Brightfield micrograph of a living diatom (Mediopyxis helysia) showing the cell nuclei and golden chloroplasts. There is a bacteria colony in mucilage located on the top of the diatom. The image won ...

Hydroid collected from kelp sample captured using epi-illumination and an image stack. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Fluorescent micrograph of a Xenopus melanophore, showing microtubules (green), microtubule plus ends (red) and nucleus (blue). Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®...

Fluorescence image of a neuronal culture created by stitching together six images collected at 40x magnification. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Differential interference contrast microscopy of the tintinnid ciliate of the marine plankton, Petalotricha ampulla. This preserved specimen (Lugol's fixed) was caught with its cilia fully extended. I...

Fluorescent micrograph of a Tilia tree taken at 10X. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Micrograph of developing bone (ossification) in a bird. The image was collected at 200x using brightfield illumination. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Stereoscopic movie of Rotifers taken with bright field , red, and green filters at 100X. To see the 3D effect view with red and blue anagyph glasses). Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digit...

Darkfield image of dried thorax scales from a Eupholus weevil. The image was taken at 10X and is composed of a stack of 80 images. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competit...

Confocal micrograph of a green alga, Penium margaritaceum. The cell wall is shown in green and the chloroplast is represented by autofluorescence. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Ima...