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Close-up of a Boana crepitans frog with visible skin texture and yellowish toes clinging to a tree trunk
Two sand martins (Riparia riparia) perched on a sandy cliff, one near a nest hole and the other on the ground beside it.
Close-up of a live female Homoeomma josti sp. nov. spider with eight legs and a hairy body
Lateral view of the holotype specimen of a small fish named Austrolethops wardi showing fins and scale texture against a black background.
Three different light sources, with images of insects in flight and spectral diagrams, superimposed on a silhouette of a platform featuring a train and a person
Bird with long beak standing on grass among brown oak leaves
Timeline illustrating the historical evolution of master discourses on science communication from 1985 to 2017 with phases of knowledge, trust, democracy, and (political) action alongside concepts like scientific literacy, dialog enhancement, participation, and societal transformation.
Schematic overview of criteria for identifying KPAs with color-coded categories and arrows connecting circles for potential areas and KPAs.
Close-up of spherical iron ore pellets with irregular surfaces
Side view of a female Gambusia holbrooki showing scales and fins against a black background.
Nine microscope images show developmental stages of herring embryos from 4-cell to neurula stage with scale bars.
Close-up of an adult Toxomerus floralis from the Afrotropical region shown from above and side with wings spread, featuring distinctive black and orange stripes on the abdomen and transparent wings with visible veins.
Diagram with four sections illustrating the conversion of a natural language statement about an apple's mass into graphical and tabular representations
Phylogenetic tree showing relationships of the genera Calisto and Llorenteana within the tribe Satyrini with color-coded subtribes and IQ-TREE bootstrap values on branches, alongside images of butterflies from various genera on the right.
Dark beetle of the species Dailognatha quadricollis with four-segmented antennae and six legs, viewed from above on a light background.
Map showing the Malili Lakes system location on Sulawesi on the left and a detailed map of Lake Matano with inflow river Lawa and outflow river Petea on the right, six sampling sites along the lake and one in the inflow marked, images of six fish species from the sharpfin and roundfin clades labeled with letters at top right and bottom right.
World map showing geographic distribution of Cumacea specimens deposited at the Museum of Nature Hamburg marked by red dots along coastal and oceanic regions.
Four views of Allochthonius buanensis adults: (A) female dorsal view; (B) female ventral view; (C) male dorsal view; (D) male ventral view, scale bar 1 mm.
3D reconstruction of the developing nervous system of a small-spotted catshark at stage 23 showing the central nervous system in blue and peripheral nervous system in red with multiple cross-sectional views and gene expression data in various colors.
Fossil specimen of male holotype Caillardia sueva showing dorsal and ventral habitus and black-and-white line drawings of left and right forewings with scale bars of 1 mm
Black-and-white scientific line drawing of a pseudoscorpion (Chelifer cancroides) showing dorsal and ventral views with labeled body parts and segments.
Diagram of the full Rosetta Statement metamodel showing classes and instances with relationships between 'Rosetta Statement', 'subject position', 'object position', and 'metadata', including links to 'GUPRI' and 'literal' resources.
Macro photographs of holotypes of two beetle species showing various views of aedeagus, parameres, phallobase, and habitus from dorsal and lateral perspectives.
Six live specimens of Sertana Huber gen. nov. from Brazil shown at the same scale, displaying different body colors and patterns including males and females, some with egg sacs.
Black-and-white scientific line drawing of Thalassodoron bathyale showing lateral habitus view, segmented perioral appendage, anterior cephalic area, and detailed views of various body appendages.
Wheel loader loading dumper truck with rocks at mining site
Five close-up views of different Pachypus beetles on soil or plants, showing various body colors and patterns, each labeled with letters A to E.
Sloth hanging upside down from a tree branch in the forest
Four views of a tiny spider of the species Fonteferrea minutissima Wunderlich, 2023, showing dorsal, ventral, frontal, and posterior perspectives with 1 mm scale bars
Four images of a living Alafanahydesmus lavasoa millipede at the Lavasoa type locality: A shows an adult female walking in dorsolateral view, B the anterior body half and head in lateral view, C a close anterodorsal view of midbody segments and legs, D the millipede rolled up with visible eggs inside.
Close-up of a Messor wasmanni worker ant walking on dry, granular soil
Two PCA plots with points in various colors and shapes representing life stage, sex, and body part of Sirex noctilio, accompanied by illustrations of a female and male insect in different colors.
Confocal laser scanning microscopy images of the working zone in Littorina littorea showing regions of green autofluorescence indicated by arrows in three groups: A control, B acidic treatment, C basic treatment, labeled with central tooth, lateral tooth, and median teeth.
Black-and-white scientific line drawing of the female mite Pteroclidisyringophilus podargi showing dorsal view (A) and ventral view (B) with labeled body parts
Sequence of St.14 to St.25 catshark embryos showing CNCC migratory patterns highlighted by SOX9 immunofluorescence with cross-sectional views indicating delaminating and migrating cells.
Brown tinamou walking on forest floor with blurred background
Maps showing distribution points of five Pristurus species in Oman, color-coded with photos of individual specimens next to species names on the left.
Two world maps with point distributions show the geographic distribution of Diachrysia chrysitis (top, blue points) and Diachrysia stenochrysis (bottom, orange points) mainly across Europe and northern Asia.
raphical abstract showing how to measure agriculture's impact on biodiversity with icons for RACER EBV, fAPAR, MIDI, AADI, and eBII and text about robust, understandable, and cost-effective biodiversity monitoring aligned with EU CAP and Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
Three microscopic views of the male genitalia of Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis showing ventral, lateral, and dorsal perspectives.
Phylogenetic tree of Amphidromus species with colored bars and images of shells showing different coiling directions for A. perversus, A. palaceus, A. javanicus, A. porcellanus, A. filozonatus, and A. furcillatus
Schematic experimental setup showing a sled with 3D-printed teeth moving over agar gel along a wire guided by a ball recirculating linear guide system with force and work recorded and a schematic of 3D-printed teeth bending under load to evaluate stiffness
Black-and-white line drawings showing A hypostomal apex in dorsal view with labeled aol, B peritremes as segmented tubular structures, C genital region with setae labeled gl, g2, h2, and h1, D tibiotarsus of palp in ventral view with small setae, and E three types of solenidia labeled omega, phi, and sigma, scale bar indicating 20 micrometers.
Scanning electron microscopy image of the radular teeth of the paludomid gastropod Spekia zonata showing symmetrically arranged curved teeth and knob-like structures on the sides
Top shows a male common wall lizard with the ancestral phenotype, below a male with the nigriventris syndrome, right side displays color-coded skull views with mesodermal (yellow) and neural crest (blue) regions labeled with skull bones.
Schematic showing species-specific climatic niche modeling using modern distribution data of subfossil snail species from the Caucasus area with layered maps of species distribution, growing season, mean annual precipitation, aridity, and latitude-longitude coordinates
Four close-up views of small spiders on green leaves showing dorsal patterns and eggsacs, labeled A to D, with two different species and sexes represented
Spider with a rounded body covered in white spots and two upward-curving horn-like projections on its back sitting on a green leaf with web strands around it
Fossil specimen of Cratoelcana zessini Martins-Neto, 1991, female, showing complete body and wings with partly preserved wing spots, and detailed views of metathoracic tibia and tarsus with labeled metatibial spur
Aerial view of a green mountainous landscape with the Komati River winding through it and labeled areas including Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains and Elukwatini
Nine grid maps of Germany showing species richness distribution for mammals, breeding birds, amphibians and reptiles, fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, fungi, and vascular plants with color gradients from brown (low richness) to green (high richness) at approximately 11 by 11 km resolution.
Map of India with several states shaded orange indicating documented presence of Trimeresurus gramineus and an inset close-up photo of the snake's head showing green scales and vertical pupil eye
Scanning electron microscope images of Termitodesmus ceylonicus showing lateral view with numbered segments, detailed tergite surface texture, close-up of collum, head, anterior legs with labeled parts, and posterior segments including anal shield and groove
Mating pair of Ischnura heterosticta damselflies on a plant stem with the male in blue and the immature female mimicking male coloration
Close-up of the head of a female Sphiximorpha oharai in dorsolateral view showing compound eyes and antennae
Dorsal view of a Ubristes mirabilissimus hoverfly with transparent wings and a dark, hairy body
Close-up of a Patella rustica limpet shell with ridged texture on a rocky surface covered with barnacles
Englisch: Map showing the Azores archipelago between North America, Europe, and Africa with a detailed satellite view of São Miguel Island highlighting the eastern area as the 136.5 km² extent of occurrence for the Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) alongside a photo of the bird perched on a branch
Close-up of insects trapped inside a cracked piece of amber