Catalogue of Organisms

Amoeba proteus extending pseudopodia to feed on a hapless ciliate. Note how the pseudopodia completely surround the ciliate, cutting off any...

Male of Metaltella simoni , a South American spider that has become established in the southern United States. Photo by johnnyn . The Amp...

Drachiella spectabilis , one of the few species of Schizoserideae found in the North Atlantic. Note the characteristic iridescence of the f...

I was going to write a post here about Lake's (2009) proposal in yesterday's Nature that double-membraned (Gram-negative) bacteria ...

Flowerhead of Juncus conglomeratus . If you look closely, you can see the line where the true stem ends, and the elongate stem-like flower ...

Gagrella cauricrepa , the new gagrelline from northern Queensland. Specimen photographed by yours truly (offhand, I think that in over two y...

There is an awful lot of crap taxonomy out there. Incoherent ramblings, near-unidentifiable taxa, or "new" taxa of dubious distinc...