News reports from the past years keep warnign us about the rise of the antibiotic resistant bugs and the potential for a human apocalypse they bring on their microscopic methaphorical shoulders. Their artillery is not visible to the naked eye. Their whole armies aren’t, but can take over a human…
Some love stories are meant to be, but these guys have it real hard - this love is truly a matter of love or death!
Microscoper? Microscopedist? Microscopist? Microscopist – a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes. Definition Well strictly speaking, I shouldn’t be calling myself a microscopist, as I’m not a specialist in the field, but I have the feeling I’m really starting to get the hang of it when…
In previous posts we’ve seen beautiful wasps, morbid butterflies and gorgeous caterpillars. In this one we are visiting a crustacean – a type of shellfish organism, not too different from shrimps, crabs and lobsters. Except that this one is an especially obscene parasite. Much like many other parasites,…