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blue dragon (glaucus atlanticus), a white-and-blue upside-down nudibranch
nature

blue dragon: a beautiful bad-ass nudibranch

2016-04-13 markus

on a recent beach stroll on the northern new south wales coast, i came across small weird-looking blue-and-white creatures with lots of appendages. having washed ashore, they looked more like […]

bioluminescent fungi at cape tribulation, daintree rainforest
nature

bioluminescent fungi in a tropical rainforest

2016-01-102016-01-10 markus

i’ve always been fascinated by bioluminescent phenomena. in a relatively wide range of organisms, evolution at some point produced species that can produce light, from marine plankton in warm seas, […]

a tiny stone plant seedling (aizoaceae) that is covered in epidermal bladder cells.
random photos

epidermal bladder cells on a tiny desert-plant seedling in south africa [photo]

2014-01-172014-01-17 markus

the tiny plant below is a stone plant seedling (aizoaceae), growing in the harsh conditions of the “knersvlakte” quartz gravel landscape in north-eastern south africa. the seedling has only formed […]

stellate parenchyma (aerenchyma) of juncus sp.
nature

stellate parenchyma [photo and animation]

2014-01-082014-01-05 markus

stellate parenchyma is a form of aeration tissue (aerenchyma) in plants, which helps with internal air circulation in plants. the tissue is typical of aquatic and wetland plants, and consists […]

common smoothcap moss (atrichum undulatum)
nature

photo: common smoothcap moss (atrichum undulatum)

2013-10-032013-10-03 markus

the common smoothcap moss (atrichum undulatum) features transversely undulate leaves, but its most prominent feature are the long, distinctly beaked capsules that are borne on 3 cm long, reddish setae. […]

a spider wasp (pompilidae) carrying its paralysed spider prey
living pictures

photo: spider wasp in action – when the hunter becomes the prey

2013-09-192019-07-16 markus

spider wasps (pompilidae) are – in a nutshell – really badass insects. to provide food for their larvae, these wasps go hunting for spiders that are usually bigger than themselves. […]

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