The little green dots in this image are particles of a coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. These viral particles (also known as virions) are on the surface of ...

This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old mouse. This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old ...

Can you imagine living your life with a nose like the one on this rosette-nosed chameleon? While scientists aren’t sure why it evolved this unusual structure, many distinctive ornaments like this are ...

This may look like an abstract work of art, with bold splashes of purple paint. In fact, the purple areas in this image are cells that make the neurotransmitter somatostatin, which is produced all ...

This veiled chameleon is getting ready to score its next meal. These lizards have a ballistic tongue that can shoot out the length of their entire body or more. Get a closer view of the image Get a ...

This looks as if this could be a photo of the interior of your great-aunt’s knitting basket – but it’s actually a cross section through the arm of an octopus. The intricate neural and muscular ...

This view into the brain of a locust allows you to see the neurons involved in the processing of scent information. The orange and blue neurons were filled with dye to reveal their beautifully complex ...

It may look here as if aliens are landing. But this fleet isn’t extraterrestrial. These are desmids – microscopic, single-celled green algae that live in aquatic environments like swamps. Desmids are ...

This video shows a different sort of networking than the kind you’d see at a political party’s national convention. Here, you’re looking at a visual map of the neurons within a fruit fly’s ventral ...

This bean-shaped structure in hues of purple, red, and green is a sympathetic ganglion from a newborn mouse. Sympathetic ganglia are chains of neurons up and down the spine that help initiate the ...

This colorful spiral shows eggs in the ovary of an anglerfish. Some anglerfish species produce as many as 200,000 eggs. This colorful spiral shows eggs in the ovary of an anglerfish. Some anglerfish ...

This landscape of blue, red, and gold is a cross section through a developing human bone. Human bones have a hard outer layer made of condensed bone and a softer inner core of spongy bone. This ...