As a somber reminder of the plastic contamination crisis that faces our oceans, scientists found that hard corals frequently consume pieces of plastic because it “tastes” good to them.
A young coral polyp feasts on a white scrap of plastic.ALEX SEYMOUR, DUKE UNIVERSITY
Scientists used a dissection microscope to get a glimpse of the delicate developing skeleton of a third-trimester fruit bat.
A darkfield stereomicroscopy image of a fruit bat fetus in its third trimesterRICK ADAMS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO, NIKON SMALL WORLD PHOTOMICROGRAPHY COMPETITION
One hundred million years ago, a dinosaur might have brushed this prehistoric flower into a pool of tree resin, scientists believe, creating an artistic fossil preserved in amber.
Tropidogyne pentapteraGEORGE POINAR JR, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
