[featured image] [This post is adapted from a book I’ve just finished, which will be published sometime next year by Thames and Hudson.] Animals come in a huge range of shapes and sizes, but the vast majority of them are very small. In fact there are many animals that are …
[featured image] In the last post, we saw a compliant little rotifer getting on with the pressing activity of collecting food. In this next bit of footage, we can see the very same rotifer, but obligingly it has changed its position a little so we can see more of its …
[featured image] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a man of magnificent hair and considerable talent, was the pioneer of microscopy. Using a device he …