I love microscopes. The obsession started when I was a junior in college. I landed this awesome job identifying rotifers and other tiny organisms in many water samples (the project compared these animal assemblages in the river upstream and downstream of a nuclear power plant). It’s awe-inspiring to think that this whole world exists, with … More I LOVE MICROSCOPES
Our guest blogger and student illustrator this week is L. Howard. Download a pdf of this illustration to color! The arm bones of a dolphin match the arm bones of a human – a case of homology. Dolphin ancestors were once land-dwelling mammals. Even though they look very fish-like today, they still contain remnants of … More Dolphins, Fins, and Change
Our Guest Artist is L. Ciccone, who looked into plant-animal mutualism. Download a coloring book page of this illustration! Plants have many diverse ways of repelling predators, including developing beneficial partnerships This species, Japanese cherry is commonly used as a decorative tree throughout the eastern United States. In order to defend new leaves from being … More A Little Give and Take
J.M. Landin 