The film explores the microscopic world found in a drop of pond water, revealing a diverse ecosystem of tiny plants and animals. It illustrates how these microorganisms, such as amoebas ...

This image shows two different organisms, an alga and a plant, both of them intriguing to look at under a microscope. The rod-shaped creature is a type of alga called a desmid. It is set against the ...

From desmids to diatoms, he captured all the stunning features of these normally invisible creatures using a standard light microscope. Here, we’ve chosen a few of our favorite itty-bitties for ...

The most important of these are:—assumption of a flat plate-like shape (Pediastrum, Merismopedia, many Desmids); development of numerous delicate processes from the body of the plant ...