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The first description of Brookesia micra, endemic to Madagascar, was published in 2012.

Sundew plants trap bugs with their tentacle-like leaves, which curl up to hold prey while dissolving it with sticky droplets of digestive fluid. 

A molecular model of the inside of an Escherichia coli cell, which is tightly packed with proteins and other macromolecules.

A fossilized diatom, a microscopic aquatic alga that builds its intricate shell, or frustule, out of silica

The cochlea funnels sound along the organ of corti (red), a strip of sensitive, hair-like cells which vibrate and send information to the brain, allowing people to hear.

Brookesia superciliaris, a chameleon endemic to Madagascar, camouflages itself as a dead leaf.

CT scans of a seahorse show its bony plates, which slide past each other as the animal bends, allowing it to be hard and yet flexible.

The marine worm Chaetopterus variopedatus lives in a tube buried in the sand in shallow water and stores its gametes in leg-like appendages, called parapodia.

A biofilm of Bacillus subtilis, with lineages of bacteria stained using different fluorescent proteins to track their growth.

The scales and tiny hairs on a mosquito's leg help the insect fly and regulate its temperature.

The red-eyed tree frog Agalychnis callidryas lays her gelatinous eggs on leaves above pools of water.

A normal mouse sits between two mice engineered to express green fluorescent protein.

The organs of the glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum, are visible through its skin.

A male European bee-eater catches an insect to feed his mate as part of a courtship ritual.

During the metaphase stage of mitosis, the chromosomes (blue) align in the center of the cell, as the microtubules (red) prepare to pull them in opposite directions, dragging them by their kinetochores (green).