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This is a list of featured pictures from the Biology portal, sorted in reverse-chronological order.
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- 1 December 3, 2007
- 2 April 23, 2007
- 3 February 12, 2007
- 4 December 12, 2006
- 5 October 12, 2006
- 6 September 20, 2006
- 7 2006-07-25
- 8 July 11, 2006
- 9 May 19, 2006
- 10 April 10, 2006
- 11 March 8, 2006
- 12 March 1, 2006
- 13 February 23, 2006
- 14 February 8, 2006
- 15 January 30, 2006
- 16 January 23, 2006
- 17 January 15, 2006
- 18 January 5, 2006
- 19 December 28, 2005
- 20 December 26, 2005
- 21 November 25, 2005
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[edit] December 3, 2007
Photo credit: Keith Weller (USDA)
Biodiversity is the diversity of and in living nature. Diversity, at its heart, implies the number of different kinds of objects, such as species. To increase the genetic diversity of U.S. corn, the Germplasm Enhancement for Maize (GEM) project seeks to combine exotic germplasm, such as this unusually colored and shaped maize from Latin America, with domestic corn lines.
[edit] April 23, 2007
Photo credit: BS Thurner Hof
A male Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) displaying its feathers. The tail feathers of the male are among the most studied sexually selected traits.
[edit] February 12, 2007
Photo credit: Janek Pfeifer
A mating pair of European or Common Toads (Bufo bufo) occupying the position known as amplexus. This is indeed a common toad, with a range that includes North Africa, Europe except Ireland, and across North Asia into Siberia. In some regions, toads are threatened by roads disrupting their spawning migrations, and in many places, tunnels have been built to allow them to cross roads.
[edit] December 12, 2006
Photo credit: Mariana Ruiz Villarreal
Two Centrosauri in an artist's impression of male combat.
[edit] October 12, 2006
Photo credit: Exlibris
The vibrissae of a culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the Patagonian fox, a South American canid.
[edit] September 20, 2006
Photo credit: Ksoth
A Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) from Nosy Be, Madagascar, displaying mating colors.
[edit] 2006-07-25
Photo credit: Bernard Landgraf
The Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a small bear-like mammal native to the Himalayas and southern China.
[edit] July 11, 2006
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) flowers are produced from March to May, with 8-12 delicate white petals and yellow stamens
[edit] May 19, 2006
A crab from the genus Mictyris that lives in the Indo-Pacific region.
[edit] April 10, 2006
Two flies of the family Anthomyiidae mating.
[edit] March 8, 2006
Three types of cell reproduction are compared: the relatively simple binary fission and two more complicated types that either involve mitosis or meiosis.
[edit] March 1, 2006
Fruit of the Horse Chestnut tree. The dried seeds are often used in the English children's game: Conker.
[edit] February 23, 2006
A female Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), seen here perched on barbed wire. This bird is native to Australia
[edit] February 8, 2006
A furry bumblebee gathers pollen.
[edit] January 30, 2006
Compound eye of the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba
[edit] January 23, 2006
A Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea), part of the family Loliginidae.
[edit] January 15, 2006
A polydactyl human hand.
[edit] January 5, 2006
An Antarctic Icefish (family Channichthyidae).
[edit] December 28, 2005
Two North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)
[edit] December 26, 2005
A Chinstrap Penguin hunting for krill (Pygoscelis antarctica)
[edit] November 25, 2005
Side view of the Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
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