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This “microsnail” (Angustopila dominikae), with its 0.86 mm shell height, is one of the smallest land snails ever recorded.

October 2015's selection of notable quotes

See the volunteers and veterinarians who are helping to rehabilitate wayward penguins that wash up on the coast of Brazil.

Visit the remote Turkish village where the musical language that residents use to communicate across valleys is elucidating how language is processed in the brain.

Harvard Professor Marc Weisskopf discusses the potential link between formaldehyde and ALS.

In Oliver Sacks's 2009 TED Talk, the famed physician and writer describes the neurological nature of hallucinations.

The elusive moustached kingfisher (Actenoides bougainvillei excelsus) was photographed for the first time earlier this month by a team of scientists working in the Solomon Islands.

In the mouse tail, claudin proteins (green) in the hair follicle help bind skin cells together, assisted by keratins (blue) and cadherins (red).

Orange nectar bats (Lonchophylla robusta) use their grooved tongues to pump nectar directly into their mouths while hovering.

Diatoms (Licmophora ehrenbergii, green) clinging to a hydrozoan (Eudendrium racemosum, brown) from the Mediterranean Sea.

A desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) hatches from its egg in the Mojave Desert.

The translucent seed pods of the “annual honesty” plant (Lunaria annua) enable people to observe the seeds throughout their development.

Light reflects off the outer layer of this male Sapphirina copepod, creating an iridescent rainbow.

A chameleon’s “two-toed” feet are actually multiple digits bound together.

This golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), an endangered species endemic to China, is one of many animals protected in part by giant panda conservation efforts.