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Axons (in green) wend through the juvenile mouse cerebellum.

Electron micrograph of a larval antlion lacewing’s claw

A cane toad in Peru attempts to eat a low-flying bat, which managed to escape.

A newly born nerve cell (labeled in green) in the brain of an adult mouse

The embryo of a sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, with tubulin visualized in green, F-actin in red, and nuclei in blue

The immature seeds of a grass species from the genus Paspalum lie zippered in their leafy sheath.

On a rainbow trout lesion, a mucosal antibody (stained in green) surrounds a skin parasite (magenta). The blue blobs are cell nuclei.

Iridescent streaks shine on the skin of a common female squid, Doryteuthis opalescens.

Translucent and eyeless, Zospeum tholossum was recently discovered 980 meters underground in a Croatian cave complex.

The hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, shown here with eggs visisble in the bottom right, infects rodent intestines. 

Interlocking gears found on the back legs of a flightless planthopper, Issus coleoptratus 

Scanning electron micrograph of a bedbug's (Cimex lectularius) compound eye

A germ-free zebrafish larva, here shown at 9 days old, was infected with the bacterium Edwardsiella ictaluri (stained red).

Species in the Pieris genus of butterflies lay their eggs on leaves.

Electron micrograph of the tip of a green fruit beetle's leg