Sonoran CSI

Little water, sweaty, hot summer days and frigid winter nights make the desert an uninviting place for most animals and plants. But hiding just below the surface, the desert is alive with microbes—tiny, living things too small to see without magnification.

Venom!

Build your own protein channel from paper, play the Venom! invader game on the computer to test your skills battling scorpion venom, or browse our Protein Art section to see the many different ways scientists view protein.

Panama Kate

For biologist Kate Ihle the rainforest holds the secret of her favorite insect. Wearing their their irredesent greens and blues, orchid bees are slowing sharing their story of life in the jungle.