Featured Biology Photos

These photos and the stories that go with them give close-up looks at a variety of different organisms. The goals of these photos and stories are to give short lessons on a variety of different biological topics and to inspire a greater appreciation for the diversity of life. Some of the featured organisms are common animals, plants, or microorganisms found here in Minnesota, while others are more exotic, but all are interesting. Indeed, all organisms have interesting stories if one knows enough about their biology and natural history.

Check back periodically for updates. I have many additional photos, and stories to tell, which will appear gradually as I find the time to put together the web pages.

Most of these Photo of the Month pages are put together by me, Bill Capman, but other Augsburg biology faculty and a student have also written a few.

I hope you enjoy the photos. Feel free to e-mail me if you have questions or comments.

Bill Capman

Monarch Butterflies Details

Polytene chromosomes Details

Migrating Flycatcher Details

Ladybird beetle larva Details

Winged aphid Details

Clownfish egg Details

Nitrogen-fixing root nodules Details


Scallop eyes
Details

Update
Scallop photo on cover of British Journal of Ophthalmology

Pseudoscorpions - Unfamiliar but very common tiny arthropods Details

Damselfly nymph covered with colonial ciliates Details

Tropical fungi Details

Black-winged damselfly . Details

The hazards of migration. Details

Swimming, swarming, spawning polychaete worms. Includes movie clip. Details

Lettuce sea slug; a solar powered sea slug that carries out photosynthesis using stolen chloroplasts. Details

Update
Click here for expanded version of article in Reefkeeping magazine.

Amorphophallus konjac, a plant that tricks carrion- feeding insects into pollinating its flowers. Details