Dream Big.

Dream Big. 

The organism on the left is a Violet Sea Snail (Janthinidae), and the one on the right is a By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella). The violet sea snail floats on the surface of the water using a raft of bubbles, and the by-the-wind sailor drifts around with its little "sail" while it feeds on smaller plankton using its short tentacles.

Earthworms are Hermaphrodites

*Again, all credit goes to my brilliant biology teacher.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We talk a lot about mutations in bio class, and since Valentine's Day was coming up right after Friday the 13th, I began to think of all the bad things that could possibly happen for a couple on Valentine's Day. The carnation is pretty though, don't you agree?

Molecular Meaness

In the cellular world, these games are much meaner....

*For those of you who need to read up on your bio, ubiquitin is the protein that tags other proteins for degradation.
**All credit goes to my wonderful biology teacher for the idea. :)