Itty Bitty Beasts
Ioulia Bespalova
Tardigrades are some of the toughest animals on earth. They can survive freezing, drying up, radiation, and space, all while being smaller than the tip of a pencil.
Tin Hang (Henry) Hung
Building at a Nanoscale
Tyler Rockwood
Nicholas Stephanopoulos works with tiny structures so small you can only see them by using powerful microscopes. Some might say he's a builder, but he actually gets the molecules to do the building themselves.
Jessica Tay Ying Ling
Hunting for Hidden Viruses
Ioulia Bespalova
Whether in the sands of the desert or the ice of Antarctica, viruses play a larger role in our ecosystems than you might realize. Arvind Varsani searches for these viruses, studying them in all kinds of habitats across the globe.
Ananya Sen
Ian Vicino
Frankenstein's Lab
Karla Moeller
Dr. Frankenstein needs your help to learn about how the bodies of different animals work! Build your own creature from 3-D printed animal parts and learn why some parts match up, but others don't in this physiology game.
Learn more about our tools that explore how animal bodies work at Frankenstein Central.
Focusing on Physiology
Karla Moeller
Pierce Hutton
As you go about your day, breathing and thinking, with your heart beating, your body is working. It sends and receives signals, grows, and stores fat, among hundreds of other functions. All of these functions make up your physiology, or how your body works. The same is true for every living animal.