YouTube description: Spend a little time with the other amazing photos from this year at https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/ This was really an honor to be a part of. We started with thousands of images... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months ago • 107 views • 3:59

YouTube description: We're going fossil hunting for Foraminifera! From beaches, to the ocean floor, to the foundation of the Egyptian pyramids, Forams are everywhere!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 11 views • 7:58

YouTube description: On the surface, Ophyroglena seems like it should be pretty easy to identify, but it all depends on which stage of life it's currently in.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months ago • 118 views • 8:38

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 985 views • 2:32

YouTube description: There’s something you probably heard a lot in biology class. And no, it's not “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”...

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months ago • 57 views

YouTube description: Tropical storms can be devastating but at least we usually know where they're going to appear. The exception being a very strange week in 1996, on Lake Huron.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 185 views • 3:42

So apparently walruses can whistle. Who knew? (via digg.com)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 625 views • 22 secs

YouTube description: For more from the Georgia Aquarium go to: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 68 views • 8:55

YouTube description: These world travelers might be, well, almost everywhere, but there is a still a lot we don't know about the famous paramecium.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 174 views • 11:54

YouTube description: Yes, they might eat your brain, but there's a lot more to amoebas than that!

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 67 views • 10:26

YouTube description: Life is chemistry. From diatom to Diana, life is not a magical imbued trait, is a process of the physics of our universe. The precise and convoluted chemistry of life requires specific... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 510 views • 10:13

YouTube description: We also don't really know what rotifers are... but we'll try to tell you as much as we know!

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 793 views • 9:19

YouTube description: Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 125 views • 10:04

YouTube description: The hydra of mythology may not be as far off from reality as you think! Let's take a journey to the mall to meet our tentacled, regenerating friends!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 296 views • 8:25

YouTube description: Citheronia regalis is a giant silk moth...though these don't actually produce silk, which is why it's better to go by their family name saturniidae. Citheronia regalis actually... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 1,000 views • 3:59

YouTube description: Death is inevitable and mysterious, even in the microcosmos. Stentors, heliozoans, and yes, even tardigrades, experience death in many different ways.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 347 views • 7:21

YouTube description: Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 166 views • 11:31