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King's Gully

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 2 Nov 2016

A rift canyon forming part of the King's Gully in Ireland.

Swarms of Chrysaora fuscescens

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 18 Oct 2016

Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens.

Male fan-throated lizard

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 3 Oct 2016

This is a male fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana), a species found on open ground and in spa…

Common fangtooth

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 26 Sep 2016

One of the ocean’s “monsters” is the Common Fangtooth, Anoplogaster cornuta, which has some of the …

Juvenile octopod

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 18 Sep 2016

The Atlantic Longarm Octopus, Macrotritopus defi llipi, mimics flounders on the sea floor.

Jeweled Squid

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 12 Sep 2016

The Jeweled Squid, Stigmatoteuthis arcturi (top left), is an interesting mesopelagic squid.

Anglerfish

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 5 Sep 2016

Anglerfish are one of the most famous deep sea fish, well known for their rod and lure method of at…

Glass squid

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 29 Aug 2016

Image of a glass squid, an animal that lives 200m to 1km under the ocean's surface.

Dragonfish

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 22 Aug 2016

Image of a dragonfish with light emitting organs along its body.

Nanoparticles

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 15 Aug 2016

Transmission electron microscopy image showing self-assembled diblock copolymer nanoparticles.

Parasitoid wasp

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Aug 2016

Image of a parasitoid wasp inside an latrine fly.

Stem cell

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Jul 2016

A single human stem cell with a diameter of approximately 15 micrometres.

Orchid cuckoo bee

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Jun 2016

This beautiful image of an orchid cuckoo bee (Exaerete frontalis) was taken by Levin Biss as part o…

Honey bee stinger

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 3 May 2016

Image of a honey bee's stinger at 20x magnification with a confocal microscope.

Long jawed spider

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Apr 2016

Jaws and head of a long jawed spider at 10x magnification.

Proteus anguinus

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Mar 2016

The Olm or Proteus (proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander.

Apatite-like mineral

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 29 Feb 2016

Coloured scanning electron microscopy image of an apatite-like mineral.

Amniotic membrane following prenatal surgery

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 19 Feb 2016

Scanning electron microscopy image showing disruption of the extracellular matrix network with diso…

Self-assembling peptide amphiphileprotein membrane

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 8 Feb 2016

Scanning electron microscopy image of a self-assembling peptide amphiphile/protein membrane.

Stroma of human omental tumour

bpbbjpttc.d bpbbjpttc.d | Added: 1 Feb 2016

Confocal two photon second harmonic image showing collagen (red) and elastin (green) in the stroma …