[featured image] When I was working on the book I’ve just finished I became a little fixated by the rotifers and I blogged about them previously, here and here. However, these two posts are not enough and I feel like I must discuss these tiny creatures at length such …
[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 …
[featured image] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a man of magnificent hair and considerable talent, was the pioneer of microscopy. Using a device he …