Microscopes

The beloved photomicrography competition celebrates its 50th year with bubbly cannabis plants, vivid cellular architecture, and...Grimace? Is that you?

All you need is a jar of local water and a microscope—you may even find new species. Welcome to Algae Obscura.

This microscopic treasure was collected from a remote site near the Arctic Circle.

Decades of work has revealed a "megadiverse" ancient landscape in northern Peru that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption.

An avid microscopist captured an unusual image that has nothing to do with surf and sand.

Wilson Bentley was the first to claim that each snowflake is unique—and provided evidence.

A molecular biologist turned food writer put kitchen staples under the microscope.

Meet the icy continent's menagerie of microbes.

Sally Warring knows a lot about what we can't see.

How a "bio artist" captures extraordinary images of everyday edibles.

Greetings, Macrobiotus shonaicus!

Thanks to a visualization tool being used to develop stem cell therapies.

Under a microscope, even a toothbrush can be a work of art.

Diatom arrangement is an old Victorian art form.