates muscle tissue.

Foraging ants attack a leech as it regurgitates its blood meal in defense.

The Paramecium has sunburst-shaped contractile vacuoles, which pump excess water out of the cell.

The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) stabs soft-bodied prey with its fang-like beak.