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It's showtime! We're proud to reveal the winning imagery of the 2023 #NikonSmallWorld competition. Click here to view the full gallery:

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5 months

In the mood to be amazed? Here's the immune cell response to a scratch in the zebrafish epidermis. Photo Cred: Dr. Eric Peterman

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Drumroll, please! The results of the 2019 Small World in Motion competition are in... Congratulations to Dr. Philippe P. Laissue on his hypnotizing first-place video of a coral polyp emerging!

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Tardigrade alert! No better way to kick off the week than watching two tardigrades feed on another tardigrade. These water bears are fierce! Cred: Dr. Hunter Hines

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6 years

Attention #microscopy lovers. Have you seen the 2018 #NikonSmallWorld in motion winners? Here's a little glimpse.

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Did you catch this honorable mention from this year's #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition? Tardigrades are microscopic invertebrates with four pairs of stout legs that usually live in water or damp moss. Photo Cred: Chloé Savard

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5 years

Happy #balletday ! Take a moment to move and groove like this little guy today 💃 #microscopy Photo cred: Charles B. Kreb

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7 years

The #NikonSmallWorld in motion 2017 winners are here! Congratulations to Dr. Daniel von Wangenheim.

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9 months

A cytoskeleton is a microscopic network of protein filaments and tubules in the cytoplasm that helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization. Photo Cred: Dr. Andrew Moore

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Diatoms are essential to the global oxygen cycle. Through photosynthesis, they produce around 20% of the atmosphere's oxygen. #FunFactFriday Photo Cred: Wolfgang Bettighofer

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4 years

Congratulations to all of our incredible #NikonSmallWorld photo winners! You can check out all of the 2020 winners here: #microscopy

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2 years

This spectacular video, captured by Ignasi Vélez-Ceron, Dr. Jordi Ignés and Dr. Francesc Sagués, won fifth place in this year's #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition. Photo Cred: Ignasi Vélez-Ceron, Dr. Jordi Ignés & Dr. Francesc Sagués

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Let's take a moment to appreciate this honorable mention from the #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition, which demonstrates the early nervous system formation in a quail embryo. Photo Cred: Dr. Melanie White & Jianxiong Wang

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2 years

Without further ado, it's time to reveal the winners of the 2022 #NikonSmallWorld competition! Take a look at this year's winning gallery.

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Yes, it's a heart. Yes, it's beating. Yes, it's our #MondayMotivation . Video: 2 day old zebrafish heart beating Credit: Michael Weber

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5 years

Attention #microscopy lovers! The Nikon Small World 2019 winners are here. Take a look at the full gallery here: 🔬

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3 years

Happy Monday! Does anyone else see balloons in this picture? These are actually individually labeled axons in an embryonic chick ciliary ganglion. #MondayFunday Cred: Dr. Ryo Egawa

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"Cells are incredible machines. Figuring out how the countless number of parts fit together to generate a functioning cell is the most important question of cell #biology ." - @JeffreyHaren on his video capturing high velocity cargo transport inside a bundle of human nerve #cells

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1 year

Squids are the fastest swimmers among the invertebrates with some species reaching speeds of up to 25 miles per hour. Photo Cred: Nat Clarke

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3 years

The countdown is over! The winners of this year's #NikonSmallWorld photo competition have been revealed. Take a peek at this year's winning gallery: #microscopy #science #sciart

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3 years

T-minus three days until this year's #NikonSmallWorld photo winners are announced! In the meantime, please enjoy Nilay Taneja's image of a human embryonic stem cell colony from our 2020 competition. Photo Cred: Nilay Taneja

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3 years

Time to split from 2020 (or divide). Here's to another year of magnificent microscopy and actin dynamics. #MondayMood Cred: Dr. Andrew Moore & Dr. Erika Holzbaur

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7 months

The wait is over! The winners of the 2023 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition have been revealed. Check out the full video gallery here:

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2 years

Did you catch this winning entry of the 2022 #NikonSmallWorld competition? This colorful entry by Brett M. Lewis exhibits autofluorescence of a single coral polyp. Photo Cred: Brett M. Lewis

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3 years

We <3 our 2021 #NikonSmallWorldinMotion videos. Today we are featuring Martin Kaae Kristiansen's video of Tardigrade showing individual muscle strands. Photo Cred: Martin Kaae Kristiansen

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This #WhimsicalWednesday is brought to you by the self-organization of purified proteins! Cred: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli & Dr. Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

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5 years

Think your morning commute is bad? This microbe traffic jam will make you feel better. #MondayMotivation Photo Cred: Anatoly Mikhaltsov

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Anyone else struggling to wake up this morning? I think this marine tardigrade feels our #MondayMood too! Cred: Rafael Martín-Ledo

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This year's second place Small World in Motion video is quite a para-site to see! These parasitic tomites are feasting on their dead copepod host. Cred: @PlanktonPundit

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Zebrafish grow at an extremely fast rate, developing as much in a day as a human embryo develops in one month. For context, a fertilized zebrafish egg develops and hatches within 48 hours. Photo Cred: Daniel Castranova & Dr. Brant M. Weinstein

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6 years

New Year, New #Cellfie ! Here’s to a brand new year of #microscopic discoveries

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6 years

If an eight-week-old starfish larva can generate flow currents to capture swimming algae for food, you can make it through today #MondayMotivation

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4 years

#Microscopy on the mind? Us too! Enter the #NikonSmallWorld 2020 competition and share with the world your best microscopic photos and videos. The deadline is April 30, so enter today! +++ Cred: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

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2 years

Take a look at this honorable mention from the 2022 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition! This spectacular video illustrates a cell divison, captured by Dr. Dylan T. Burnette. Photo Cred: Dr. Dylan T. Burnette

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Nothing says #MicroscopyMonday like last year's winning image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko. Enter the #NikonSmallWorld2023 competition by April 30th for a chance to win! Photo Cred: Dr. Grigorii Timin & Dr. Michel Milinkovitch

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Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism for studying plant biology. Photo Cred: Dr. Daniel von Wangenheim

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8 years

This is how everyone's brain looks on #Mondays . Take a break and vote for your favorite finalist: #NikonSmallWorld

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4 years

Is anyone else feeling dizzy? We may need to sit down after watching Frank Fox's video of a stentor (ciliate) juggling green algae. Cred: Frank Fox

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6 years

#Infusoria or a live look at department stores during last minute #holiday shopping?

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Who knew slime mold could be so beautiful? Enjoy this stunning shot by Alison Pollack, which won 5th place in this year's #NikonSmallWorld competition. Photo Cred: Alison Pollack

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7 years

The #NikonSmallWorld 2017 winners are here! Congratulations to Dr. Bram van den Broek!

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3 years

Nothing says #FridayFun like a colorful ensemble, wouldn't you agree juvenile squid? Any day can be a rainbow day! 🌈 Cred: Nat Clarke

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A butterfly's tongue, or proboscis, functions much like a flexible straw, uncoiling when it's ready to sip nectar from a flower. Photo Cred: Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

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The zebrafish is a freshwater fish native to South Asia. It lives in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. How is that for some #TuesdayTravel ! Cred: Daniel Castranova & Dr. Brant M. Weinstein

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T-minus 4 days! The results of the 2020 #NikonSmallWorld photo competition will be released on Tuesday at 11 AM EST. Who else is setting an alarm? #microscopy Cred: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

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1 year

Did you know that the average person has about 300 million skin cells? Photo Cred: Andriy Volkov, Dr. Kees Jalink, Dr. Reinhard Windoffer, Dr. Nicole Schwarz

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Happy #MicroscopyMonday ! Did you know that Indonesia is home to the largest area and variety of mangrove ecosystems in the world? Photo Cred: Daphne Zbaeren-Colbourn

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2 years

Tomorrow is the day! Who's excited to see the winning entries for this year's #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition? Photo Cred: Dr. Philippe P. Laissue

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4 years

We ❤️️ our 2020 #NikonSmallWorldinMotion videos. Today we are featuring Karl Gaff's video of oil droplets on a soap film. So dreamy! Cred: Karl Gaff

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4 years

Congratulations to all of our amazing #NikonSmallWorldinMotion winners! You can check out all of the 2020 video winners here: #microscopy

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1 year

Did you know that sea anemones are carnivorous? Despite their harmless appearance, sea anemones actually get their nutrition from living things. Photo Cred: Dr. Ahmet Karabulut

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Hello #ThursdayThoughts ! This video of Fluorescent actin (Lifeact-EGFP) expressed in an embryonic rat hippocampal neuron is sparking some new ideas. Cred: Dr. Andrew Moore & Dr. Pedro Guedes-Dias

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Arabidopsis serves as a model organism for studies of the cellular and molecular biology of flowering plants. Who knew such tiny things could be so powerful? Photo Cred: Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

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4 years

As you can tell, we are a little obsessed with ciliates! Not only are they cute, but they really know how to move and groove. #FridayFeeling Cred: Ralph Grimm

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3 years

Attention #microscopy lovers! 🚨 The #NikonSmallWorld 2021 calendar is hot off the presses and available for pre-order today. Get your daily dose of science and art, all in one place. Pre-order today:

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The #cephalopod brain shares with the human brain features of complexity such as folded lobes and distinct regions for processing visual and tactile information. #WednesdayWisdom #microscopy Video cred: Raul M. Gonzalez & Dr. Carlos Rosas

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It's #FlowerFriday ! Enjoy this image of distinction from the 2023 #NikonSmallWorld competition, illustrating a developing stamen and stigma inside a hibiscus flower bud. Photo Cred: Raghuram Annadana

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Feeling blue? Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical reaction within a living organism, commonly blue or green in color. Photo Cred: Benedikt Pleyer

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4 years

#WormWednesday is back! Meet the myrianida pachycera worm. This bright-colored fellow lives in warm temperate to tropical climates and can be found in a variety of habitats including rocky reefs. Cred: Dr. Greg Rouse

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4 years

The wait is almost over! 2019 Small World in Motion video winners will be announced on Monday, December 9 at 11am ET. For now, take a look back at last year's mesmerizing first place winner. #FlashbackFriday

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2 years

Without further ado, we're proud to share the winning videos of this year's #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition! Check out the full 2022 gallery here:

2022 Small World in Motion Competition

View the winning entries from the 2022 Small World in Motion Competition

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7 years

"A small microscope will reveal wonders 1000x more thrilling than anything which Alice saw behind the looking-glass”

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6 years

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to break out the #microscopic Christmas tree!

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3 years

Let's have a big round of applause for all who participated in this year's #NikonSmallWorldinMotion competition! 🎉 View this year's winning gallery: #Microscopy #Science

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6 years

With #FourthofJuly right around the corner, we can't help but prepare ourselves by admiring some #microscopic fireworks Photo Credit: Alexey Khodjakov

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9 months

Nothing like a colorful brainbrow to brighten up your Thursday. 🌈 Photo Cred: Dr. Tamily Weissman

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4 years

Nothing says #TranquilTuesday like the vortices created by an eight-week-old starfish larva. Cred: William Gilpin, Dr. Vivek N. Prakash, Dr. Manu Prakash

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Confirmed: Comb jellies are just as beautiful close up as they are far away. #ThursdayThoughts Cred: Teresa Zgoda

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3 years

The ganglion cell is found in the retina, a layer in the eye, and collects information about the visual world. In a mouse, the most common ganglion cell type is a selective feature detector. #WednesdayWisdom Photo Cred: Dr. Keunyoung Kim

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Once thought to be in the same groups as mushrooms (fungi), slime molds are are now classified as a type of amoeba (single-celled organism). #FunFactFriday Photo Cred: Sergii Dymchenko

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We can't contain our joy! We are one day closer to the weekend. #FridayFeeling Cred: Rafael Martín-Ledo

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Brachiopods are considered living fossils, with 3 orders present in today's oceans. They are extremely rare today but during the Paleozoic Era they dominated the sea floors. Photo Cred: Dr. Bruno C. Vellutini

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We're mesmerized by Linda Veronique Kazandjian's honorable mention from the 2023 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition. Are you? Photo Cred: Linda Veronique Kazandjian

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7 years

"Nature composes some of her loveliest music for the microscope and telescope." - Theodore Roszak #TuesdayThoughts

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6 years

Congrats to the breath-taking winners of the 44th annual Nikon Small World competition! See microscopic beauty hidden from the naked eye:

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2 years

Pearl millet, a small and round whole grain, is the most abundantly grown millet in India. It is rich in protein, fiber, and iron. Photo Cred: Dylan Jones

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4 years

You heard it here first! Next week we unveil the winners of the 2020 #SWIM competition. In honor of this fantastic competition, we are featuring last year's first place entry. Cred: Dr. Philippe P. Laissue

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Flower power! This #FlowerFriday , we're celebrating by checking out this incredible close-up of hibiscus pollen. Cred: Dr. Csaba László Pintér

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Step 1: Attach self-built tube to waterplant Step 2: Activate moving cilia to create a vortex Step 3: Sweep food particles into tube Step 4: Use jaw-like structures to grind the food And that's how we do lunch. Video credit: Wim Van Egmond

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T-minus 12 days until the 2023 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion winners are reveled! In anticipation of the big event, enjoy a #ThrowbackThursday from last year's competition featuring Dr. Eduardo E. Zattara’s first place video. Photo Cred: Dr. Eduardo Zattara

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6 years

Congrats to all of our amazing #NikonSmallWorldinMotion winners! You can check out the top videos of 2018 here:

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Take a look at one of our honorable mentions from the 2022 #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition. Here's a video of crystallizing epsom salts, beautifully captured by Karl Gaff. Photo Cred: Karl Gaff

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Cyanobacteria are considered one of the oldest life forms on Earth, citing back to approximately 3.5 billion years ago. #MicroscopyMonday Photo Cred: José R. Almodóvar

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This magnificent shot, captured by Dr. Nathanaël Prunet, won 8th place in this year's #NikonSmallWorld competition. Enjoy this incredible rainbow of a growing tip of red algae. Photo Cred: Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

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Did you know that turtles as a species are over 230 million years old? This means they once shared the earth with the dinosaurs. #TurtleTuesday Photo Cred: Teresa Zgoda, Teresa Kugler

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We're less than a week out from our competition deadline! Have you submitted your entries into the #NikonSmallWorld2023 competition yet? Last day to enter is April 30th. Get your submissions in today: Photo Cred: Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler

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Congratulations to Dr. Kate McDole and Dr. Philipp Keller for their stunning video of a mouse embryo developing, which took home fifth place in this year's Small World in Motion competition!

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6 years

The early bird gets the worm...or the early hydra gets the mosquito larva #MondayMotivation

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Comparing spider silk with steel might sound absurd, but spider silk is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter. Photo Cred: Mark A. Sanders

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The suspense is too much to bear! We are only 1 week away from the reveal of our 2020 photo #NikonSmallWorld winners! Until then, please enjoy last year's first place entry from Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler. Cred: Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler

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"The ability to form biofilms only recently became recognized as a major virulence factor & studied extensively. There are very few images showing bacteria & biofilms in #NikonSmallWorld and it's time to change that." - 2017 winner, Dr Artur Matysik #ThursdayThoughts

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Worms don’t have teeth. Instead, they guide food into their mouth using a liplike extension. #WormWednesday Photo Cred: Yen Fook Chew

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Butterflies don't actually eat anything. That's right, butterflies don't possess the mouth organs to do so. They can only drink, using a long protruding tube called a proboscis. #TuesdayTrivia Photo Cred: Jochen Schroeder

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#December is finally here, bring on the snow! DYK every #snowflake contains 6 points? The ice crystal molecules join together in a hexagonal structure that allows each water molecule with 1 oxygen and 2 hydrogen atoms to form in the most efficient way

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We've been waiting all week for #FlyFriday , have you? Andrei Nica's microscopic image of a horse-fly is an eyeful 😉. Cred: Andrei Nica

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#WednesdayWidsom : Mangroves are unique among tree species for their ability to grow in seawater. Image: Mangrove leaf Photo cred: Daphne Zbaeren-Colbourn

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We may need a few more hours of sleep...Our #MondayMood looks a lot like Paweł Błachowicz's image of a Daphnia. Cred: Paweł Błachowicz

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Be mine ❤️ Photo Cred: Hillary Guzik

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New year.. new #microscopy ! Photo cred: Caleb Dawson

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Did someone say #FruitFlyFriday ? Try to say that three times fast! Pictured is a fruit fly larvae in 100x magnification. Cred: Dr. Andrew J. Woolley, Dr. Kevin Otto, Michelle Drennan, Dr. James Clemens

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