Photographer Captures the Terrifying Parasitic Worms That Live Inside Pets
A photographer captured chilling images that show the dangerous worms that can be found lurking inside your pet.
The Winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition
The winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Photo Microscopy Competition have been announced, with a remarkably detailed photo of an embryonic Gecko hand taking the top prize.
Microscopic Photo of an Oak Leaf Wins Nikon’s Small World Competition
Nikon has announced the winners of its 47th annual Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year’s first-place prize was awarded to Jason Kirk for his striking image of a southern live oak leaf’s trichomes, stomata, and vessels.
Breathtaking Microscope Photos of Moth & Butterfly Wings
The thing about nature is that, if you look close enough at just about anything, you're bound to find a beauty and symmetry that defies description. In the case of Linden Gledhill's microscope photos of butterfly wings, he simply discovered another level of beauty in something that already captures many of our imaginations.
Captivating Microscopic Time-Lapse Video Captures the Formation of Snowflakes
This is just plain beautiful, no matter which way you slice it. Using the magic of time-lapse photography and microscopy, Vyacheslav Ivanov captured the formation of those ice crystals we call snowflakes that caused so much grief in the northeastern US over the past several weeks.
Microscopic Sand Photography Reveals the Breathtaking Beauty Hiding at the Beach
Next time you're at the beach, forget about the sunset or the crashing waves or the light that's reflecting off of the water just so; if you want an amazing photo opportunity, all you have to do is look down at the stuff between your toes.
We're talking, of course, about sand. And if you're thinking that sand isn't exactly photogenic we have a feeling your opinions will change once you feast your eyes on what Dr. Gary Greenberg saw when he put sand grains under the microscope.