science snapshot

This image took 4th place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took 3rd place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took 2nd place at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

This image took the top prize at the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.

An honorable mention in the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows thale cress sperm being released into the ovule.

This year’s fourth-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows dying melanoma cells.

This year’s third-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition features sea anemone cells.

This year’s second-place winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion competition shows a 12-hour time-lapse of labeled cells.

The top winner of the 2022 Nikon Small World in Motion contest shows cells migrating through a zebrafish embryo.

Australians are resorting to increasingly drastic measures to keep cockatoos out of their garbage bins.

A genomic analysis reveals that humans domesticated donkeys more than 7,000 years ago.

Though it’s poetic to say that ants were grieving the bee at a funeral, the reality is a bit more prosaic.

3D modeling of 7 million-year-old hominin bones hints at bipedality occurring earlier than previously thought.

After years of work, conservationists have successfully eliminated two invasive rat species from the Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia.

Understanding the biomechanics of the trap-jaw ant could help humans build better, faster robots.

Though Greenland sharks generally live in icy waters, one was recently caught in the Caribbean.

The largest waterlily species in the world was incorrectly classified for more than 170 years.

By better understanding underwater brine pools, researchers could learn more about the evolution of life in our oceans and the potential for life on other planets.

A visualization technique shows how fruit flies choose which food to eat.